Ibanez "lawsuit" Les Paul Triumph bass?!!

[hieronymous]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1974-Ibanez-Lawsuit-Triumph-Bass-W-Original-Gibson-Les-Paul-Recording-Case-/230768898146?pt=Guitar&hash=item35bae5f062

Never saw one of these before...

[Basvarken]

They may look like the real deal, but they're not.
Bolt on neck and guitar sized pickups are the most structural differences.

They're not bad instruments though.

[Dave W]

Pretty.

His BIN is unrealistic.

[Droombolus]

I've played those Iba's in the store where I used to do my "shopping" back in the day. Bass-wise they were the best Ibanez had to offer before they got ambitious and started building real guitars around 1975 .............

[Chris P.]

Dutch band Shaking Godspeed uses one of those.

[Basvarken]

It's one of those bands that uses these kind of instruments because they look awkward, not because they're after that partcular sound.
Dutch TV show "De Wereld Draait Door" is over crowded by bands like that. Kind of makes me wanna go buy a sunburst Jazz bass (well almost...)   

[Droombolus]

If you really want to blend in you need a natural 70s J with a maple fretboard and black "inlays"..... Those really are as common as muck ... 

[Chris P.]

I'm glad I used my '76 T-Bird at that show;)

[Droombolus]

Yeah ! That's really showing off ...... 

[Basvarken]

Yeah and a faux tube amp whilst running though a hidden Class D amp 

[Chris P.]

 

Nobody noticed;)

[Dave W]

Sounds like Rob noticed.

[Basvarken]

Nah, he told me...

[uwe]

All Holländers are masters of deception.

[Chris P.]

 

I had my Hiwatt DR201 besides me. But I wanted to know for sure nothing would break down, so I brought my little Ashdown Little Giant. The ugly green one. It was loaded into the Hiwatt cab:)