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eBay does make me giggle sometimes.

#22
BurningSkies said:
In 1966 Gibson moved to set neck, which would be possible for this neck...which then would have been reshaped for a bolt on neck joint. I don't think this guy is manufacturing fakes, but over charging for some stuff.
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I admit to not being intimitely familiar with late 60's (non-reverse) Tbirds, always found them rather ugly and a real disappointment after GAS'ing for a 1st generation T bird, back in the day.

But I do have a (guitar) Les Paul double cut, and an SG bass. There is not enough wood at the heel of the neck to create a bolt on (at least on the ones I own).

In addition, the non reverse bird had a different-looking (more conventional) headstock than the neck pictured in the ebay ad:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Thunderb...yZ118984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The only way I could see this neck being even remotely legit:eyebrow: is if the person who removed the wings off the 'bird also cut down the neck-thru to the shape of a bolt on. What a mutt of a neck that would result in! I think I'll go along with the poster who opinionated: firewood!
 
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#24
The opening bid on this schecter is actually a pretty damn good deal. It will probably sell in the high 600s or 700s. I saw a schecter koa neck sell for $750 by itself last month and that was with bidding up.

edit: Oh wow except that wood looks like a japanese made fender copy neck and the bridge is a 2 saddle piece of junk. i am pretty sure it's not a schecter. It too k me a minute to see the pics. Is this a new setup by ebay?

Simon Langley said:
And these items are just what showed up in my saved searches email.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180361125603&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
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#27
Dark Horse said:
I know it sounds crazy, but a 58 LP with a non-original case drops in value significantly, so to the guy who has a 58, a original case can make a $15k-$20k difference in value - so a $10k case is actually a sound financial investment.
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I don't know about a $20,000 change in value; I don't think I've ever seen a Gibson go for that much, unless it was previously owned by someone famous.

I mean, I know a 59' is worth some greenback, but not enough to where a 59' case would make that much of a difference (maybe a $3000 difference or so, but......)

It's funny to me how much Fenders increase in value, but 99% of Gibsons cost more new.

Just my 2 cents...
 
#28
bassplayer8953 said:
Anybody see that this supposedly original (except for the repaired part) :eyebrow: neck from a 60's T bird appears to be a bolt on? The original reverse T birds were neck thru, just like todays. The non-reverse T birds were glue on necks. Gibson never made a T bird with a bolt on neck (except the present day Epi).
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It says right in the ad that it's been hacked off. Whoever said it is right, however; there is not enough heel to make a bolt-on. That neck is about as useless as mesh raingear.
 
#29
Zoidberg523 said:
It says right in the ad that it's been hacked off. Whoever said it is right, however; there is not enough heel to make a bolt-on. That neck is about as useless as mesh raingear.
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I interpreted the "cut off" part to mean the body was cut off. Again, if this is an original T bird neck, it would have been shortened (neck-thru necks go all the way back to the strap button) to create a bolt on neck, which would likely require a custom-built body...to fit an antique, POS repaired mutt of a neck? GMAFB!!! Firewood...and probably not even good at that!
 
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#31
Zoidberg523 said:
I don't know about a $20,000 change in value; I don't think I've ever seen a Gibson go for that much, unless it was previously owned by someone famous.

I mean, I know a 59' is worth some greenback, but not enough to where a 59' case would make that much of a difference (maybe a $3000 difference or so, but......)
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Hold on...here's a "cheap one'. Non original plastic and a resprayed neck cut nearly $100k off the price of this one -

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Still think an original case won't increase the value by $15k-$20k ? Plastic (pickguard, switch tip, switch ring, jack plate) and a respray killed off almost $100k in value on one of the LPs above.
 
#34
BigBassBob said:
I apologise for going a bit OT, but I don't quite understand what you're getting at here :confused:
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On ebay, in classic photo equipment there are two BIN dealers, both ridiculously overpriced, both owned by the same people, the main office located in Europe, the branch office in HK. There's one overpriced BIN dealer in the US, but their overpricing is somewhat less ridiculous. I was just wondering why it seems the BIN overpricing is more prevalent in Europe rather than in the US, since it appears to include musical instruments and books as well. In photo equipment, they don't have the excuse that it was made in the US and shipped there.
 
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Dark Horse said:
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Hold on...here's a "cheap one'. Non original plastic and a resprayed neck cut nearly $100k off the price of this one -

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Still think an original case won't increase the value by $15k-$20k ? Plastic (pickguard, switch tip, switch ring, jack plate) and a respray killed off almost $100k in value on one of the LPs above.
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I stand corrected. However, when you consider the extremely small market for those items, and the fact that to the average Joe those items aren't worth 1/10th of what they're listed as, it is likely that you may never even sell the item.
 
#36
Zoidberg523 said:
I stand corrected. However, when you consider the extremely small market for those items, and the fact that to the average Joe those items aren't worth 1/10th of what they're listed as, it is likely that you may never even sell the item.
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OTOH, the limited market can work to your advantage as a seller. All you need is one customer - consider that you are probably the only one selling a 58/59 LP Case.

Little to no competition is a pretty good way to combat limited customers. If they can't get it anywhere else, they have to come to you AND you are also in a very strong negotiating position.

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