NancyJohnson Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) Gibson 20/20 on eBay. Milton Keynes. At £1.2K, too rich for me... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-Gibson-20-20-bass-guitar-make-me-an-offer/254288675631?hash=item3b34c9432f:g:V04AAOSwOwJdIdlP Edited July 8, 2019 by NancyJohnson Because 'to' is not too or two for that matter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Place bid or make an offer? Maybe someone could offer to finish building the bass? 🤪 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 I found one in Australia a while back that was in better shape for around half the price. That said, the shipping, duties etc. made any purchase prohibitive. £1.2K is still way too high. 50% of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 It's how I imagine a bass to look if a Lego person made it. I've honestly never seen one of these before but am strangely drawn to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I believe the seller is the person who does the Fly Guitars Gibson and Epiphone bass resource pages. IIRC he's also a Basschat member Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, BigRedX said: I believe the seller is the person who does the Fly Guitars Gibson and Epiphone bass resource pages. IIRC he's also a Basschat member It does look to be the same bass...dings in the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 It is the same person as Fly Guitars he bought an old Epiphone off me years ago - decent chap - the pricing of this bass seems a tad ambitious but good luck to him, it’s a rare thing but definitely the Corvus of the Gibson bass world 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Why? Just............. Why? No criticism of the seller, I just can't understand why Gibson would build it or anyone would buy it. No accounting for personal taste of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said: Why? Well, I guess when these originally dropped (1987/88) the musical landscape was somewhat different to how it is now and by way of small credit to Gibson, they were trying to do something different. Conservative estimates have actual production numbers as 'under 50', so it hardly set the world on fire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 14 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: Well, I guess when these originally dropped (1987/88) the musical landscape was somewhat different to how it is now and by way of small credit to Gibson, they were trying to do something different. Conservative estimates have actual production numbers as 'under 50', so it hardly set the world on fire. Possible Investment opportunity? Rarity value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 3 hours ago, oldslapper said: Possible Investment opportunity? Rarity value. When my dad retired I tried to persuade him in investing in some vintage Gibson and Fenders with his lump sum. Some 30 years on, sure had you bought wisely, you could have seen your investment triple ir quadruple in value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 13 hours ago, ash said: It is the same person as Fly Guitars he bought an old Epiphone off me years ago - decent chap - the pricing of this bass seems a tad ambitious but good luck to him, it’s a rare thing but definitely the Corvus of the Gibson bass world 😉 Yup, it's EvilLordJuju of this forum - I've done a few trades with him, really nice guy and knows more about vintage Gibsons & Epiphones than anyone I know. Price reflects rarity I think; although there's little love of Gibson basses on BC there's still quite a bit elsewhere - especially for some of the '80's rarities like this and Flying V basses. Personally not my thing at all, but if this was at Andy Baxters it'd be going for considerably more the eBay price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonkey Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Well I love Gibson’s. This one though would be harder to love than most I reckon. (Still have it though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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