TheGreek Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 There are a number of basses I've always thought would look better headless and have held out trying to find one with a broken headstock. Well now it's happened - 1981 Aria Pro SB1000 - a la John Taylor of Duran Duran - but I've been moving away from 4 string basses so I'm torn - do you/ don't you?? It's cheap currently but postage from France is silly - would still reasonably priced if the electronics hadn't been scavenged. Also it's red - I try to avoid red basses. If it had been green... Here it is: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314593871335?hash=item493f4185e7:g:YjUAAOSwmPpkYozN&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8Cs75xdYZ6xNnriQhk8ymiKUuSEGhWI5kEGxjiboILvsdQzo6wtub6uPdbQ1vb3EsFNUYFhtOLRwE49uwwo6BiA0xlIz3IDW2rKRhLrtj0GgWZNbHUxs5Bc8uZSwN1sZA528Ycpov4eoTsy4b7cS1eYXDr9ba%2Bnronu8nNoA5Q%2FaVQK%2BdB0P6%2FtC%2B1S2T%2FAdcwHTnxQJjZJnsTlj62RBdh8bNr7zQOrMR3Swibr%2Fflq8q%2FgOP5OFpUFFa7rgyN6XVAIfMTHdbEp6lfsQPQkI%2BKF88aX5uJ7JqH5kp4H9r8cYD5UDtplO4HEJnrxGk2quug%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_KjjpGEYg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 I could definitely see that being prettier than the original. Would you have to move the bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) That'd make a very nice headless.. Plus easy enough to lose the red if you don't fancy it👍 Edited May 15, 2023 by Waddo Soqable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitrobot Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 I think if the donor bass was a rarer or more unusual-looking bass, then yeah, it's a cool project. But this is gonna cost about a hundred notes or more by the look of it. For that money, I think you could get a more interesting starting point for a headful->headless project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 Loads of watchers/ bidders - this won't be selling for next to nothing as I'd hoped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 I don't like the last picture of that cracked neck damage one bit. It also looks like its headstock has been set fire to and am I seeing things or has it had its frets filled flat? Its gone silly money with 7 days to go. No pickup. It has not got the eye shaped fretboard markers. It's been through the hands of a nut. Anything else horrid I can say about it? I love those basses. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I think it would need part of the headstock grafting back onto the neck end as the break undercuts the truss rod end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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