Post by RickW on Apr 5, 2024 18:42:03 GMT -5
Lol. New to me. I’m an old bass player, that’s what I played in my brief professional career, and I still have my bass from then, a 1970s GIbson Ripper, which for some reason I can’t remember, I heavily modified. But it still plays and sounds great.
Recently, a lady in our archery club said she had an old bass she wanted to get rid of, that had belonged to her father. She just wanted to give it away. So, I said sure.
So here it is. It’s been modified. Looks like someone put a new, custom made metal pickguard on it. The old screw holes for the original pickguard are there. There’s a wow in the neck, and no adjustable truss rod. The tuners are shot. It makes noise, but there’s a lot of noise that shouldn’t be there. It has war wounds, though I’m not sure if that’s from playing, (there is some belt buckle rash,) or the fact that it’s been banging around in closets without a case for 50 years. She thinks he would have got it in the 1960s. The model/insignia info is gone from the headstock — again, you can see the holes were it was before.
Anyone have any idea what this is? I was thinking of maybe putting a fretless neck on it, but I dunno, not sure it’s worth the 3 hundred or so for neck, tuners, and strings.
Recently, a lady in our archery club said she had an old bass she wanted to get rid of, that had belonged to her father. She just wanted to give it away. So, I said sure.
So here it is. It’s been modified. Looks like someone put a new, custom made metal pickguard on it. The old screw holes for the original pickguard are there. There’s a wow in the neck, and no adjustable truss rod. The tuners are shot. It makes noise, but there’s a lot of noise that shouldn’t be there. It has war wounds, though I’m not sure if that’s from playing, (there is some belt buckle rash,) or the fact that it’s been banging around in closets without a case for 50 years. She thinks he would have got it in the 1960s. The model/insignia info is gone from the headstock — again, you can see the holes were it was before.
Anyone have any idea what this is? I was thinking of maybe putting a fretless neck on it, but I dunno, not sure it’s worth the 3 hundred or so for neck, tuners, and strings.
