neepheid Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I nearly bust a gut laughing at this one: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130163118071"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=130163118071[/url] Do I need to go into the discrepancies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 whats wrong with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 You're joking right ? Here's a real one - work it out. [url="http://www.flying-v.ch/81vbass/fb81bass.html"]http://www.flying-v.ch/81vbass/fb81bass.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 [quote name='BassManKev' post='74082' date='Oct 14 2007, 10:44 AM']whats wrong with it?[/quote] OK 1) Flying Vs have set necks, not bolt on. 2) The neck plate is from a Grabber 3) The neck is probably from a Grabber - if it's genuine at all 4) The pickup looks like the Grabber one - besides, a proper Flying V bass has 2 pickups 5.1) According to all the info I can find, the Flying V bass first came about in 1981 5.2) According to shipping records there were 2 Flying Vs total shipped in 1965, and they would have been guitars, not basses 5.3) The serial number quoted, if indeed it is right more likely belongs to a 1974/5 Grabber [i]if accompanied by a "MADE IN USA" stamp[/i], although God only knows where he dug that number up from - a genuine Grabber would have had the number embossed on the rear of the headstock. I see no sign of it in the supplied photo. All in all, it looks like a butchered Grabber, and it stinks. Unless you want some Grabber spares, then get in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 And that's it binned. Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 WOW, just checked out the real thing in the blue book.......... Holy Sh11te....... its gorgeous! Neeph, you ever played one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-77 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 yeh i had a gas attack from he real pics!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 [quote name='The Burpster' post='74765' date='Oct 15 2007, 08:10 PM']WOW, just checked out the real thing in the blue book.......... Holy Sh11te....... its gorgeous! Neeph, you ever played one?[/quote] No, never played one. I dunno about them or Explorers for that matter; I get a real 80's hair metal feeling from them. Now if you offered me a go on an RD Artist... mmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Neeph, is the body an Epiphone Korina? Then maybe a grabber neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 [quote name='The Burpster' post='75214' date='Oct 16 2007, 07:07 PM']Neeph, is the body an Epiphone Korina? Then maybe a grabber neck?[/quote] From all the info I can gather, the Epiphone Korina Flying Vs (bass or guitar) had set necks. Again, it was a dual pickup job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerboy Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Yep - my Epi Flying V bass has a set neck and two pickups. It's also up for sale dead cheap if any of you GASsed up guys fancy getting rid of those feeling for approx. 2% of what a vintage Gibson would cost... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 [quote name='dangerboy' post='75275' date='Oct 16 2007, 09:36 PM']Yep - my Epi Flying V bass has a set neck and two pickups. It's also up for sale dead cheap if any of you GASsed up guys fancy getting rid of those feeling for approx. 2% of what a vintage Gibson would cost...[/quote] Is it short scale (30.5")? The info I was looking at suggested it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerboy Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Indeed it is. Some previous owner has carefully removed the words 'Epiphone' and 'Gibson' from it though. I can't imagine why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 [quote name='dangerboy' post='75279' date='Oct 16 2007, 09:44 PM']Indeed it is. Some previous owner has carefully removed the words 'Epiphone' and 'Gibson' from it though. I can't imagine why.[/quote] Snobbery springs to mind. Things are what they are. I have no problem with Epiphones - I think my EB-3 is gorgeous. In fact, in my youth on my LP Special II g**tar (horrible piece of plywood in the shape of a Les Paul), I took the "GIBSON" truss rod cover off, flipped it round and painted a big Epiphone E on it The only reason I'd want a Gibson EB-3L is if I could get one with the slotted headstock. Now that is something my Epi will never have. But I doubt I'll ever be in a position to justify spending that much on a bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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