Herb Gastelum 1988 Precision Bass neck for sale! Spares or repair £500? £12345 Bedfordshire

[sambecker1]

Dear Basschatters,

Here I have a Herb Gastelum 1988 precision 44mm bass neck with original tuners and hootenanny button. I have had it looked at recently by a local luthier who has told me that it would need a new fretboard to be in functioning condition.

He showed me a scan of the neck and there is a ramp at the heel. The fretboard is quite thin and the frets, although in brilliant condition, are quite short frets to begin with. So the only way of having the neck in working condition would be to get a new freboard and to have the neck wood sanded to level it out. 

There is also an amount of lacquer missing on the back evenly across the neck where it looks as though someone has taken the lacquer off to identify a place on the fingerboard or has had the neck resting against an amp in the same place or something like that. It's perfectly comfortable but someone may want to sort the finish out.

I have a couple of Herb G necks and they are absolutely fantastic so I know if someone wanted to take the project on that it would be well worth it to restore the neck. As it happens I have no idea what it's currently worth but I would love for it to go to someone who likes a project as I have too many basses to be working on currently. 

Please feel free to send me any offers or questions! 

Best wishes,

Sam

Edited 2 hours ago by sambecker1
Price change! £500

[binky_bass]

You need to state a price @sambecker1 otherwise a mod will be along to close the ad! Rules are you have to state a price. 👍 

[sambecker1]

1 minute ago, binky_bass said:

You need to state a price @sambecker1 otherwise a mod will be along to close the ad! Rules are you have to state a price. 👍 

Thanks Binky! I'll do that now!

[sambecker1]

I have no idea on the worth of this at all so I am really happy as I have said to take offers. It'd mean a lot for it to go to someone with the passion to restore it!