Bassassin

I think that might be the highly sought-after Westone Bitsa.

Now at £102 with less than three hours, certainly heading towards mad bargain territory. Won't be bidding because I've got one! Very odd bass in every way but definitely a keeper. Curious advert - apparently this one's a "walnut" finish. That'll be those metallic grey plastic walnuts, I suppose.

Oh, they're out there if you look: [url="https://reverb.com/item/5988768-80s-b-c-rich-wave-bass-nj-series-neck-through-in-desireable-ocean-blue-with-cream-pus"]https://reverb.com/i...-with-cream-pus[/url] I seem to be making a habit of missing out on ludicrously underpriced vintage MIJ gems - following this & the £100 Riverhead Unicorn, last night I failed to spot someone selling an early '80s Ibanez Artist (OK, it's just a guitar) on a local FB group for £170. I guess this is what it feels like to lose your touch!

Another crazy bargain BC Rich - would be all over this if it was nearer. More like 1983 than 1973 - NJ series = Nagoya, Japan.

Maybe he prised off the Stagg badge (or sanded off the Wesley logo - they were the same bass) and applied the amusing composite logo. A "similar" Stagg sold on BC last year: £80. Compare & contrast... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277806-sold-stagg-mb350-jaguar-style-bass/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277806-sold-stagg-mb350-jaguar-style-bass/[/url] These actually pre-dated the "real" Fender Jag basses by a few years - I was a bit tempted by a maple-board Stagguar for the basis of a project.

Thought these weren't allowed on here. And that ain't no '73.

Damn. My pics have been BotoPhucketed!

Great news - hopefully he'll be back to full strength & out on the road again soon.

There's something about black/black/maple that just works. One of the best-looking basses Mr Konig's offered IMO, if it had checked binding I would have had it myself.

It's even got a name - it's a 0010/F! Catchy! [url="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/LanterneRouge/media/Catalogues/columbusbasses_zpscpar9kzo.jpg.html"][/url]

Looks in great condition for a 40+ year old, £30 bass! These hardly ever turn up with the ashtrays still on. Great score.

Very common & pretty decent mid-70s J copy, probably made by Chushin Gakki. Bodies can either be ply or veneered butcher-block, as many of the MIJ copies were. Electronics might just need a good clean & any dry joints re-soldering, but tbh pickups were never great on these so if it plays nicely it might be worth dropping a halfway decent set in if the originals are dud. They should fit OK despite the round-end originals. £30 is a little bit of a steal - these can go for £150+ on Ebay.

If you do want to spend a few quid and can, as you say, play guitar passably, think about one of these: [url="https://www.fishman.com/products/series/tripleplay/"]Fishman Triple Play[/url] I impulse-bought one a couple of months ago - not used it properly yet (still getting to grips with new recording gear) but it's very, very good.

A long time ago I went out with a classical basoonist/mezzo soprano. She was technically superb at both disciplines - but the most unintuitive musician I ever met. I was highly amused when she was surprised that I practised a lot - she thought "pop musicians" didn't bother with that sort of thing! And from the other perspective, a couple of years back I was asked to play a few gigs with a folk/traditional band, standing in for a member who was away for a while. I said sure, let me know the set list, keys, arrangements, give me a week to learn them & then let's get a rehearsal or two. They said no, just expected me to turn up at the gig & busk 20 or 30 songs I didn't know & might never have heard before! Because that's the Folkie way, apparently. Unsurprisingly I declined. Different worlds.

Sales patter's sales patter - but I'm sure most people on BC appreciate that "forgotten" and "unwanted" basses & guitars are typically the ones that are, well, a bit rubbish. And I doubt what he's selling is actually recycled throwaway junk - at least I hope not. I may be being a [i]bit[/i] cynical but I went through all the pics on the FB page - when I encountered the relic'd Strat fitted with Teisco gold foil pickups, I cringed so hard I nearly blacked out. In its way it's a bit like that deranged Ebay experiment artist who causes so much combined amusement & dismay in the Weird & Wonderful thread.

They do give the impression of being created from random Ebay parts & a belt sander.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1499521825' post='3332005'] Another company making Fender clones...why?? [/quote] Funny - as soon as I saw the name I genuinely thought - they'll be relic'd Fender copies. And they're relic'd Fender copies.

Thanks for the info Dudgeman - would never have thought of using ink as a stain.

The saddle's a simple metal bar - it should be possible to improvise something. I don't think anything current uses the old 2-point system so your choice for a new replacement is limited to a rather expensive Hipshot: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hipshot-Supertone-4-string-Bass-Bridge-Gibson-2-point-Chrome-5G410C-/111705155990"]http://www.ebay.co.u...C-/111705155990[/url] And that's assuming the post spacing is the same. Considering it's an arch-top, your other alternatives would be a 3-point or some sort of tune-o-matic & stop bar/tailpiece arrangement. Moving swiftly on, wouldn't mind a bit of insight into exactly how you went about getting that finish - I have an old Ibanez Blazer half-stripped which would look amazing done like that.

Lovely work refinishing it, but the saddle is missing from the bridge, as BOTB has said - that's why it doesn't intonate. It's a Fujigen build (the factory that made Antoria, Ibanez & numerous other brands) so it should be a good quality instrument & should play well when set up properly. The bridge (when complete) is an accurate copy of the bridges Gibson used on early EB-0 basses, you can see the missing bit: I know a few things about old MIJ copies - your bass is an Antoria 2350B, from the tuner style I'd guess it's from '71 or '72. The pickups should have codes inkstamped on the back which give an accurate date, which should give the age of the bass. FYI there was no connection between Ibanez & Antoria other than the factory the instruments were sourced from - Antoria is a UK brand which at the time was owned by an importer/distributor in Leeds, and Ibanez is a brand name owned by a Japanese trading company called Hoshino Gakki. If you do a bit of reading from informed sources, you'll find there wasn't actually a lawsuit, as Hoshino had changed the headstock shape a year prior to the legal threat that Norlin Gibson made in 1977. You can probably guess that I'm not too keen on the logo - but aside from that you've done a stunning job - and once you get a functioning bridge on it, don't be surprised if it turns out to be a player, too.

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1499183010' post='3329779'] I've had a Schaller roller bridge on my precision since the early 80's. Had the same 3 screw holes as the original bridge. [/quote] Never seen one like that. I have several basses with 3Ds, this is the one on my J: [url="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/LanterneRouge/media/CSL%20Jazz/bridge_zpsqvoksi3h.jpg.html"][/url] The arrows indicate two pilot holes which match the original drillings, to ensure accurate alignment when replacing Fender type bridges - you're meant to use these to mark & drill the proper holes! I find myself wondering if people who have issues with these bridges bending are attaching them just with the pilot holes...