THIS needs some lovin'!!!!

drbassman · June 13, 2012, 05:56:41 AM

Yikes, what a hack job!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hacked-Gibson-Grabber-Custom-4-String-Bass-/230804238592?pt=Guitar&hash=item35bd013100#ht_894wt_966

Stjofön Big · June 13, 2012, 06:35:52 AM

Ha-ha-ha-ha! What the f...

That gave me the laugh for the day!

Nocturnal · June 13, 2012, 07:36:00 AM

At least he is being realistic about the price

Iome · June 13, 2012, 07:45:00 AM

And the body is (where) not even original...donno 'bout (what's left of) the neck..

dadagoboi · June 13, 2012, 09:04:06 AM

Needs some burnin', it's been 'loved' enough.

Dave W · June 13, 2012, 09:05:40 AM

Definitely NOT a Gibson. Not a Gibson body, not a Gibson neck. Putting a Grabber pickup, nameplate and Gibson-branded Schallers on a homebuilt POS and calling it a "vintage Gibson Grabber" is fraud. OTOH it's not worth pursuing because nobody in his right mind would buy it except for parts, and not at anywhere near that price.

gweimer · June 13, 2012, 09:13:19 AM

Move the decimal point to the left.

Dave W · June 13, 2012, 09:16:32 AM

Quote from: gweimer on June 13, 2012, 09:13:19 AM
Move the decimal point to the left.

Yep. And have him ship the electronics and hardware only. Let him burn the rest in his fireplace next winter.

uwe · June 13, 2012, 09:21:22 AM

That is at the very least no Gibson Grabber body even in its unmolested state. Gibson Grabbers, Rippers and G-3s have huge routings underneath the pg (probably not only for production reasons, but also to reduce weight, my unrouted prototype sans pg weighs a ton),

those are missing here (the upper cutaway of the "Hacker" is also not wide enough).

Perhaps a body of a Ho Grabber if at all.

drbassman · June 13, 2012, 09:37:54 AM

Excellent job authenticating this turkey! Yuo guys are sharp!

uwe · June 13, 2012, 09:46:08 AM

The headstock might have been bitten off by Gene though, so that adds value.

(picture stolen from a prominent member here caught AWOL in another forum which shall remain eternally nameless ...)

the mojo hobo · June 13, 2012, 05:46:53 PM

Except for the fact that it has 4-in-line tuners.

Dave W · June 13, 2012, 05:57:14 PM

Quote from: the mojo hobo on June 13, 2012, 05:46:53 PM
Except for the fact that it has 4-in-line tuners.

And it's obviously not maple.

sniper · June 13, 2012, 06:05:10 PM

Quote from: the mojo hobo on June 13, 2012, 05:46:53 PM
Except for the fact that it has 4-in-line tuners.

i believe that model of Schaller is reversible

uwe · June 14, 2012, 05:33:13 AM

Quote from: Dave W on June 13, 2012, 05:57:14 PM
And it's obviously not maple.

Looks like ash to me, a wood that Gibson never ever used.