Revolting mod, vintage Ibanez edition

[two fingers]

• If you look in the route you can see the faint evidence of the neck though body stringers.

• Evidence of the single soapbar pickup.

• Faint evidence of the maple of the N.T.B next to the G string.

• He removed the N.T.B neck and added a set in neck.Routed out a neck pocket.

• Easy to add a body contour.Belt sander.

• The twenty four fret neck extends farther into the body

If all of that is true then "restoring" that puppy is a pipe dream. That would be like having only the tranny left from a '57 Chevy and thinking you can "fix" the whole car.

 

[Jack MN]

Oh I'm sure it plays and sounds great - the overall level of craftsmanship is obvious lol.

 

[jg42]

 

[JKB1957]

Not my cup of tea, and it's appears not a lot of people are fans either, but. How does it sound? How does it play? If it plays fast and has a great sound. Close your eyes and wail baby.

 

[scourgeofgod]

It lacks only one thing - duct tape.

One could even argue that the use of duct tape would possibly be an improvement in this case....

Kidding aside, the cracked neck is the biggest issue in my opinion, the horrible route could be covered with a pick guard and the finish is salvageable even with the chips/dents, you could still come out with a unique, good looking Musician in the end. The price is revolting though, that neck makes it just totally unattractive as a project bass unless its being sold dirt cheap.

 

[Omega Monkey]

That will need a LOT of wood filler and TLC.

Are you related to this guy?

 

[A-Step-Towards]

Pots appear to have been moved too. Makes me wonder what's going on in the control cavity.

Either way, the cracked neck is a deal breaker for me.

Agreed, I could never dump cash into restoring a bass or guitar with a bad neck break, I dont care if finish hides it I would know its there and be bugged by it.

 

[Lava]

Is the zip tie true vintage?

 

[DanAleks]

Are you related to this guy?

No, but we went to different high schools together...

 

[Omega Monkey]

Seriously though, that thing is way beyond saving.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Nah, nothing too bad really. I've saved much, much worse.
This one is just too expensive to be worth buying.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

What a fool, ripping up a perfectly nice Ibanez.

 

[bolophonic]

The bridge is in a different position in the "before" and "after" pictures.

 

[ThePoloHobo]

If this were for sale in Oklahoma, I'd say this is the end result of a meth binge.

 

[Eilif]

Here's a thought. If the Mods are/were done AFTER the neck cracked would folks be so upset?

Sure it looks like crap now, but once a neck-thru gets a neck-break like the one pictured on the ad, it's pretty much -despite the seller's asking price- valueless anyway, so why not use it as a test bed for reshaping, routing, painting, etc?

I'm not convinced that it was originally an MC 800, but that seems less the issue than the mods done.

 

[FergusonRJ]

WOAH... who murdered that? I think you should take this to the Attorney.

 

[two fingers]

I still don't buy that it was what you guys think it was.

 

[Yorick]

You want to check the seller's eBay site.... There are even more sadder "projects"than this at even more ridiculous prices.

 

[Omega Monkey]

That Roadstar restoration someone linked was sweet, except the lighter coloured headstock and the fact that he posted like 8 shots of the back of the neck and NO full length shots of the front.

 

[Jazz Ad]

I still don't buy that it was what you guys think it was.

I believe it is an MC824.