What's this Strat-shaped Gibson?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:14 pm

Auction ends in 15 hrs, offers over Â£599 or instant buy for Â£799.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:21 pm

From the serial no., 93300xxx, it was made on the 330th day of 1990.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:45 pm

NickS wrote:From the serial no., 93300xxx, it was made on the 330th day of 1990.

I was gonna guess late 80's, I think it is over priced, I have seen them on craigslist here in the states for less than $600

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:44 pm

Gibson U-2 variant? Dr Know in Bad Brains used one but his had a pointy headstock.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:51 pm

good pics and details for an '89 in scumbag silver sprakle here:

http://www.eddievegas.com/store/details ... -STRAT.php

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:03 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:good pics and details for an '89 in scumbag silver sprakle here:

http://www.eddievegas.com/store/details ... -STRAT.php

wow, that one went for $2250?..crazy...either the ones I saw recently were not that rare special edition or uneducated sellers...... I have a feeling the were a bit different as they were on CL for eva.....

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:26 am

Comes from owning Kramer, I'd imagine.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:30 am

SGJarrod wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:good pics and details for an '89 in scumbag silver sprakle here:

http://www.eddievegas.com/store/details ... -STRAT.php
wow, that one went for $2250?..crazy...either the ones I saw recently were not that rare special edition or uneducated sellers...... I have a feeling the were a bit different as they were on CL for eva.....

They're rare, possibly a collectors purchase.
Â£599 seems fair for a UK price.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 1:02 am

THIS ONE?

SpaceFace · Post by **SpaceFace** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:44 am

Never seen one of those before but I like it. If I had the loot I would probably want to go for it but I cant stand floyd rose's.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:51 am

Fran wrote:Gibson U-2 variant? Dr Know in Bad Brains used one but his had a pointy headstock.

Ah, thanks for that.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:good pics and details for an '89 in scumbag silver sprakle here:

http://www.eddievegas.com/store/details ... -STRAT.php

Great pics, they show the neck/body area (joint?), which I was wondering about.

Never seen one of those before but I like it. If I had the loot I would probably want to go for it but I cant stand floyd rose's.

Yeah, that's a consideration.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:06 am

Mo Rawka wrote:THIS ONE?

Oh . . . I have never seen one of those. I've always heard Hendrix played a Gibson.

Could you inform me more on this guitar, please?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:45 pm

NickS wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:good pics and details for an '89 in scumbag silver sprakle here:

http://www.eddievegas.com/store/details ... -STRAT.php
Great pics, they show the neck/body area (joint?), which I was wondering about.

yeah, the rear routing and neck joint are almost identical to a fender showmaster.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:48 pm

There was a shredder in Derry swore by these, reckoned they were the best guitars ever. He was a ballbag, though.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:50 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:There was a shredder in Derry swore by these, reckoned they were the best guitars ever. He was a ballbag, though.

same ballbag from this thread?

BacchusPaul wrote:
JJLipton wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:There's a shredder/guitar teacher in Derry who I think has, like, four of these. He's a ballbag, but I remember talking to him about these, and he reckoned they were the best guitars ever made. I was sceptical. Looks cool, though.
He can shred on those things? Oddly enough i've never heard of that model ever. It looks like one of their strange 80's experimental guitars.
EDIT: Andddd it looks like i was right. Produced 1981-84. it would be interesting to hear someone shred on that thing, hell it would be interesting to hear myself shred on that thing.
I'm nearly certain it was one of these. I only seen one of his when I was about fifteen and much less observant. He described it as a "Gibson strat that they made for a while in the eighties."

He was a fucking ballbag though. I got about four lessons off him when I was fifteen. In those three weeks he taught me the first half of the Whiskey In The Jar solo. I got impatient in and taught myself the more difficult second half in about a day. That's when I realised I didn't need lessons.

while searching for your use of 'ballbag,' it would appear you love using that phrase, and also know two (independent of each other) whom share an affinity for 80's setneck gibson superstrats.