Double Bass Now why would they do that?

[Tony F]

I stumbled upon this little beauty recently - http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-blond-K...ryZ16222QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

To my mind this suggests that someone has spent a lot of money to make a moderately valuable instrument much less useful. I mean, what's the point?

*sigh*

Tony

 

[robboy]

I have to agree. $5,000 for a bass that's had some very questionable modifications? Did my eyes deceive me or is the end of the neck scooped out and the fingerboard attached to the top? If this was originally a Chubby Jackson I guess it would have value if it hadn't been messed with.

 

[Huy Nguyen]

Well they did say "fast action" didn't they? *smirk*
They probably did it so the strings wouldn't buzz so much against the FB because the string heights are so low. So much for Thumb position on that bass. Only slappers will be interested in it now. You have to admit, they did a nice job with the EB pickup mount, but too bad they ruined the FB in the process.

 

[Steve Swan]

It looks like the owner has been playing with super-low bass guitar-like string height, so the scooping allows fingertips to actually grab the string for pizz.

Steve Swan

 

[Snarf]

That is just offensive.

 

[Jeff Bollbach]

Current offer of 5k, and he'd like more. Jerk!

 

[bassteban]

I'm actually fairly open-minded w/regard to musical instruments(I have a fretless 7-string slab as well as DB)but that's just wrong.

 

[TheSuzie]

Maybe whomever buys it will finish the job by having frets installed *sigh*

 

[D McCartney]

That FB looks to have no radius at all. Yech!

 

[Mudfuzz]

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:scowl:

 

[Tony F]

Well, as a further update, it looks like the auction ended early - The "official" result was "The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the minimum bid or reserve amount" - but with an opening bid of just one dollar and ZERO bids I think he must have guessed he was onto a loser...

I don't know why, but for some perverse reason that makes me happy. Clearly I need to get out more!

Cheers,

Tony

 

[Jazzman]

The seller actually canceled a few bids - the max was $1250 according to the bid history.

 

[Bob Branstetter]

I don't know what that bass is, but it is not like any Chubby Jackson (S-51) model I've ever seen. Other than the 5 string machines, it looks like a very ordinary M1 that has been stripped and sprayed with clear lacquer. If you look carefully, you can see remants of the original dark finish, the lack of purfling stripes, and absence of "Kay" on the back of the scroll. That's also the first Kay 5 stringer I've seen that did not have the ebony horseshoe on the back. The veneer on the top is not the quality I would expect to see on a top of the line Kay. Is there really someone in this world stupid enough to offer $5,000 for that bass?

 

[WillBuckingham]

Oh God . . .

 

[Tony F]

I don't think his case was strengthened by the line "The photos will show the few areas where wood filler has been aplied to correct chips in the top and back at binding areas". Full marks for being up-front and honest about it, but this was never a $5000 bass.

*sigh* gotta let it go now

Cheers,

Tony