#74-48 Guitar

edwardofhuncote · September 23, 2016, 11:53:01 AM

~~Unusual~~ Uncommon 'mustache' tailpiece. Ooh, and a brass plate over the battery box between pickups... (what?!)

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=272386785791&alt=web

rv_bass · September 23, 2016, 12:57:22 PM

Wow, that's beautiful.

lbpesq · September 23, 2016, 01:43:19 PM

Beautiful guitar. If it sells at that price I'll be tempted to put #10 on eBay.

Bill, tgo

StephenR · September 23, 2016, 01:44:28 PM

Saw this earlier, beautiful piece of walnut and the tailpiece is really cool, one of the nicer early guitars that I have seen. No mention of whether the power supply comes with it (assuming the pickups are indeed Series pickups). Also not sure what is up with the brass plate where the dummy pickup would be. Will be surprised if it sells for anywhere near the asking price, though.

edwin · September 23, 2016, 02:43:54 PM

Quote from: StephenR on September 23, 2016, 01:44:28 PM
Saw this earlier, beautiful piece of walnut and the tailpiece is really cool, one of the nicer early guitars that I have seen. No mention of whether the power supply comes with it (assuming the pickups are indeed Series pickups). Also not sure what is up with the brass plate where the dummy pickup would be. Will be surprised if it sells for anywhere near the asking price, though.

I believe that plate is the battery cover. Could be wrong, though.

keith_h · September 23, 2016, 02:56:36 PM

In the early models the battery compartment was between the pickups. The hum canceler was inside the body.

ed_zeppelin · September 23, 2016, 03:20:38 PM

So it's not an actual dummy pickup? Wouldn't that make it a dummy dummy?

StephenR · September 23, 2016, 03:22:44 PM

Thanks for the info about the battery compartment. Do any of the early basses have the same type of arrangement?

Really is a fine example of one of the early guitars. I can definitely see someone lusting after it.

dead_head · September 23, 2016, 07:03:40 PM

That's mighty fine! I love the brass "mustache" tailpiece. A nice touch...

Rob.

edwardofhuncote · September 23, 2016, 08:01:31 PM

This guitar should be among the last to have the hum-cancelling coil glued inside the body, and the battery compartment between the pickups. Guitar #73-46, as well as #47 and #49 (both, Small Standard basses) also share this feature.

The reason I mentioned that trivia is because my custom fretless was done that way too, as a nod to the early days at Alembic.

gtrguy · September 24, 2016, 10:11:37 AM

Well, the shipping is reasonable!