beerdragon Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 A Gibbo Grabber made into a flying V? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=290334005717"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=290334005717[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Clocked that when it went up, it is hideous!!!!! BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Definitely a "what were they thinking?" moment. But it comes with a certificate of authenticity and everything! And it's signed! By, err... Noz. Who had it since before it was made. Noz, eh? What a guy. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I quite like it! Not the horrible hacksaw job i was expecting when i clicked the link Plus it's a Gibson bass, it was never gonna be that good..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 They only made about 300-400 flying V basses in total in the early 80s - but it's still no excuse!!! BB Amazed to discover the Flying V guitar was built as early 1956!!! Examples are contenders for the fabled $1,000,000 guitar title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 [quote name='BarnacleBob' post='554257' date='Jul 28 2009, 06:25 PM']Amazed to discover the Flying V guitar was built as early 1956!!! Examples are contenders for the fabled $1,000,000 guitar title.[/quote] Same with the Explorer - strange to think that those iconic "metal" guitars date from the era of Chuck Berry & Elvis! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I had an Epiphone Flying V a few years ago that was rubbish on many levels so I flogged it on. I prefer the look of that one but that says very little. Had anyone heard of Noz apart from his immediate family? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilLordJuju Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 This is the second time this bass has been up this year.... the buyer didn't like it enough to keep it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I worked for Keith Bennion for 4 years. That's a sh*tty bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 What was the problem(s) with it? Quite curious now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) You can't keep a good band down, . its a great read. In mid-1967 the Klubs were invited to EMI's Abbey Road for a recording test, which was to be overseen by staff producer David Paramor. Unfortunately Paramor took an instant dislike to them ("Everybody in authority hated us on sight", recalls Norris Easterbrook), and after a marathon twelve hour night-time session on 14/15 July (held in the Beatles favoured console, Studio Two), a frustrated Paramor dismissed the band as "unrecordable". [url="http://www.midnightmusic.co.uk/The_Klubs.htm"]http://www.midnightmusic.co.uk/The_Klubs.htm[/url] Edited July 29, 2009 by beerdragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Is the connection here Noz? BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='beerdragon' post='554699' date='Jul 29 2009, 07:17 AM']You can't keep a good band down, . its a great read. In mid-1967 the Klubs were invited to EMI's Abbey Road for a recording test, which was to be overseen by staff producer David Paramor. Unfortunately Paramor took an instant dislike to them ("Everybody in authority hated us on sight", recalls Norris Easterbrook), and after a marathon twelve hour night-time session on 14/15 July (held in the Beatles favoured console, Studio Two), a frustrated Paramor dismissed the band as "unrecordable". [url="http://www.midnightmusic.co.uk/The_Klubs.htm"]http://www.midnightmusic.co.uk/The_Klubs.htm[/url][/quote] Excellent link! So [i]that's [/i]where [b]Strife [/b]came from ... they must have been the support act at half a dozen big shows I went to in the 70's. I never actually heard them cos I wuz in the bar, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='554287' date='Jul 28 2009, 06:48 PM']Same with the Explorer - strange to think that those iconic "metal" guitars date from the era of Chuck Berry & Elvis! J.[/quote] Apparently it was to do with all the space travel and rockets that was going at the time. Gibson reasoned that they should make guitars in outlandish shapes to resemble rockets and stuff like that. There's also a reverse Flying V guitar... and a reverse Explorer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 And since when were Gibson Grabbers built in the 60's ....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='554833' date='Jul 29 2009, 10:18 AM']...and a reverse Explorer... [/quote] I quite like that, apart from the headstock which kinda looks like Jeremy Beadle's wee hand somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='554833' date='Jul 29 2009, 10:18 AM']Apparently it was to do with all the space travel and rockets that was going at the time. Gibson reasoned that they should make guitars in outlandish shapes to resemble rockets and stuff like that. There's also a reverse Flying V guitar... and a reverse Explorer... [/quote] And don't forget the Moderne: Designed in 1957, but never manufactured until 1982. Details like that didn't stop Ibanez/Antoria/Greco/whoever copying it in the early 70s: Note they didn't know what the headstock should look like! If it's a copy of a guitar that didn't exist, is it still a copy? And couldn't they have sued Gibson in 1982? J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='steve-soar' post='554341' date='Jul 28 2009, 07:42 PM']I worked for Keith Bennion for 4 years. That's a sh*tty bass.[/quote]Hi guys, let me clear this up. I didn't work for Keith in 1989 but I can honestly tell you that any conversions done by KGB will be excellent. When I said it's a sh*tty bass, I was refering to the shape and appearence, as I tried a V bass and it was the most uncomfortable bass I've ever played. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Think I might just have me a gratuitous, unnecessary and probably very foolish punt. Do I hear any competition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Happy Jack' post='555210' date='Jul 29 2009, 03:28 PM']Think I might just have me a gratuitous, unnecessary and probably very foolish punt. Do I hear any competition? [/quote] Not from me. my car needs a new clutch so i'm gasless for awhile. by the way Happyjack. talk about a small world. i was talking to the drummer of a band called Nightwing who lives just down the road. Gordan Rowley is the bass player who was in Strife. [url="http://www.myspace.com/nightwinguk"]http://www.myspace.com/nightwinguk[/url] Edited July 29, 2009 by beerdragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='555210' date='Jul 29 2009, 03:28 PM']Do I hear any competition? [/quote] No chance. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='beerdragon' post='555218' date='Jul 29 2009, 03:35 PM']Not from me. my car needs a new clutch so i'm gasless for awhile. by the way Happyjack. talk about a small world. i was talking to the drummer of a band called Nightwing who lives just down the road. Gordan Rowley is the bass player who was in Strife. [url="http://www.myspace.com/nightwinguk"]http://www.myspace.com/nightwinguk[/url][/quote] OK - now that's pretty bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 £280 - not bad, but way past my bid! Anyone here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeat Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='554982' date='Jul 29 2009, 12:10 PM']the headstock which kinda looks like Jeremy Beadle's wee hand somehow.[/quote] +1 me and a mate were in a hotel bar in Polworth in Edinburgh one sunday and Beadle was at the bar...my mate pretending that he hadn't seen him started making some rather uncomplimentary comments about how much of w***er Jeremy Beadle was...luckily Beadle never saw the funny side of this and pissed off in huff, leaving us to drink our pints without having to be in the same company as the untalented twat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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