The telescope is also missing

[Happy Jack]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUPER-RARE-GIBSON-VIOLIN-BASS-1971-FANTASTIC-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ160380438263QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item25576b46f7"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUPER-RARE-GIBSON-VI...=item25576b46f7[/url]

Quite apart from the ludicrous amount of money he's looking for (probably enough to fund an original 1958 EB1), the phrase "THE TELESCOPE IS ALSO MISSING" had me in stitches.

For some reason, I keep thinking that my hovercraft is full of eels.

[The Bass Doc]

There's a 'Pirate' telescope on E-bay at the moment for £2.96 BIN incl. postage so I don't think it's a big deal if his is missing. Not sure if it will be compatible but no doubt a luthier and astronomer could get together and adapt the thing.

[Bassassin]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ220513738932"]This[/url] may have been refinished in awsome matalic black, but regrettably the chip is missing from the bulkhead. What can you do?

Jon.

[Ou7shined]

I've got a bag of them in the freezer. Perhaps we could do some sort of a deal?

[Mr. Foxen]

Do they mean the end pin? Guess they are kind of telescopic.

[BigRedX]

Yes he does. The EB1 has a telescopic end-pin that allows it to be played in an upright position.

I saw this yesterday, but since I understood what he meant (plus I'm a bit dyslexic and it's exactly the sort of mistake I would make) I understood the meaning without realising there was anything wrong with the sentence.

[Happy Jack]

Damn!

It was much funnier before you posted that.

[BigRedX]

OTOH I still don't understand what the bulkhead with it's missing chip is all about.

[bigjohn]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='662739' date='Nov 23 2009, 02:57 PM']OTOH I still don't understand what the bulkhead with it's missing chip is all about.[/quote]


I assume it's a spaceship of some sort. Or a robot in disguise.

[RussFM]

How about this electri base guiter?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electri-base-guiter_W0QQitemZ250530493196QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3a54c7f30c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electri-base-guiter_...=item3a54c7f30c[/url]

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='662589' date='Nov 23 2009, 12:57 PM']Quite apart from the ludicrous amount of money he's looking for (probably enough to fund an original 1958 EB1) ...[/quote]

Speaking of which, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1959-Gibson-EBO-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ320450323249QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4a9c53e331"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1959-Gibson-EBO-bass...=item4a9c53e331[/url]

[skankdelvar]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='663187' date='Nov 23 2009, 09:25 PM']Speaking of which - EB0 image[/quote]

That's a good price. Last one I saw was £1500 and that was 5 years ago. I love these EB0's. Chunky.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='RussFM' post='662958' date='Nov 23 2009, 05:45 PM']How about this electri base guiter?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electri-base-guiter_W0QQitemZ250530493196QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3a54c7f30c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electri-base-guiter_...=item3a54c7f30c[/url][/quote]

He's gonna make you an offer you can't understand.

J.

[ahpook]

my undergraduate degree was astronomy and astrophysics

in the 3 years i was studying we learned many things - stellar atmospheres, celestial dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics...

but the one thing that was drummed into us again and again was never...[i]never[/i] buy a gibbo without a telescope.