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Apparent "trace elliot" prototype bass.... ?


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bit odd this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trace-Elliot-Prototype-Bass-guitar-made-in-2000-/271280784342?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f299843d6


so remember the status T bass in the 90's - well apparently this is being sold as a prototype from about 2000 (when it was a gibson company)
Who knows what it is - interestingly the fingerboard markers look like the ones status was using on their wood necked basses - but it looks like a one piece neck where I think status used 3 piece.... all a bit odd. Looks well put together whatever it is

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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1379669307' post='2215415']
What is the deal with claiming things are prototypes? Has one ever genuinely been one? I've seen prototypes, they don't tend to be things that you'd want in favour of a proper thing. Pre production model, maybe.
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Bizarrely, I was recently involved in a transaction where (unexpectedly) the instrument that changed hands [i][b]did [/b][/i]actually turn out to be the prototype ... in the process causing immense angst and confusion! :lol:

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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1379669307' post='2215415']
What is the deal with claiming things are prototypes? Has one ever genuinely been one? I've seen prototypes, they don't tend to be things that you'd want in favour of a proper thing. Pre production model, maybe.
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Bizarrely enough I acquired the Iceni Zoot below. At some time somebody had a go at "modifying" the electrics. When I got in contact with Mike Walsh to have the electrics put right he advised me that it was, in fact, a prototype...

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/110211-traded-zoot-iceni/page__p__2060119__hl__iceni%20zoot__fromsearch__1#entry2060119"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/110211-traded-zoot-iceni/page__p__2060119__hl__iceni%20zoot__fromsearch__1#entry2060119[/url]

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