Bassassin

The Indian-made Encores were the same basses as the Indian Sunn Mustangs. And as any fule kno, Sunn is/was owned by Fender. So it might be a [i]bit[/i] Fender-y.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1495140643' post='3301653'] I can see Mr Hall seeing this as a promotion of things he doesn't like. [/quote] Well, boo-hoo. [quote name='Mattmit' timestamp='1495137475' post='3301631'] I've got a black 'custom' brand one. Really hard to google anything about them but it's Japanese from the 70s I believe. It's got just about everything spot on for a ric except a double truss. [/quote] From my own research "Custom" was a 70s EU importer brand (possibly from the Netherlands) which may have had some distribution in Scotland. I owned a Custom-brand Gibson LP Special copy, which I found at an Edinburgh car boot, I've subsequently seen 4 or 5 Customs come up for sale locally but not elsewhere in the UK. My LP was a Moridaira build but I don't know who made their Fakers. [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1495145908' post='3301700'] You might want to edit your post to remove the name of the guy who made your pickguards and TRC's - it would be a shame if he got any hassle from RIC over it, and I think they have some sort of trade dress registration on the TRC shape. [/quote] Worth noting Hall does own copyright on the TRC shape, but oddly, not the scratchplate. Don't know why that is, but it's probably not because it's a poor, lazy design which spoils the look of the bass, even though it does.

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Just been thinking - that's a hell of a death toll of the frontmen of the high-profile bands of that era: Cobain, Layne Staley, Scott Weiland & now Cornell. Eddie Vedder must be crapping himself...

Awful, tragic news. I was a big Soundgarden & Audioslave fan, predominantly because of Cornell. One of the best rock vocalists of the last 30 years. Never got to see either band live, really regretting that.

Got bored & turned off after 2 minutes - does he go on to do anything other than go pockata-pockata-bloopity-pockata-bloop, very quickly? I'm guessing not. Stunt bass, eh?

What's interesting is that he describes it as a "custom" and describes his original receipt from Roka's as "where it was made". The receipt itself says "1x Custom P-J Bass". Wonder if Roka's were putting together their own parts basses with Fender necks at the time? Odd one.

Bitsa. Mid-80s MIJ Jazz Special neck on a body (+ decent hardware) of indeterminate origin. Interesting bass but I'd think the asking price was a bit ambitious. To the tune of £400 or so.

No brand cheapo, from Samick, the factory that made Hondo. I'm guessing the inspection sticker looks like this:

[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1494322199' post='3294903'] I quite like the term "None freted" though [/quote] It's nice to see Ebay terminology evolving. I'll miss "frettles", though.

I assume Ms Innie's unconvinced status is based on who she considers to be a "good" bassist. Which so far doesn't include any of the suggestions other than Paul McC. I'd have said Nick Beggs would be a contender but he's probably a useless bassist like all the others.

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1494224608' post='3294026'] To be fair, that's what the Les Paul was designed for, [/quote] I admit I wasn't around, but I don't think music involved many big rock chords and screaming solos in 1952.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1494280630' post='3294734'] I might start a thread about picking on gingers now ......... [/quote] I'm a Ginger Tosser. Knock y'self out...

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1494242334' post='3294209'] Still only £32 shame its collection only [/quote] That's what I thought! Went for £97, pretty good score for whoever got it.

Since I'm currently not in a gigging band, I'm playing a lot more guitar than bass, that being how I compose. So if I'm now a guitard, that's fine with me. Although I'd prefer to be called a guit@rshole.

Anyone interested in a potential bargain Thunder 1-A might want to keep an eye on this: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-guitar/282455983883"]http://www.ebay.co.u...ar/282455983883[/url]

I had a Squier VMJ, was gorgeous. Wish I hadn't sold it.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1494017799' post='3292704'] Isn't the black overspray on the rear upper forearm contour supposed to be to disguise the plywood ? Looks ok to me though [/quote] On an old MIJ like this it's more likely to be mahogany butcher-block with front & back veneers. That's what my Columbus Jazz was.

I've had a whole bunch of Columbuses - FWIW none of them were made by Matsumoku, Fujigen or any of the big "lawsuit" era manufacturers. Decent, solid midrange stuff for the most part, good necks/frets & OK hardware - definitely wouldn't turn my nose up at a freebie!

Ta for the response. The neck on mine's a fatty, alright but just feels like a chunky P neck, measures 42mm at the nut. Maybe using the same neck for 4 & 5 versions only applies to bolt-necks - BigRedX's fretless 5 is way wider than mine: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/21194-lace-helix/"]http://basschat.co.u...194-lace-helix/[/url] MIne did take a fair amount of work to make it play the way I wanted - if I'd paid list price for it (£799 at the time) I would've been pretty hacked off at the standard of setup & some of the finishing. As it was I got mine for about £200 off a guy who didn't actually play, he'd just wanted a cool-looking "guitar" for his flat!

Travesty / tragedy. However looks like all the parts (apart from scratchplate) are original & the neck looks like a clean & possibly repairable break. Could be a decent project if it stays cheap enough.

Comedy pricing on old Thunder 1s comes up regularly. Ebay's full of dreamers with £300+ BINs, but a quick look at sold items makes it clear that they typically sell for £120 - £180. Same as it ever was...

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1493416825' post='3288269'] Had one. Total rubish bass IMO. [/quote] In what way? Genuinely interested, mine is, like I said, certainly marmite, but not rubish (sic) in any way. It's well constructed, plays nicely (although I did have to give it a proper setup) and sounds pretty decent when you give it some welly. Obviously it looks weird - but you must have liked the aesthetics or you wouldn't have had one in the first place, surely!

Happily I heard back from Thomann this morning, they'll cancel the pending transaction so I can have another go... We'll see how that turns out, then.

One bass? What, as in n+1?