Stu-khag Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Anyone else seen this? (apologies if its been posted before) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1958-Gibson-EB-2-Bass-Guitar-Must-See-Extremely-Rare_W0QQitemZ220440378826QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3353453dca&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1688%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1958-Gibson-EB-2-Bas...%3A1%7C294%3A50[/url] its in pretty rough condition- I'd love one but I dont think I'd like to touch this one though (I wish epiphone would reissue their rivolis again!) Quote
skankdelvar Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Thanks for spotting that! Awww! Poor old bass. Beyond my talents to fix... Quote
neepheid Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 If it went for peanuts then I'd love to restore it. But it won't, despite its lack of verifiable age and absolutely dreadful condition. It's VINTAGE, you see. Honestly, some people would buy a vintage chocolate teapot, just because it was vintage. Quote
chris_b Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) Looks like a lot of water damage, maybe condensation. Probably 58-59 is close to it's age and the neck hasn't broken at the headstock, which is always a bonus, but this is a luthier rebuild not a semi-pro job. It needs a total rebuild and in the end it'll be nice to look at but it'll sound just like most Gibson basses did, indistinct, muddy and woolly! Edited June 23, 2009 by chris_b Quote
Stu-khag Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 blooming ell!! 560 dollars (or 340 quid?) crazy money... I'd like to email whoever wins this to see if they will be doing anything with it and perhaps maybe do a restoration diary!!! Quote
Musky Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Depending on exactly what issues there are with that, I think I could live with just bringing it back to a playable condition, re-glueing the fingerboard and replacing the tuner. Probably have the headstock veneer renewed as well. Everything else I could happily live with. I suspect this is still going to fetch silly money though. Quote
neepheid Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 As anticipated, it has already smashed through what I would be prepared to pay for it. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Yes, I had a 62er and it sounded dreadful when I sold it too...........! Quote
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