ash Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 ….and not the sardonic leading man from a certain cult 80’s BBC science fiction series. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174875000184?hash=item28b75cbd78%3Ag%3AdXsAAOSw67FhC-3G&LH_ItemCondition=3000 Neck has got to be a replacement, look at that headstock, homemade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 2 hours ago, ash said: Neck has got to be a replacement, look at that headstock, homemade? by Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 That headstock's properly weird. Definitely a replacement neck, think it might well be home-made. Looks like rough mahogany with a thin finish in the neckplate pic. But why would anyone bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Bassassin said: But why would anyone bother? Because Avon basses are vintage. And rare. Vintage and rare. Therefore valuable. Very valuable. I know a good investment when I see one. Why even this piece of complete nonsense sold for 74 of your English pounds. I'm rich, haha! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Because Avon basses are vintage. And rare. Vintage and rare. Therefore valuable. Very valuable. I know a good investment when I see one. Why even this piece of complete nonsense sold for 74 of your English pounds. I'm rich, haha! But, but, but, according to the seller this is how it was when he bought it, apparently in 1985, when they were neither vintage nor rare. In fact at the time the likes of this was held in sufficiently low esteem that it's it's not entirely unreasonable to assume the original neck was chucked on the fire, being the only actual wood (eg not plywood) used in the construction of yer Avon EB-0 copy. It's a conundrum, alright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I remember these from my youth (1970s), someone in one of my early band's had one. As I remember gloss black head-stock, confirmed by a bit of googling, so this is a replacement. Like various other cheapy things (Jedson, Woolworths Teisco Kay to name two) our aim in life was to get real instruments asap. When I see some of the prices that these are up for I remain astounded, nostalgia trumps reality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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