is this real?

[jakrees747]

1957 Gibson Cream M-69 PAF Pickup Surrounds...RARE!!! on eBay (end time 28-Mar-11 05:12:21 BST)

 

[Beginner Bass]

I hope not...

 

[elgecko]

The seller clearly wants you to make an offer...he's already gotten five. Vintage part prices are ridiculous.

 

[svenbass]

hahahaha .. that's just funny, and he says they'll clean up with little effort. For $12,000 + shipping he could at least take a minute and rub them with a cloth.

The price is probably in line though ... those guitars go for $250K

 

[duff beer]

Quick...buy them now and get the screws for only $800...

 

[leegreenman]

Guy has 100% feedback. Crazy. That's about what I paid for my truck.

 

[Graham Monette]

Jeez, let me do some fine copying and have China make me a few sets of these. I can make a fortune with them being beaten up a little bit to show "age".

$800 for the screws? wow... I hope I never meet anybody that dumb to pay that much for a couple nickle plated screws with a supposed history.

 

[oldbassplayergu]

I once saw a listing for a 60's jazz bass thumb rest for $200 and i thought that was crazy!!!

 

[swrbass5]

Well, if you go to GBase.com and look up gear by price (start at like $10,000 to 1000000) , you'll find some LesPauls on there in the $350,000 range.
I was at a guitar show a few years ago, and saw an entire pallet of guitars/cases being saran-wrapped for shipping. I asked one of the guys at a booth what the deal was, and he told me that a lot of Japanese buisness men were buying up vintage guitars and having them shipped to Japan. If they're buying like that, .... then who knows -- this offer on ebay might be a bid-war !

 

[fhm555]

Don't know about the covers, but this is real. This is the second time it's been listed in the last few weeks.

Allman Brothers Band Berry Oakley Fender Bass Amplifier - eBay (item 160548851326 end time Mar-21-11 19:00:06 PDT)

 

[otis_thick]

You can get "aged" "Antiqued" guitar parts from several sources ... Buyer beware!!! here is a quick Google search list

aged guitar parts - Google Search

 

[Ric5]

If you guys ever catch me spending that kind of money for an old dirty piece of plastic then slap me to snap me out of it.

 

[pedalguy1]

They must be the best pickup surrounds for metal.

 

[Beginner Bass]

But are they the best screws for metal?

 

[martyman5000]

I think it is a case of the guy just putting a ridiculous amount to see what type of offers he will get. I'm sure anyone restoring guitars could have someone make copies of those that you would never be able to tell they were not original.

 

[PaulDouglas]

I have a '66 SG and would LOVE to get '66 parts, but I would want to see the hardware being removed right before my very eyes. PT Barnum's warning is still fresh and true: "There's a sucker born every minute"

 

[thumpbass1]

Thankfully the market place will slap the seller up the side of the head, and kick them down the stairs for good measure in a metaphorical sense. The only thing that would prevent this reality adjustment from happening, is if some idiot with with lots of money to burn, buys them at the vastly over inflated price for whatever incredibly stupid reason.

 

[kcole4001]

Everyone knows that the tone is in the pup surrounds and screws!

 

[My name is Mudd]

Don't know about the covers, but this is real.

Yeah, but that also has documentation to back up its claim. I'm with PaulDouglas in wanting to see these come off of a verified '57 Les before anything else happens (and then I'd want to know why the fool is parting out a verified '57 Les).

 

[Pollinator95]

Well, they´ve never been molested... don´t know about you, but I don´t want molested pickup surrounds, specially CREAM colour.