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[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1456671490' post='2991217'] Apart from sharing some of the same letters, no. Cimar was a Japanese brand distributed by, and subsequently owned by Hoshino Gakki. Hoshino is the company which owns the Ibanez brand and subsequently marketed Cimar as "Cimar by Ibanez". So there's no connection with CMI (although some Cimars may have come from the same factory) but interestingly (if you find this sort of thing interesting!) there is a connection with similar 3-letters-starting-with-C UK brand CSL. CSL was house-brand of Charles Summerfield Ltd, who during the 70s & early 80s were UK distributor for Ibanez. So using this connection, they sourced their own brand through Hoshino, meaning CSLs were mostly re-badged Cimars. Very nice some of them were too. J. [/quote] Okay, thank you Jon.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1456657616' post='2991041'] CMI (Cleartone Musical Instruments - a Marshall sub-brand) Jazz copy, same bass as the Avon discussed here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277141-replacement-pickups-for-a-1970s-avon-jazz-bass/"]http://basschat.co.u...avon-jazz-bass/[/url] Probably made by Chushin Gakki, ply body, a decent neck if you're lucky, single-coil Telecaster pickups etc. Might be cool if you can grab it cheap enough (about £50 - £60ish), those stickers would all come off no bother if you warm them with a hairdryer to soften the glue. Jon. [/quote] Is CMI the same organisation as Cimar? My 70s P-style had a stuck trussrod and I wound up replacing the neck with a Collins, but that definitely had a CMI logo on the headstock.

Snarks. I bought one, then the guitarist liked it and bought one, then the other guitarist/drummer wanted one, so I bought another one. Then the mandolin guy from the other band liked it and pinched mine till I took his fave lead hostage, then I bought him one for Xmas... or something like that. We love them.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1456501631' post='2989730'] I like it because I can perv at basses I wouldn't normally look at. I say we leave it as it is. [/quote] I agree. The problem with doing it otherwise is that it becomes a lot of work for the mods. What would happen if you dropped your price across a board boundary (so the boards go "up to £500", and "£500 plus", but you;ve dropped your price from £550 to £475)?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456493337' post='2989595'] you've probably got a sailor on your hands... [/quote] Fnarr, fnarr.

I don't mind that, personally, except that (as usual) you can't bow it. It does look overpriced, but I'm not American and I don't get their pricing.

Somebody doesn't get this "auction" thing, do they?

Russ bought some tuners off me. All went well and I couldn't have wished for a cleaner transaction. I'd be pleased to deal with him again. Thanks Russ

Possibly. I need to improve my playing, my reading, etc., and a group to do it would be good. However, I am a rotten player and nowhere near either of you gentlemen, so I am a little unsure...

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1455282181' post='2977752'] I change my right-hand plucking position to adjust the timbre of the notes, but I had never thought about doing this on a string-by-string basis. ... [/quote] Me too.

More pics of the back of the body than the front. Hmm. Though I suppose it won't show the dents... I don't know how easy it will be to clean sweat and other stage grot off it.

Now I have GAS for a chorus pedal...

Status Hotwire should be able to make a custom set. I'm pretty sure they will supply singles too.

It's too gaudy for my taste. And so is the instrument. If I have it right it's a keytar with a mike on it. There is a whammy-style mechanism in it so you can wobble it about. The mike ouput can be treated by the electronics. The ergonomics look OK.

I prefer the blue+white one, at least to look at. At least you can see what that looks like from the other side of the room.

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1456171739' post='2986281'] There is always Gumtree. [/quote] And Preloved.

Close to pointless IMO, because it can't be played with a bow (needs a DB-type bridge and FB, which in turn means a DB-ish angle between neck and body).