THESE just don't come up for sale very often.
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THESE just don't come up for sale very often.
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Yes sir! Acoustic/electric 8-string sit-down mandobass!
Scale length works out to about 30 inches, a bit much for cello tuning but you could probably find some short-scale bass strings that would work. Maybe string it in octave pairs? Needs a bridge, tuners, back plate, knobs, and setup work but isn't full of holes or cracks. P90 is a nice touch.
I am really curious. Is this a one of a kind homemade homedesigned thing? Or was there really something like this produced commercially? My first thought was of that Heironymous Bosch tryptich scene. How was this thing even conceptualized enough to construct?
Man, I lead a sheltered life. Good thing I hang out here. Would hate to get moldy.
The Gibson mandobass is equipped with two endpin ports: One at the end so you can play it standing up and one on the lower treble bout so you can play it seated. This one was designed for seated playing — the builder chose to shift the neck rather than the endpin.
I'm pretty confident that it's not a production instrument. Never seen one before.
Where the heck did they get that gigundous brass tailpiece?
Utility and originality aside, one of the ugliest musical instruments I've ever seen.
Yeah, the tailpiece actually looks like it's TOO big. For proper intonation, the bridge would have to go about 2 inches from the end of the tailpiece, and that seems too close to me.
Now that I've zoomed in on the photo, I see there's some kind of trouble along the side down below the tailpiece. Could be just loose binding, but there might be a side separation or possibly a crack there. I wonder whether that part of the instrument is properly blocked/reinforced to hold the tailpiece and take the string tension.
Does it look to you like the builder might have started out intending to use a conventional neck placement, and then chosen a different path halfway through the build?
They got the tailpiece from Omar the tailpiece maker.
Looks Gold Tone to me.
No, no, no, no, no!
It's a one-off, unique creation from the personal collection of Salvador Dali.
I can't believe you missed such an obvious provenance....
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Well if you want to go art, it looks more Duchampian - "ready-made," repurposed materials, etc
The other insight. It clearly is a concrete study for inclusion in the next of this series of paintings utilizing musical instruments:
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If it needs a name, I'd go with "Manta, tortoise shell, death Vader...on a stick (with f holes)" Action is bulbous, but not fast.
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Ha! If you compare it to a Manzer Pikasso, the price goes up. http://www.manzer.com/guitars/index....d=25&Itemid=24
Whatever it is, I want one. I've got MAS.
Dad comes home from work to find that one of the kids, the one with the knack for woodworking, has 'customized' Dad's favorite guitar :disbelief: as a birthday present. Imagine the look on Dad's face! :))
"What Is It Acquisition Syndrome", :cool: I presume. :))
I smell the genius of ... Shmergel!
How deep is that sound box? It looks mighty thin to me. Also, is that the original case?
A The Shmoigall lawsuit (artist supremo model) guttar-vile, with offset neck, (case extra).
Fingerboard inlays and pickguard look like a Gretsch. Perhaps this was a prototype made for Bo Diddley.
In seriousness, if it were strung with a couple of dozen drone strings across the body a la bandura, could be cool.. still, I would think you'd want a guttar-vile *without* the offset neck option...
Time for this meme:
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