| Author | Message | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1747 Registered: 7-2004 |
Check out this ebay listing. Very unusal tailpiece shape. The seller claims he has a '77 Alembic custom Les Paul that he's converting into a bass!!!??? WHY????? Bill, tgo http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Alembic-Guitar-parts-Brass-Bridge-and-Tailpiece_W0QQitemZ290043454499QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41407QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 829 Registered: 2-2006 |
Seems kind of weird to me too. If it truely is a 77 Alembic Les Paul it is a rare bird and why would you want to disfigure it? I wonder how he'll handle the tuning head? | ||
| hydrargyrum
Advanced Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 227 Registered: 3-2004 |
This just makes me shudder. I wish he would have taken a picture first . . . | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1748 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hey, how about this idea: I think I'll convert my '61 Strat into a Steinberger-like guitar. I'll cut off the headstock and the sides of the body - won't that be cool? Bill, tgo | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 830 Registered: 2-2006 |
D'oh!! | ||
| jagerphan84
Advanced Member Username: jagerphan84 Post Number: 240 Registered: 10-2003 |
That particular seller has a habit of buying up cheap "rare" or "custom" basses and reselling them for hundreds more than his purchase price. He's bid against me on a couple basses, pushing up the prices I had to pay, and he's also outbid me a couple times only to immediately relist the item at an inflated price. When I emailed him, his response was to the effect of "oh, i never sell basses for profit, I'm just searching for the right one for me!" Personally, I'd stay as far away from him and his auctions as possible. | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 1362 Registered: 3-2004 |
It's awful. We're talking about 24.75" scale length, most likely. Unless he tunes like a four string guitar, it will be the equivalent of tuning a 34" bass down by two and a half to three steps. He's almost going to nead a BEAD string set to tune it to EADG with any kind of tension. I fear the neck will turn into a twisted mess in the not too distant future. This is also likely to be irreversible because of what will be done to the headstock to support bass tuners. Let's hope he's planning on ADGC tuning at least... | ||
| jahnahisti
Junior Username: jahnahisti Post Number: 32 Registered: 9-2005 |
what a jackass! |
