Annoying Twit

[quote name='tino' post='959696' date='Sep 17 2010, 05:21 PM']Just this minute bought it....one young lady is in for a nice surprise [/quote] Congratulations! I'm sure she'll really enjoy it. So much more interesting to buy a classic instrument than to buy yet another Squier. Edit: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MUSIMA-ELECTRA-DELUXE-BBASS-PROJECT-1970s-/220669891951?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3360f3556f"]Weird looking 70s green thing[/url]

[quote name='tino' post='959553' date='Sep 17 2010, 03:21 PM']Yes....my grandaughter has decided that she would like to learn bass shes currently in an all girl tribute band ( Green Day & all birds )shes Lead Singer and they do not have a regular bass player,she is very slight build and I gave her a precision to practice with but its just TOOOOOOOOO BIG... I had an ElMaya that was very light years ago and Im guessing this may well be similar????[/quote] I'm sure the seller will be able to tell you how much it weighs if you ask. Good luck.

[quote name='tino' post='959531' date='Sep 17 2010, 02:57 PM']I must have the Maya......well not me but a certain young lady that has just discovered she wants to be a bass player & lead vocals [/quote] Is it the short-scale-ness that is the deciding factor?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Hohner-Professional-J-Bass-FL-Fretless-Jazz-/170540798730?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27b506130a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Hohner-Profe...=item27b506130a[/url] MIJ Fretless Hohner. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-rare-MAYA-TELECASTER-short-scale-bass-/300468829769?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f5567e49"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-rare-MAYA-TELEC...=item45f5567e49[/url] Maya Tele bass. PS: Thanks for the correction Noel. When I first saw the listing, my first thought was that it didn't look like a Matsumoku made bass. But the year of manufacture checked out, so I posted without mentioning any quibbles. Which factory would it have been made in?

They do look very nice in the photos though. Both the ebay one, and Delberhot's one.

For reasons that would be too lengthy to explain, this is the bass riff that I want to learn above all others.

So many Maya bass guitars, so little time. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bass-Guitar-Maya-Left-Handed-/200519044129?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2eafddcc21"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bass-Guitar-...=item2eafddcc21[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-AND-CASE-1970S-/230525473613?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35ac63934d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-ELECTRI...=item35ac63934d[/url] Jarock made in the same factory as Ibanez? Jon, you said before that you thought the 6 string Jarock blazer was not a Fujigen made instrument. I presume the same applies to this bass? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1970-80s-Vintage-Jarock-Roadster-Bass-Made-Japan-/280561181940?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4152bfe4f4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1970-80s-Vintage-Jar...=item4152bfe4f4[/url] Rather modern-looking Aria Pro II. But the model number checks out as being '85-6. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-LEB-CLS-Classic-bass-Matsumoku-Japan-/130431711689?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e5e55f9c9"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-LEB-CLS-...=item1e5e55f9c9[/url]

This one sold for the very reasonable (IMHO) BIN price. I'm only surprised it took this long. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lincoln-Bass-vintage-1970s-/150490536469?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2309ef5a15"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lincoln-Bass-vintage...=item2309ef5a15[/url]

Not an ebay link, but look at this bizarre thing. A "Johnny Pro II". [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6596&start=0"]http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic...596&start=0[/url] After seeing the [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KAY-THROUGHNECK-GUITAR-EARLY-80s-/330470935000?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cf19a49d8"](IMHO) beautiful guitar being discussed on Ibanez Collectors World[/url], I searched for Kay. Found this one: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Teisco-Kay-SG-Double-Twin-Neck-4-6-Japan-/300463174249?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f5003269"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Teisco-Kay-S...=item45f5003269[/url] Well, it's half bass

Another modern one, but six strings this time. I think it looks very nice, though it's a pity the through neck doesn't look a bit more stripey. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-PRO-II-AVANTE-6-STRING-BASS-/150492030818?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230a062762"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-PRO-II-AVANTE-6...=item230a062762[/url] Edit: Is that an ebony fingerboard?

Daion precision which has been taken to more pieces than you would normally see, even for a "project". [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-Daion-Performer-Bass-MIJ-Precision-copy-Project-/280560757910?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4152b96c96"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-Daion-Performer-...=item4152b96c96[/url] Edit: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-Squire-KATANA-Bass-VERY-RARE-Vintage-JAPAN-MIJ-/120620293861?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c15879ee5"]An MIJ Squier Katana.[/url]. I've never seen, nor heard of, that model before. Edit2: wrong link fixed

A google search finds this: [url="http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2010/03/moridira-hurricane-exb-01-bass.html"]http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2010/03/moridi...xb-01-bass.html[/url] But, the basses look very different. So, perhaps the use of the word "Hurricane" is concidental.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/L-K-Westone-THUNDER-3-Fretless-Base-VGC-/220666158615?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3360ba5e17"]Westone Thunder III bass[/url] I'm sure I've seen Thunder IIIs with different pickup layout from this.

