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What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:44 pm
by Gilmourisgod
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MISFITS-origina ... 23490bc914
Is there really a Rick bass in there amid the wreckage? I see a black Rick bridge, nothing else identifiable as a Rickenbacker. I would refer to the $11,000 asking price as "optimistic".
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:55 pm
by jps
Looks like it!
Maybe. You can see a neck pickup lead route that was cut with a Forstner bit, but other things don't quite match up unless it was heavily modified (no joke!) as the area were the control cavity should be seems like solid wood.
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:45 pm
by edski
The area of the control cavity seems to be missing!
Yeah, I agree with Jeff that that looks like a Rick route to the neck PU. I suppose if someone wants the jacket for $11K the bass can be thrown in for free?
Actually the "bass" looks like a candidate for the same end that my first acoustic guitar had - firewood.
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:55 pm
by Captain Bob
Who? Whom? Perhaps, he meant to type $1.10. Still, I'd have a hard time parting with a buck. Delusions of grandeur.
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:44 am
by casinoman
I know it is difficult to read in his ad, but he is writing that he actually does not expect to sell the instrument but rather wants the rest of the world to become aware of its existence, whatever that is good for
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:17 am
by jdogric12
casinoman wrote:I know it is difficult to read in his ad, but he is writing that he actually does not expect to sell the instrument but rather wants the rest of the world to become aware of its existence, whatever that is good for
THANK you! I was wondering if I was the only one that could read.
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:58 am
by ilan
So a restoration back to original is out of the question then?
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:49 pm
by edski
ilan wrote:So a restoration back to original is out of the question then?
LOL
Probably not with what is left...
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:21 am
by Lefty4003S8
Now.....WHERE did I put my Barf-Bag??????
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:07 am
by stevebasshead
jdogric12 wrote:casinoman wrote:I know it is difficult to read in his ad, but he is writing that he actually does not expect to sell the instrument but rather wants the rest of the world to become aware of its existence, whatever that is good for
THANK you! I was wondering if I was the only one that could read.
It reads more like a glorified personal/pen-pal/dating ad! He's saying "they won't sell but hey, I'm into all things Misfits/Danzig so contact me through this eBay dating site"
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:42 am
by sloop_john_b
No Misfits fans huh? This is a legendary instrument, whether you dig it or not.
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:14 am
by iiipopes
Look carefully at the inlay, and look at the headstock. It just might be a late '70's 4001 under all the detritus.
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:32 pm
by edski
sloop_john_b wrote:No Misfits fans huh? This is a legendary instrument, whether you dig it or not.
I had to look up who they were, so I guess I don't count as a fan. I'll take your work that it is a legendary instrument, though all I really see is a butcher job.
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:04 pm
by cjj
A legendary butcher job...
Re: What the heck is THIS?
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:06 am
by iiipopes
cjj wrote:A legendary butcher job...
Kind of like what President Roosevelt said about WWII: a bass that will live in infamy.