ash Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250877637733?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250877637733?ssP...984.m1423.l2649[/url] I wonder how long it will last before the Rickenwaffe snipe it? I do think the pricing is a wee bit optimistic in the current economic market. Nice example though, about 600 less and I'd be tempted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Its in good nick for a '72 love the greenburst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 On a US site there was discussion of Geezer Butler's basses, especially his customs & apparently he had a Green Burst JB Rick. It could be out there somewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Greenburst seemed to be a very popular John Birch colour. Any idea why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' post='1348075' date='Aug 22 2011, 03:33 PM']Greenburst seemed to be a very popular John Birch colour. Any idea why?[/quote] Beauty in the eye of the beholder I suppose I've seen some strange ideas of his over the years, the "cooker knobs" that he liked to use always look awful, worst was possibly a sky blue, flat bodied J2, with a bolt-on neck (only JB I ever saw with a bolt-on) which had 12 old pennies let into the upper bout. Rod Vaughan, one of his ex-employees remembers it being made, he remembered the name of the band too; which I don't right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 [quote name='Big_Stu' post='1348677' date='Aug 23 2011, 08:28 AM']... worst was possibly a sky blue, flat bodied J2, with a bolt-on neck (only JB I ever saw with a bolt-on) which had 12 old pennies let into the upper bout. Rod Vaughan, one of his ex-employees remembers it being made, he remembered the name of the band too; which I don't right now.[/quote] That must have been a specific customer request and from someone fairly influential for it to get built. As an impressionable teenager, I remember reading an article about John Birch in International Musician, most of which was him going on about why he thought Fenders and Gibsons were badly made. Fender's bolt-on neck design in particular got a lot of criticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) At our first metting he told me he got sick of seeing so many Les Pauls around, so he bought one & cut another cutway into it to balance the look - and that's where he got the idea for the J1. There was a guitar shop in Blackpool that had a "Not For Sale" JB Strat on the wall, thru' neck. The owner said he'd been offered £10k (which I took with a pinch of salt) & he'd rejected the offer. [quote name='ash' post='1347015' date='Aug 21 2011, 11:22 AM'][url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250877637733?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250877637733?ssP...984.m1423.l2649[/url] I wonder how long it will last before the Rickenwaffe snipe it?[/quote] Some time in the past hour; & yet still the cheap copies are up there. Definitely a pattern there. Edited August 23, 2011 by Big_Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 [quote name='Big_Stu' post='1348690' date='Aug 23 2011, 08:47 AM']At our first metting he told me he got sick of seeing so many Les Pauls around, so he bought one & cut another cutway into it to balance the look - and that's where he got the idea for the J1. There was a guitar shop in Blackpool that had a "Not For Sale" JB Strat on the wall, thru' neck. The owner said he'd been offered £10k (which I took with a pinch of salt) & he'd rejected the offer. Some time in the past hour; & yet still the cheap copies are up there. Definitely a pattern there.[/quote] Damn shame! I think everyone should have a fair go - despite the high pricing this was a lovely bass - seems that the private sellers are now getting a hammering from eBay and the Rickenwaffe.....sort of echoing what's happening in Britain at the moment....where big business and those supposedly representing our best interests are exempt from the 'rules'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I was toying with putting my Birch Ric up for sale but I don't think I'll bother with Ebay now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 [quote name='ash' post='1349102' date='Aug 23 2011, 03:52 PM']John Carling of JB is building me a five string version, what sort of money you looking for for yours?[/quote] I'd be interested in seeing that - any progress pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 [quote name='ash' post='1349102' date='Aug 23 2011, 03:52 PM']John Carling of JB is building me a five string version, what sort of money you looking for for yours?[/quote] I'm not sure on pricing these they seem to be all over the place but I would say £700. PM if you want to talk. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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