This is an interesting looking bass. [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200515512016&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT[/url]

Nice! Very nice!

[quote name='Delberthot' post='950747' date='Sep 9 2010, 03:53 PM']Yes I did [/quote] Congratulations! I think pics are in order. Once you receive it.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='950437' date='Sep 9 2010, 11:47 AM']I think that Maya's well overpriced - wishful thinking really. JapCrap prices on Ebay have taken a bit of a hammering lately, Antoria particularly for some reason - I think a year or two ago that one would have fetched £180 easily.[/quote] After I gets me a Westone, I want something Fujigen made after that. Yes, that may be a very strange instrument acquisition strategy, but that's what you can get away with when it's a hobby rather than a profession Anyhow, Antoria looks a likely brand.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='939495' date='Aug 29 2010, 05:48 PM']I wouldn't claim to know. But, I'll take a guess. It's not original, but apart from the modifications is in good nick and it has a hard case. It seems that classic fretless basses sell for less than the fretted version. So my wild guess for the ending price will be £180 + the p&p. We'll see how accurate my guess is. Mostly my guesses tend to be on the low side. Not always though.[/quote] Sold for £124. So much for my estimate of £180. With a hard case too! Jon may over-rule me , but I'd prefer this Antoria to the fretless Maya being sold for £199 at the moment. But I think someone got a real bargain with the Antoria.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAYA-Black-Red-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Carry-Case-/140450828318?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20b385901e"]Maya Fretless[/url] Perhaps a tad overpriced @£199? Though, postage is free and it has a "case". Doesn't say if it's a hard or soft case though. The Lincoln bass is still there. Not that I'm going to buy it, but FlatEric, how does yours play?

I found listening to some of these tracks aspirational, as with the little (and not so little) flaws, I now feel that I have less distance to cross before I get "there".

8 string fretless!

You have sinned. As penitence you should learn the bassline to 2Pac's "Hail Mary" ten times over.

Another one of those Lincoln basses. Yet again the seller thinks it's Matsumoku. With the case (look at that llining!), the BIN price seems a good deal to me. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lincoln-Bass-vintage-1970s-/150490536469?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2309ef5a15"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lincoln-Bass-vintage...=item2309ef5a15[/url] Edit: Right down the bottom the seller links to the well known page in the Fernandes catalogue.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='948182' date='Sep 7 2010, 12:19 PM']Oh, and Twit, I did have the allparts bridge, though I paid over the odds for one on ebay, before seeing them on allparts. They're alright, do the job, but quite flimsy (like a real Ric one). The Hondo one seems a little more solid, but I've got a hipshot on mine now, which really is f*cking brilliant. Worth the stupid money I had to pay to get it imported, every penny of it.[/quote] I presume you mean this one: [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/allparts-guitar-amp-parts/bridges/bass-bridges/bass-bridges-4-string-singles/hipshot-bass-bridge-for-rickenbacker-bass-p-1684.html"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/all...ass-p-1684.html[/url] £162. That's over two thirds what my entire Rickenfaker cost. But there are some much more expensive bridges on there. £325 for an entire headless system. Or £70 for a single string system (per string) with built in tuner. That would be £420 for a six string.

This is coming along for me. One thing that's happened is that I've started recognising more of what's going on in some bass that I hear. I can't remember which song but I was listening to some bass on a Steely Dan (or was it Donald Fagen) track, and then I suddenly could hear it as a major triad with some passing notes from the major scale. Don't want to say which track though as (a) I can't remember, and ( b ) the risk of me saying which track and it being from a different scale The other thing I've been able to do is start putting far more chromatic "bits" into riffs/grooves/lines. My aim is to come up with something that could be a whole verse or so, which is just chromatic movement, with judiciously chosen rhythm and changes of direction. (I'm sure it's been done). Odd thing thought. I'm getting better at the two octave major scales from "Bass Guitar for Dummies". As I get more fluent with those scales, it starts sounding more like a "line" than a scale, while scales in the "box" tend to sound more like .... scales in the "box". I wonder if it's because me having to move my hand position once per string is putting a bit more variation into the playing.