Bassassin

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?

Interesting. Yesterday I attempted to make my first purchase from Thomann (not bass related, I'm afraid!), and something screwed up with the order process meaning it didn't complete - so I'm left with a €325 payment pending on my Paypal account and no actual order, as far as I can tell. Emailed them this morning but so far have heard sod-all. Not too much of a problem as I can get PP to cancel the transaction, but unfortunate as Thomann beat everyone else's price on this item (a Fishman Tripleplay MIDI guitar pickup) by £50 - £100!

DiMarzio Model J on its way.

Look at completed/sold listings. £150 is a realistic price.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1493133057' post='3285926'] I'll add Airborne to that, the only AC/DC tribute band to not play any AC/DC [/quote] Rose Tattoo & Krokus might beg to differ, if they were being honest.

The Armoury Show - ex-members of Magazine & The Skids who crafted massive, epic post-new wave rock. One proper album then gone. Beltane Fire - saw them supporting Marillion in the mid 80s, more widescreen, epic pop-rock with endearingly silly lyrics based on Arthurian mytholgy. One album then phut. Turned out they were an old-school rockabilly band moonlighting as trendy 80s rockers. They pulled it off really well but that doghouse bass should've been a giveaway...

I have the through-neck version: [sharedmedia=core:attachments:46079] Not for traditionalists and very marmite. I find it extremely well-balanced and it's very light. The Lace pickups are practically noiseless (which is the idea) but the downside is that the output's very low. The neck on mine's a bit of a baseball bat too - P width and very chunky - I tend to prefer J type dimensions and if mine was a bit slimmer I'd probably use it more. Description is a bit disingenuous - it's not a "hand-made prototype" (mine's Chinese & No 0008!) and the list price for the bolt-neck single pup version is [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lace-Helix-4-String-Bass-Guitar-in-Black-or-Blue-with-an-Alumitone-Bass-Pickup-/292073390172"]around £500[/url], not a grand. Still a cool bass & would be OK for the £300 start price.

Lines all the way for me. I don't play enough fretless to have a sufficiently developed technique to play unlined cleanly, and tbh I like the look of a lined board - particularly a very dark board with just lines, no dots. And IMO looks are important - I'd get less enjoyment from playing a bass I disliked the appearance of, and that would probably affect my playing.