eBay Freak of the Week - Gibson EB-6(D)

It’s not very often that you see a thinline EB-6 up for sale - there were only 34 produced. This one has a second pickup that may or may not be original. Probably not, considering there aren’t extra vol/tone controls or 3-way switch on the instrument. (The switch you see in the pictures is the […]

Danelectro/Coral Mutt - eBay Freak of the Week

The seller claims that this is a custom/prototype put together back when Danelectro was still alive and kickin’. Whether or not that’s true, I don’t know. Here’s his description:
This is a super rare ’60s Danelectro Coral prototype Vincent Bell style 60s prototype bass guitar. I think that this was an experiment. Basically the folks at […]

Morgan Monroe F Bass - eBay Freak of the Week

This week’s freak is the bastard child of an EB-2 and an “F” style mandolin. Morgan Monroe, a company fronted by SHS Audio, produces this bass. Top is solid spruce; back and sides are maple. Includes a piezo pickup w/ volume and tone controls.

 
I wish they’d made the body a little larger, so the […]

Gibsonbacker 4005 - eBay Freak of the Week

At first glance, this bass appears to be a your standard, run-of-the mill, uber expensive and collectible Rickenbacker 4005 hollowbody bass.
But the bass sleuths among us will quickly pick up on the Gibson mudbucker and mini humbucker pickup combination that were installed on this bass. I wonder how the bass sounds when compared against a […]

eBay Freak of the Week - Danelectro Jazz Bass

This week’s freak could almost qualify for a ‘Bass that should have been.’ For your viewing pleasure is the love child of a nineties Danelectro and a Fender Jazz Bass. If only it had a rosewood fretboard…….

The builder really went all out for this one. Headstock has matching sparkle silver paint, chrome-covered Jazz Bass pickups […]

Sparkly Kay 5915 - eBay Freak of the Week

This week’s freak is a 60’s Kay 5915, with a few ‘upgrades.’ The original pickup is gone, and in its place is a Precision-style pickup arranged like two separate single coils in the neck and mid positions. Top it all off with a gold sparkle finish and call it a day:

See the auction (with a […]

Firstman Baron - eBay Freak of the Week

I’ve gotta confess. I purposefully didn’t list this auction while it was live. I planned to bid on the bass because it was a sleeper. But, I was out of work all last month, so the rational side of me won out, and I put the checkbook away.
What you have below is the only example […]

‘Unorthodox Guitar’ Upright Chambered Viola - eBay Freak of the Week

This week’s freak comes to use courtesy of Unorthodox Guitar, who I’m familiar with because of their version of the Ampeg Hollowbody that can be regularly on eBay.
Here’s the description from the auction:
NECK - “D” Shape Set Neck made of Curly Maple and cherry. Features valute proper and offset tuners on unique shape Cherry Clad […]

Sekova ‘Vulcan’ Hollowbody Bass - eBay Freak of the Week

This week’s freak is the elusive Sekova ‘Vulcan’ model, made in the mid to late sixties. Since ‘99 or so I’ve only seen a handful of these. Two in white, and one in a very red sunburst color. All had tortoise shell pickguards that spanned across the treble and bass cutaways and covered the tops […]

eBay Freak of the Week #2 - Aqua Beatle Bass

If I hadn’t been laid off from my job yesterday, I would have bid on this bass:

Can be seen on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230072656434
It’s a Japanese Violin Bass, which in itself is nothing unique. I’d say the most plentiful hollowbody bass style on the planet a 60’s or 70’s Japanese Beatle Bass. But what makes this one […]