check out this early bass with trem different

[stu_g]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ140321000446QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item140321000446&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-guitar_W0QQitem...%3A1%7C294%3A50[/url]
this must pre date kahler bass trems a bass bigsby is that for real or what?

[YouMa]

The pickup looks like a filteron.

Edited May 15, 2009 by YouMa

[allighatt0r]

So is anyone on here going to go for this? I can't see it going for much with the description and title of the auction... Does anyone know what it actually is? Or is it just a crap Frankenstein?

[Happy Jack]

Looks like a home-made Bitsa to me.

Not sure about that pickup, YouMa, I reckon that's a Hofner 'Staple' pickup from the 60's.



And the arrangement of volume knob + three slide switches look suspiciously like salvage from an early Hofner 500/3, but with a completely inappropriate volume knob stuck on.



I doubt that the Bigsby is an original fitment, and the bridge appears to be a piece of aluminium window frame.





It's definitely worth 99p, mind, so that's fair.

[The Burpster]

Its a kncaked 6 string bigsby mackled onto a home made body with what looks like an Epiphone neck.....

worth about......

50p (except for sentimantal value for its maker!)

[RhysP]

Stanley Clarke used to have an Alembic with a Bigsby trem - it's on the cover of one of his albums.

That pickup looks NOTHING like a Filtertron.

[skankdelvar]

But given the crap pictures, it could UNDERSTANDABLY be confused with a DynaSonic

[Happy Jack]

Coming back at you, but without the Bigsby.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-Bass-Guitar-Very-Old-Twin-Jack-Plug-NR_W0QQitemZ110396398155QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item19b4235a4b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A2%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-Bass-Guitar...%3A2%7C294%3A50[/url]

If he manages to sell it for even the £40 start price, then he's acquired a Bigsby for £22 + a cheap bridge + some strings.

That's probably not a bad deal, actually.

[Bassassin]

What does he mean: "a 'floating bridge' leads the string to the neck"? Looks suspiciously like his parts-box replacement bridge has string spacing far too wide for the fretboard so he's screwed a bit of bent metal over the stings to try & shove them closer together.

Well, who needs strings that vibrate, anyway? Yee, and indeed, ha.

Jon.

[Ou7shined]

[quote]I am reluctant to sell because....[/quote]

[bythesea]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='502261' date='May 31 2009, 01:44 PM']If he manages to sell it for even the £40 start price, then he's acquired a Bigsby for £22 + a cheap bridge + some strings.

That's probably not a bad deal, actually.[/quote]
And even better if you take the postage into account

[Mr. Foxen]

He's also selling the Bigsby as a bargain compared to the £140 new ones, even though the arm is missing, possibly broken off.