solo4652 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Here you are: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1960s-70s-Grant-Bass-Guitar-JAPAN-99-RARE-FIND-/360255383135?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item53e0e4e65f"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1960s-70s-Grant-Bass...=item53e0e4e65f[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Ha ha good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 That's a nice 'clean' example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 That - absolutely identical in every way, bar the filth & grime, was my first bass. It cost £59 brand new from Unisound/Melbourne Pianos in Chatham High Street, in June 1978. It was [i]awful[/i]. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumble Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 [quote]It was awful.[/quote] It still is awful, 99 beer tokens for something pulled from a skip (where it belongs) is extracting the urine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 [quote name='grumble' post='824531' date='May 1 2010, 01:20 AM']It still is awful, 99 beer tokens for something pulled from a skip (where it belongs) is extracting the urine.[/quote] Well - truth is I'd happily pay £15 for that at the car boot, scrub it up nice, make it playable (I can do that these days!) and Ebay it. It would probably fetch £70 - £80 in good order. Or I could burn it, as catharsis. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Unless you have original spares (which wouldn't surprise me ) or your own electroplater I think there's too much rust and pitting there to bring it back Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I was just about to mention the fact that the G-string's completely unplayable at the dusty end... but then I realised that there isn't a dusty "end" as such. What the hell happened to this thing? Why would someone not even go to the effort of dusting something before putting it on eBay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='824628' date='May 1 2010, 10:09 AM']Unless you have original spares (which wouldn't surprise me ) or your own electroplater I think there's too much rust and pitting there to bring it back Jon.[/quote] Most of the chrome's history, but the whole thing could still be improved massively over what it is now - like I said, if it was £15... [quote name='BottomEndian' post='824635' date='May 1 2010, 10:20 AM']I was just about to mention the fact that the G-string's completely unplayable at the dusty end... but then I realised that there isn't a dusty "end" as such. [/quote] Like I said, [i]exactly[/i] like my old one! Easy fix if you know what you're doing - but I didn't have a clue back then. Bollocks, I'd just burn it. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='824635' date='May 1 2010, 10:20 AM']What the hell happened to this thing? Why would someone not even go to the effort of dusting something before putting it on eBay?[/quote] That'll be because they've seen one too many Antiques Roadshows and confuse dust, crap and grime with patina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 If that dust had been glued on by a Fender "Master Builder" plenty of people would pay thousands for it....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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