He was on north Clark St., or north Lincoln Avenue (can't recall which). Wooden music was a cool shop, used to stop in there pretty often. I sold an old Tele guitar to Beech in the seventies. Trying to find anyone that might possibly know anything about either the Gibson Custom shop, Jim Beach, or this particular bass.Ĭlick to expand.That's a great looking Bird!įascinating.
It is a legit Gibson of some sort, I'd just like to see if anyone knows anything about it.
I have no reason to suspect that it is counterfeit and all of the story details check out from multiple vectors. The bass weighs and has the fit and feel of a real Gibson, everyone that has played it said that this was a Gibson. The binding is the most unique feature on the bass, I have never seen another one anywhere with this type of edge on it.īack in the 80's I took it to a shop for some work and when the guy saw it, he immediately said "oh, this is a Jim Beach special" before I said anything about it, so that checked out. Gibson logo on the headstock, no serial # anywhere. Schaller heads, Bartolini Hi-A pickups, Badass bridge. No beveled edge like a normal Thunderbird. The bass is burgundy with a cream binding and pick guard. He has since passed and his shop (Wooden Music Company) is no longer around, though they do have a Facebook page and I posted this there as well. The legend, when I bought it, was that a very famous luthier in Chicago named Jim Beach went to Kalamazoo when Gibson was moving their custom shop and bought up all kinds of bodies and necks, then built some custom guitars and basses. Bought back in the early 80's when I was in high school in Chicago, sold to someone 20 years ago, and just bought back this weekend.
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