A project that perhaps some Gibson purists will frown upon, but the goal is to take somewhat abused Gibson RD bass and give it a bit of a makeover – borrowing the color scheme from 1960’s Thunderbirds and hardware from more recent ‘birds.
The RD is in good cosmetic shape, however it has suffered a serious decapitation (as opposed to a mild decapitation ? “its only a flesh wound”??) in the past and slightly glue-heavy repair – which nonetheless does appear very solid. I am considering regluing it, but only if there some sign of weakness or the headstock angle is off (doesn’t appear to be). The frets also appear to have been leveled with a belt sander or other inappropriately industrial grinding instrument – and are really ground down to nothi
OK – “purists” – get ready to cringe.