Oh My!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 12:14 pm

1968 Rick Mapleglo on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2367434193&category=4713

Wants a lot, though

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:16 pm

it's gotta be worth at least $3000 ...

it looks nice and clean ... looks like the guy knows rics as well ...

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:55 pm

It's in very nice condition for it's age. It it really still worth that much with a neck repair?
I'd love to give it a home, but right now I can't.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 2:15 pm

Its a beaut, I'd love to have it. I wonder why the re-issue pickups? Also are those knobs right for the period ?

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 2:28 pm

I just saw that, wrong pu's, neck repair, electonics not original but yet he calls it cherry? I think he's fishin'

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:57 pm

This is really odd, but I was out on Mike Parks E-Classifieds, in the "For Sale" section earlier today. While scrolling down the listings, I came upon a bass listed early this year (last Jan) that I believe is the same bass. The guys email is Dr Distorto something or other, and I enquired about this bass back in Jan, and he sent me many detailed photos of what I believe are this bass. I couldn't afford what he wanted at the time, and I assumed he had sold the bass. If I can find those pics still on my hard drive I will compare the two, but the listing is for a '68 bass...

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:20 pm

Gene, it,s the same bass and guy. I,ve spoke to him for over a year about this bass and was seriously thinking about buying. However I didn,t know about the neck repair and that both P/U,s had been switched. It,s real nice wood, and as ever I,m sure the playability is second to none..it will be interesting to see how much it goes for...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:35 pm

I was drooling over this as I was reading the description and then got more and more agitated as I realized almost every part on it had been changed out. The Jack, the pickups, the re-fret, he doesn't really show what kind of "neck repair" was done (hopefully not like those "it fell off a truck" jobs we have seen lately...) but, damn, I still want it! Look at the INLAY!!
Jeff, is this earlier than your '68FG?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 8:34 pm

Mine was made in sept '68 ...

goldcomet · Post by **goldcomet** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:33 pm

If you look at the picture of the rear of the bass you can see a dark line under the headstock. I'm just guessing but it looks like the repairs seen on alot of g*bs*n guitars and basses, a crack below the headstock.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:41 am

He says that he has the original pickups and will include them and also has the original mono jack and cloth coated wires and will also include those also.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:59 am

Sold for $2900. Setting a new benchmark?

weemac · Post by **weemac** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:15 am

It probably has reissue pickups due to that the toasters mellow a bit and the horeshoe probably droped it's guts.... I mean Gauss

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:51 am

Cool, I got mine a year ago and paid $1400, it works for me.