Cheap Grabber Project

[Dave Vader]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Grabber-Bass-Project-Vintage-1975-Gibson-/140582620383?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20bb608cdf#ht_500wt_947"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Grabber-B...df#ht_500wt_947[/url]

If I lived up north, and had £245 I would be all over this in a second.

But I'm not, and I don't

[Ou7shined]

Not sure it's all that cheap.

[neepheid]

A bit steep for the amount of work required, in my opinion.

Edit: SNAP!

Edited July 26, 2011 by neepheid

[lanark]

Looks like someone rescued it from a bonfire.

[Dave Vader]

Okay, but if it was a similar aged Fender in that condition it would probably be a great deal more no?

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1316912' date='Jul 26 2011, 12:42 PM']Okay, but if it was a similar aged Fender in that condition it would probably be a great deal more no?[/quote]
It's hard to say mate (I don't really get the vintage Fender thing) but I once bought a '70s Fender P body off here for £30-40 ... ok yes it wasn't being sold as such and turned out to have been modified but it was a scoop.

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1316932' date='Jul 26 2011, 12:55 PM']It's hard to say mate (I don't really get the vintage Fender thing) but I once bought a '70s Fender P body off here for £30-40 ... ok yes it wasn't being sold as such and turned out to have been modified but it was a scoop.[/quote]

Nicely played sir. *hat doff*

[Mr. Foxen]

Neck is from a copy, so isn't even as complete as it looks.

[Dave Vader]

I retract my opening comments....
doh.

[ash]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1317227' date='Jul 26 2011, 03:54 PM']The seller also has a pretty f*cked 62 RI Foto Flame for sale which he describes as [i]"a superb example"[/i]. [/quote]

Hi both basses are mine and in as you can see they are both very much open to offers! The Jazz was on here but no interest, the problem with the Jazz is just lacquer cracking the neck is lovely.
The Grabber could be a bit of fun for someone and was a 'speculative' ie cheeky BIN but again open to offers - if you read the ad it says that the neck/tuners are thrown in for free I just had it knocking around so it could be a good template for a new neck or stripped and refinished and used. I bought the body from the US and it cost me a few quid and quite a bit to import it, the other parts were from a defunct Grabber that somebody had taken a hatchet to....I was going to part the lot out but thought someone might fancy a challenge!

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='ash' post='1317369' date='Jul 26 2011, 05:33 PM']Hi both basses are mine and in as you can see they are both very much open to offers! The Jazz was on here but no interest, the problem with the Jazz is just lacquer cracking the neck is lovely.
The Grabber could be a bit of fun for someone and was a 'speculative' ie cheeky BIN but again open to offers - if you read the ad it says that the neck/tuners are thrown in for free I just had it knocking around so it could be a good template for a new neck or stripped and refinished and used. I bought the body from the US and it cost me a few quid and quite a bit to import it, the other parts were from a defunct Grabber that somebody had taken a hatchet to....I was going to part the lot out but thought someone might fancy a challenge![/quote]
Whoops I'll remove my post.

[ash]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1317432' date='Jul 26 2011, 06:28 PM']Whoops I'll remove my post.[/quote]

[Paul S]

'why not grabber bargain now'?