Bassassin

It does look to me like a generic P copy with a slightly differently shaped scratchplate & headstock. But as with all unidentified instruments, working out anything at all about it depends predominantly on clear and detailed pictures. Really can't tell much from this, beyond what I've just said!

I have a bass listed at the moment - using their handy-dandy fee calculator app, it's still 10%. Hard to avoid the temptation of loading the BIN to reflect that.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1495965291' post='3307767'] On the other hand, he did play on this: [/quote] I didn't know he played on that! Met Jayne/Wayne County a few years back. I was in a band with a trans guitarist/vocalist at the time, Jayne seemed to feel a bit threatened, which was a shame.

The seemingly intentional exclusion of particular musical genres is the only gripe I have about the show. As I've mentioned before, while there's seldom (pretty much never) anything that's "my" sort of music, I always find a lot to enjoy and it exposes me to a lot of good music I would otherwise not encounter. I even quite like Jools, obsequious little tit that he is. Could do without his rinky-dink piano antics, though. Re: metal - Metallica have been on twice. And... err... that's it.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1495884025' post='3307315'] Jools is from the punk era. Sniffy contempt was the absolute minimum reaction to prog rock about that time. [/quote] Jools/Squeeze were about as punk as Boyzone, but that's what I mean. You'd think that 40+ years on, he'd have worked out that 99% of that attitude was just Malcolm McLaren-esque posturing. Other than being a Guild, no idea what bass Sheryl was playing. Ugly as sin & sounded horrible. The bass, I mean...

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1495829818' post='3306981'] Why do you reckon though Jon? [/quote] Aside from perhaps a sort of stuck-in-1979 sniffy contempt for the genre, I genuinely have no idea.

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1495794168' post='3306628'] Does the swear checker really get triggered by sw***y? Edit - Blimey! It does! [/quote] It's gonna hate w***el Rotary Engine, then.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1495620132' post='3305297'] Why he's not had an act like Big Big Train on by now completely mystifies me. [/quote] Because you can count the number of prog artists that have been on Jools on the fingers of one stump.

I remember these from back in the day, really interesting concept and design. Liked it then and I still do.

It's a generic plywood or butcher block copy body - it's absolutely not 1969 because no such thing existed in 1969.

First picked up a bass in '78 - I was 15/16, listening to punk/new wave and the uglier end of heavy rock at the time. But it was going to my first-ever gig, a local pub-rock act called The Warm Jets, that made the real difference. I came out deafened, sweaty and smiling, going - I wanna [b]do[/b] that. Me & my two mates formed a band as we walked home, deciding who would play what - I chose bass because I was a Stranglers fan. Funnily, we all got involved in bands subsequently but never actually played together.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1495345626' post='3303049'] Thank you. I'm pleased I'm not alone. As the owner of a MIM that sings quite nicely, I found that post offensive. [/quote] Not sure I understand. Is there some scale or frame of reference which defines that an MIM is by definition automatically better than a Sunn/Encore, or whatever this is? Surely you'd have to play the two side-by-side to have an objective viewpoint. "Better" isn't always better. I currently own a mid 80s MIJ Squier Strat (E-serial, 3rd in line after the sacred JVs) and a Korean Fenix Strat copy - the Fenix is a far better instrument. Irony of ironies though - the very best Strat I owned was an Indian Sunn Mustang. Wish I hadn't sold it.

Seems we now have two functioning threads, possibly a good time to lock the original one? If I'm right, it's already been merged with the ancient Ebay Faker spotting thread - so possibly all those dead Ebay links might look a bit ambiguous to new members who don't know BC's Faker/Rick policy.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1495226982' post='3302381']Can't recall the brand but it was something like Westfield or Westbury - not Westone but pretty sure it was a longish W word. [/quote] Westfield's a fairly recent brand & Westburys were original designs. I'd have said Westminster but that was a Japanese domestic market brand & never officially imported to the UK. Can't think of any other W----- brand Fakers!

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.

[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Ashley_Pangborn_Warlord_4.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Ashley_Pangborn_Warlord_4.html[/url]

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.