alembic1989 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1965-R-C-Allen-Travel-Bass-the-1-only-ever-made-in-the-World-/171986921928?hash=item280b3829c8:g:nrsAAOSwlaxWN4kk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Ohh I knew I shouldn't have looked at that so early in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Does nothing for me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 In all fairness it is "[b][b][b][size="+3"]ultra rare & a piece of American Guitar History[/size][/b][/b][/b]", not least because it has been carefully designed to have a neck pickup placed at the bridge, an E string which falls off the side of the neck, variable gaps between all four strings, a misaligned bridge, and some of the cheapest tuners you'll ever see. And Gibson speed knobs, don't forget the Gibson speed knobs. From a Les Paul guitar presumably. Bargin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I'm going to guess that the bridge is not original, as the strings are badly mis-aligned and it looks like a well built instrument otherwise. With that chrome cover it's hard to see if anything has been changed underneath. The tuners look cheap by modern standards, but I'd guess that the choice of hardware available to small builders at the time was nothing like what is available today. I've no idea about the collector value of this sort of thing, but it does seem that Allen was a well known luthier who made instruments for some significant players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1463579636' post='3052509'] ... and it looks like a well built instrument otherwise. [/quote] Apart from putting the wrong pickup in the wrong position, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1463583685' post='3052555'] Apart from putting the wrong pickup in the wrong position, of course. [/quote] I think it was made for a bridge with much narrower string spacing, and if the right bridge was fitted the strings would align with the pickup just fine. It's kind of an eccentric design, but (with the exception of Fender) what wasn't in the mid 60s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luulox Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Burn it and scatter its ashes at the four corners of the earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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