Gene's Grabber back on ebay

godofthunder · March 09, 2012, 09:29:10 AM

It's back with better documentation. I'd love to have this thing but it's way out of my league. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gene-Simmons-Owned-Gibson-Grabber-Bass-Guitar-Stage-Played-Early-1970s-KISS-/290681037769?pt=Guitar&hash=item43adf0a3c9

gearHed289 · March 09, 2012, 09:40:06 AM

And on top of the $30K price tag - $150 shipping! Ha! Someone will buy it....

godofthunder · March 09, 2012, 09:47:59 AM

Clearly the seller is trying to get the most out of his investment, I guess I can't blame him for that.

Pilgrim · March 09, 2012, 03:47:14 PM

That's one of the few basses with that much wear that I can actually understand how it happened. They're right that his costume put a big hurt on the instrument!

gweimer · March 09, 2012, 04:44:59 PM

It's still just a beat up Grabber. Realistically, that comma needs to move to the left one position.

godofthunder · March 09, 2012, 04:59:41 PM

I completely agree!

Quote from: gweimer on March 09, 2012, 04:44:59 PM
It's still just a beat up Grabber. Realistically, that comma needs to move to the left one position.

Nocturnal · March 09, 2012, 05:22:35 PM

It would be interesting to see just how high it would go if the seller set a reserve, even just as a test before re-listing it at a more realistic price.

warriorbass05 · March 11, 2012, 10:09:56 AM

I would love to have it....beat up or not....rock-n-roll history was made with that one...

godofthunder · March 11, 2012, 11:31:20 AM

If I were Gene I'd buy that thing back in a heart beat.

warriorbass05 · March 11, 2012, 11:32:42 AM

Quote from: godofthunder on March 11, 2012, 11:31:20 AM
If I were Gene I'd buy that thing back in a heart beat.

look at the pictures...he signed it and everything...

godofthunder · March 11, 2012, 12:00:44 PM

I Know. I know!

nofi · March 11, 2012, 12:23:12 PM

geez, why would he. he already has enough kiss stuff to fill a hangar. besides, keeping 30 k in his pocket is more important to him than re buying one of a zillion basses he has played.

gweimer · March 11, 2012, 12:36:24 PM

Quote from: nofi on March 11, 2012, 12:23:12 PM
geez, why would he. he already has enough kiss stuff to fill a hangar. besides, keeping 30 k in his pocket is more important to him than re buying one of a zillion basses he has played.

Why? So he could turn it around in a few years for $35K?

nofi · March 11, 2012, 12:44:30 PM

yeah, sorry. never was a kiss fanboy.

lowend1 · March 11, 2012, 03:37:04 PM

Y'know, in a way, this thing is still suspect to some extent. IIRC, the Grabber that Gene is pictured with on the cover and booklet of Alive! has a skunk stripe and the "negative" headstock pitch. This'n has no stripe and a conventional Gibson headstock pitch. Kiss used to endorse Gibson, so there were always plenty to go around. I'd wager that most of the damage came from Mendoza - if you ever saw him with The Dictators or in the early TS days, he wore a studded belt and wristbands, and always hammered away at the bass. Unless the seller is Gene's pal, it would probably only require the right number of dead presidents to get him to hold and sign it for posterity (and a higher resale).