Ribbecke Bass 1982 Vintage Custom Thunderbird Bass Very Very Rare 1 of 4
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What we have here is a very very rare and super cool 1982 Ribbecke vintage custom made Thunderbird Solid Body Bass.
You won't see another one of these any time soon!
Its 1 of only 4 solid-body basses Ribbecke made, and they where only made between 1979 and 1982. His solid-body instruments where on par with Alembic and along the lines of the basses John Entwistle played!
Its engraved on the larger brass back rear cover "Made by Tom Ribbecke, 24th instrument made and in 1982"
Its a very understated design, amazing wood without being gaudy!
The flames are thick and 3D, the pix don't even come close to showing how nice the wood is.
Inlays are abalone, back plates and side markers are brass, details and workmanship is top notch and all by hand.
Original very early Badass bass bridge.
Original pre-amp was a Stars Guitars pre-amp that failed and was not repairable.
Its upgraded to a Bartolini 5.4 A/P 5 knob, 2 Switch configuration pre-amp using existing holes.
Controls:
Neck is fantastic, like a vintage Gibson Thunderbird!
Plays easily and very fast with great string response.
The sustain acoustically is amazing!
Its incredibly harmonic with the pre-amp off.
With the pre-amp on the sustain is almost infinite as is the tonal range!
A huge sound ranging from a killer John Entwistle piano tone to a powerful chunk!
Killer for funk, just as good for blues, reggae, etc!
This bass is the stuff dreams are made of!
Used instruments made by the great Tom Ribbecke sell for $12,000 - $25,000!
New ones run from $25,000 to $40,000 with a five+ year waiting list.
Don't miss your chance to own this killer bass and rare piece of history.
You can check out some of Tom's current work and a few other links about him and his fantastic instruments;
If you do a search on these you can learn more about the man and the guitars;
- Tom Ribbecke Guitars
- Ribbecke Guitars 2
- Ribbecke Halfling Guitars
- Halfling Guitars
- Premier Guitar Builder Profile Ribbecke Guitars
Comes with a hard shell case.
Going though some life changes and selling off my favorite and prized gear to fund some choices...please check out my other auctions.
Please contact me for more info and questions.
I will ship internationally.
You won't see another one of these any time soon!
Its 1 of only 4 solid-body basses Ribbecke made, and they where only made between 1979 and 1982. His solid-body instruments where on par with Alembic and along the lines of the basses John Entwistle played!
Its engraved on the larger brass back rear cover "Made by Tom Ribbecke, 24th instrument made and in 1982"
Its a very understated design, amazing wood without being gaudy!
The flames are thick and 3D, the pix don't even come close to showing how nice the wood is.
Inlays are abalone, back plates and side markers are brass, details and workmanship is top notch and all by hand.
Original very early Badass bass bridge.
Original pre-amp was a Stars Guitars pre-amp that failed and was not repairable.
Its upgraded to a Bartolini 5.4 A/P 5 knob, 2 Switch configuration pre-amp using existing holes.
Controls:
- Volume
- Blend
- Treble
- Mid
- Bass
- Mid Frequency Selector Switch
- Active/Passive switch
- 2 hum/single switches
- Light for when pre-amp is on
Neck is fantastic, like a vintage Gibson Thunderbird!
Plays easily and very fast with great string response.
The sustain acoustically is amazing!
Its incredibly harmonic with the pre-amp off.
With the pre-amp on the sustain is almost infinite as is the tonal range!
A huge sound ranging from a killer John Entwistle piano tone to a powerful chunk!
Killer for funk, just as good for blues, reggae, etc!
This bass is the stuff dreams are made of!
Used instruments made by the great Tom Ribbecke sell for $12,000 - $25,000!
New ones run from $25,000 to $40,000 with a five+ year waiting list.
Don't miss your chance to own this killer bass and rare piece of history.
You can check out some of Tom's current work and a few other links about him and his fantastic instruments;
If you do a search on these you can learn more about the man and the guitars;
- Tom Ribbecke Guitars
- Ribbecke Guitars 2
- Ribbecke Halfling Guitars
- Halfling Guitars
- Premier Guitar Builder Profile Ribbecke Guitars
Comes with a hard shell case.
Going though some life changes and selling off my favorite and prized gear to fund some choices...please check out my other auctions.
Please contact me for more info and questions.
I will ship internationally.
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