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1976 Gibson G-3 - sold
£700


umcoo
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Hi all,

It's with a heavy heart I have decided to move on my 1976 Gibson Grabber G-3. I've had it about a year and it has been well looked after, however it came to me in pieces from the States. I did a build thread which can be found here, [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/202239-restoring-a-gibson-g-3slowly"]http://basschat.co.u...ibson-g-3slowly[/url] and you can see the condition I received it. Supposedly it was left in someones cupboard for many years. The restoration was completed by Jack at Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester who did a superb job.

Quite a few bits needed to be replaced or repaired. Here's a quick list of what was done:

New maple fretboard
New pickguard - Chandlers in the USA
New Badass II Bridge
New electronics - all CTS pots and Switchcraft jack
Back of neck was re-lacquered and new serial number and decals


It was missing the bridge and bridge cover, which I why I went with the Badass. It also looks like it was refinished at some point. It's not the best paint job ever, but it's certainly not the worst and is suitably worn for a 39 year old bass. There's a couple of nicks and chips, mostly near the bottom of the bass, biut nothign major. I've tried to capture all these points in the photos.

Thankfully, the original pickups were fine and just needed to have the lead wires extended on them. This bass has the 'buck and a half' pickup selectors which basically means all 3, neck and middle, or middle and bridge. Tone is great on all options, but I love all 3 pickups on. Sounds 'Fendery', but with a really kick and snarl.

Tuners have taken a battering in their life, but were cleaned up and work fine. One or two are slightly winky on the tuning 'shaft' but doesn't affect anything.

One small issue is there was an extra fretboard marker hole drilled when the new fretboard was made - this wasn't done by Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester, however he did do a great job at covering this up. It's right up high on the neck and not noticeable when playing, but wanted to mention it for transparency.

The bass is in Lancaster, and collection is most welcome. I can deliver within reason for petrol money, but get in touch and we can sort something. I'm not opposed to shipping, but would rather avoid as I don't have a case for it, but we can cross that bridge.

I'm a bit unsure on how to price, as it's a vintage Gibson, but obviously not original and mint, so I'm after[b] £700 collected[/b] which is less that what I paid for it for parts, shipping, customs and the restoration works.

Everyone likes pictures, so here's a few. Thanks all

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And this is the fretboard hole which was filled in...

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