Bassassin

The "Geneva" sticker on the back might be a clue - they were 90s Aberdeen indie/alt rock band, made a couple of albums for Suede's label in the Britpop era. Met them briefly in a Glasgow studio in 1995 or 6 - think they were recording their debut album, can't remember if the bassist had a T-40 though!

Ridiculous bargain, they can go for nearly twice that these days. Has the original case too. I'd grab that, if I were you.

I've played Blanket On The Ground. There. I said it. I've finally admitted it. Do I feel unburdened by this confession? Strangely, no - the recollection just takes me back to that dark, shameful night, and somehow revives and revitalises the humiliation, the stigma, and makes it all real again. No matter that it took place many years ago, in a frankly terrifying pub in the east end of Glasgow, and that it was a necessary act of self-debasement if we were to leave with teeth and gear intact, limbs unbroken and bodies unstabbed. Should I have been the stronger man, and taken the kicking, the glassing? I just don't know - some scars heal, others, it seems, do not.

Just stunning. Would look fabulous next to:

Some very, very odd inclusions on a list that should be entitled "guitar bands" rather than "rock". Anyway. One omission, and I'm amazed no-one else appears to have mentioned them considering the seismic impact they had on British music. No Sex Pistols. Come on.

That's grim, particularly if it's from a proper luthier. Looks like garden-shed wonkiness on steroids to me.

Having been moaning a bit in TheGreek's thread in Off Topic, I'm happy to say it's much more stable & running much faster for me this morning. However - tagging other users (@ + username) doesn't appear to be working.

Pics are pre-update so I can't see them unfortunately - any chance of re-posting them, @ricksterphil ? Morris is house-brand of Japanese manufacturer Moridaira, who are probably best known for making Prince's Hohner MadCat Telecaster copy. I think the Hurricanes were early 80s but they're not all that common so that's all I know! £50 is a total steal for any decent MIJ bass from that era, though.

[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1509880511' post='3402235'] Never mind the bass, where do I get the Pacamac? [/quote] From the '80s. When I saw The Armoury Show, Jobson came on stage in an anorak, with a plastic bag on his head. For a bet.

The Kays will be horrible plywood Taiwanese rubbish. The Guya is MIJ, better quality and also has some collectability value. Any of the modern basses however will be a more functional, useable musical instrument. There's been a vast improvement in the quality of budget-end instruments since the 70s!

I know a guy who has one. Don't think he's selling though. I've had GAS for one since seeing The Armoury Show in 1985!

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Dave can be quite funny - particularly liked his Rickenbacker & Ibanez Rickenfaker vids. Not entirely sure what's the joke about the Strat copy though - actually looks like quite a nice Partscaster someone's put together but lacked the skills (and string trees!) to set up properly. Dave seems to imagine a Fender sticker would automatically make it better though. Continuing the topic of loudmouth Canadians who polarise opinions, I can wholeheartedly recommend [url="https://www.youtube.com/user/SpectreSoundStudios"]Spectre Sound Studios[/url] - particularly if you're an easily offended metal bassist. NSFW.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1509667045' post='3400799'] If your Marmite's that colour I wouldn't eat it if I was you [/quote] I'd be a lot more disposed to sample green glittery Marmite than the normal brown filth! I think the bass is - but that's a bit dear for a CIJ, isn't it? Admittedly I don't know much about "proper" Fenders...

Consistent with this 85/86 catalogue from Tokai Registry site - different model but same era: A lot of Japanese manufacturers who were still making copies in the "post lawsuit" era changed the headstocks on export models, but kept the Fender (& Gibson) shapes for the Japanese market. Quite a lot of these seemed to end up unofficially exported, which is probably why you see both.

Nice looking body. It's not ply - the easiest way to tell is that a ply P or J body with a 'burst finish will have big black oversprays on the front & back contours, to disguies the laminations. Also there are no visible laminations inside the routes or the neck pocket. Looks to me like this is made from two pieces of timber joined dead-centre.

Missed it. Arse.

[quote name='Spaced' timestamp='1508878666' post='3395140'] Would you like it if everyone judged your music by the first 30-60 seconds? [/quote] The vast majority of everything performed on Later will have said everything it has to say well within the first 60 seconds.

Live Music is interesting but the used gear (at least the stuff I know the value of) seems eye-wateringly expensive.

Yeah man, feel your pain. I was into bass [i]before[/i] it was mainstream.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1508765549' post='3394255'] At full volume the resistance of a 500K ohm pot is Zero ohms in the path of the hot wire. At full volume, the resistance of 250K ohm pot is Zero ohms in the path of the hot wire. The resistance from the hot wire to earth, through the pot, will be the max resistance of the pot. Yet a negligible amount of signal will go through the pot main resistance to earth because it takes the path of least resistance. So I'd be interested to know the science behind this. 500K pots can make the sound more metallic/aggressive, but I can't see how it can be louder. I would genuinely be interested to know. Not being funny, honest. [/quote] In fairness a bit speculative on my part - I swapped a 250k pot for 500 in a P copy fitted with a DiMarzio Model P, specifically to make it brighter and more aggressive - pleased with the result, and it does seem louder too. Did a lot of reading about this beforehand - including accounts of people with P/J setups using combinations of different values to balance the output levels. That was of interest to me because I have a P/J equipped bass which has this problem, and was considering seeing if a 500 on the lower-output J would help even things out. Fully admit I have no real understanding of the science involved - I just muck about with a soldering iron!

And there was me thinking it was going to be an actual light-up bass! I'm just wondering - if BC can ban links to Rickenbacker & Rick copy sales, can't we do the same with beer marketing tat?

Nowt to do with Rob Green's lovely creations - these turn up from time to time and it appears to be a name used by J.E Dalls& Sons / Dallas-Arbiter on early 70s J copies, sold alongside their Jedson brand. This is from a Jedson catalogue: Somewhat overpriced at £200+, it's a refin (should be sunburst) and cosmetically a bit of a mess. In that condition, to me it should be a sub-£100 restoration project, in the hope the original finish has been painted over, rather than stripped. Interesting early 70s build though, this is a 99.9% likely a Fujigen bass, ID'd from the Maxon pickups and lower-half stamped neckplate. The pickups will have date stamps underneath but I'd put it at '71 or '72, based on the pickups themselves, common before J type copy pickups were widely available, and also the tuner style and the chrome trc cover, which disappeared from Fujigen builds after '72 or so.

Might be worth experimenting with different pot values - if it has 250s (which I'd guess it probably does), maybe swap for 500s, which will tend to let a little bit more level through. Plenty of info out there if you google 250k vs 500k pots.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1508655489' post='3393512'] How very [i]seventies[/i] of you was it using that adjective? Were you wearing tartan turn-ups as you typed it? [/quote] [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1508636468' post='3393498'] Cos they don't pass the BBC's [b]'hipster'[/b] test. [/quote] Updated for 2017 for ya. Haven't seen a single edition of this series, thrown by the fact it's not on a Friday night any more. Would appear I've succeeded in missing precisely sod-all.