Bassassin
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Bit of a high start price & as you pointed out, listed in the wrong bit. Mine's a great bass, but very, very heavy! -
I could believe he did the "stereo mod"! This thing really scales new heights of functionlessness. Is that a word? Is now.
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Nothing wrong with the type of finish - dark stain enhancing the grain pattern - it's just that this looks an ugly, badly-done mass. Quite incredulous that he claims to have paid money to have this done to it!
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It's interesting - just had a look at the completed items listings for Thunders and on the whole it would appear prices are dropping - items sold in auctions seem to be around £150 with a good few significantly lower. One or two have sold for for £200+ but you can only assume these people aren't checking current average prices, or are just succumbing to Ebay Madness! Still a lot of them about, and still a lot of bargains out there.
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It's a rubbish situation - I've heard about a guy who tried to import a 1981-ish rosewood top Washburn Falcon from Japan. Cost quite a bit, as you might expect. The seller did not complete the necessary CITES stuff and the guitar was duly impounded, and then destroyed. The buyer lost the instrument and the £1000-odd it cost him, with no means of compensation. Some Japanese sellers claim to obtain the CITES export clearance - and they probably do - but as I understand it the buyer also needs to obtain seperate certification this end before it's legit. Not sure how it works & I'd recommend anyone going down the Ishibashi route these days to know exactly what they're getting into! Luckily it only applies to rosewood & other endangered hardwood species - if you're fan of maple boards you shouldn't have much to worry about!
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Maybe it was a bargain after all: F*ckaduck!!
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Unfortunately CITES affects import of rosewood (even on a 25 year-old bass) and unless both exporter & importer obtain & pay the fees for the correct paperwork - that's exactly what can happen now. I'd be very careful buying any instrument from outside the EU.
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Very much hoping someone bites - I have one of these in 99.9% new condition & with original case - I quite like the idea it's worth £400+ ! BTW it's a Roadster, not a Studio.
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I fear with that fretboard it'd go straight in the CITES incinerator.
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Vile and ruined. Not sure whether to be amused or depressed at the BIN prices that Thunder 1s are appearing at on FleeceBay. In the real world they're still £150 - £200 tops, like they always have been.
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Why thank you! Thing is, the Washburn Forces are great basses and pretty uncommon - but they don't actually go for huge amounts when they do turn up. Perfect example is the one Ash has up for £125 - OK the original electronics are gone and it's been chucked out of a window or two, but it's a perfectly useable bass that just needs a little cosmetic attention. I think with the BBRs, the none-more-80s finish probably makes them a little bit less desireable than the more conventional finishes too. I do love them but not too sure I'd want to gig one!
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If he seriously thinks anyone will pay £700 for that, he's a loony. The bit about the Kahler being factory fitted is b0ll0cks (it's a string-through body, ffs) and I would think that devalues the bass. Great bass for the £200 it's worth. (edit) - assuming you chuck away the pointless wobble-stick and can source an original black-finish Chushin bridge for it. Which you won't be able to!
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*SOLD* Ibanez SDGR1000(?) 'Samurai' Custom. EMGs etc. Unique!
Bassassin replied to cetera's topic in Basses For Sale
Love that - it's more than just a body paint job too, those lightning/shark fin inlays aren't standard. Wondering if it's actually a SoundGear neck in fact, looks wider than the usual 38mm at the nut. Just had a little dig around & those inlays appear on the early 90s RD727 Roadbass, although the headstock & heel are completely different. I think this is a particularly unique bass you have here! Stunner, only wish I could afford it - GLWTS! -
SOLD Precision Bass, Sunburst and Maple, £250
Bassassin replied to paddybass's topic in Basses For Sale
Nice bass - it's a Japanese-made Moridaira, and is probably mid/late 70s. Moridaira is the same factory which made Morris, MIJ Hohner, HS Anderson & MIJ Lotus instruments. A lot of their copies turn up unbranded in the UK, but the serial number sticker is a 100% ID - no other manufacturer used this type of sticker. Unfortunately it's not possible to date Mori builds from the serials, at least not in any obvious way, but Japanese manufacturers broadly stopped making accurate copies for export from around 1977, & by 1980 (apart from high-end replicas like Tokai & Fernandes) MIJ copies had largely disappeared. On this bass, the black oversprays on the contours will hide the fact it's made from butcher-block (probably mahogany) with front & back veneers, which is the most common construction method for midrange MIJ instruments like this. You can clearly see it's not ply from the routing. Looks to be in excellent condition for a 40+ year-old bass, GLWTS. -
Worst bass you've ever played that you did not own.
Bassassin replied to stingrayPete1977's topic in Bass Guitars
I've played a few overpriced disasters, inckuding an MM Bongo that played & sounded worse than the bog seat it resembled. The stand-out however was a Fender Custom Shop Jaco sig - a £3500 bass with a neck like a banana and an action you could stick your arm under, and strung with roundwounds as rough as rat-tail files. I'm sure a good setup & some more appropriate strings would've helped sort it, but it still would probably have sounded more like someone whacking a plastic bin with a 2x4 than a high-end Jazz! -
I think you'd find yourself spending your £455 on a shonky sub-£200 Chinese copy and a couple of fake stickers.
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This is a 1984 Force 40 BBR and I am stupidly tempted by this. Even in project-ish condition it's a crazy bargain at £125. Build quality on these is stupendously good - I have an SB-40, which is essentially the same bass with passive electronics & 2x2 headstock (and a more "conventional" finish!) and it's probably the best-playing bass I own. Too many basses & too many projects mean I can't go for it, but anyone with a passing interest in the better end of early/mid 80s MIJ should be all over this. GLWTS! Oh - and the diamond "inlay" isn't original! -
Could be a cheap body & hardware - particularly if the body's timber. But how the hell do you manage to do that to a fretboard?
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I haven't got one (yet) - but I have got a link to the Official Thread, 11 years old & counting! https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/697-obscure-musical-backwaters-the-great-sgc-nanyo-thread
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Does "band & decaying gothic gate" count? Alarmingly, that was 18 years ago - I remember we searched for ages for a suitably melodramatic backdrop. I've ended up living a 5-minute walk up the road from it, as does singer Karen. We've considered revisiting it as a photo location, in the unlikely event we ever bother to try & find other musicians deluded enough to agree to working with us.
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It's essentially a Yammy SG bass: And obviously I now need one to keep this company:
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Only if the Ibanez RB942 does. Imo the Stargazer's more of an Ibby copy!
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I reckon it didn't start off like this
Bassassin replied to Happy Jack's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
What's interesting is that I don't think the body's home-made - looks too well-contoured and shaped, despite the "challenging" styling. It's a bitsa knocked up around what I think is a pointy-guitar body - note the aluminium plate at the end of the neck pocket, which I think is covering a great big gap behind the heel, presumably to get the intonation right. Most interesting thing (to me) is the guitar humbucker, which I think is a mid-70s Japanese Maxon. You see this type on Kasuga Les Paul copies quite often. As if you care. -
I strongly suspect that if you took a punt - in the event you got anything at all - it would be 100% Chickenbacker.
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£56? You robbed it! Only other bass I can think of with built-in bottle-opening potential is the Westone Raider. Would look good next to a Romaxe!
