Bassassin

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1178696' date='Mar 27 2011, 08:27 PM']The trick is getting there before Bassassin.[/quote] How very dare you! Although the E serial MIJ Squier Strat I snagged last week will tidy up nicely when I get a minute. Think it's a keeper. £25's excellent for that Vester, although I hope some haggling took place - it is every decent pikey's duty. Jon.

Cheers - looking forward to it. It'll get its own thread on the builds board! J.

Very cool apart from the Rick trc - just looks stupid on an obvious copy. A Hipshot would need suitable holes drilled, as would any replacement bridge, but wouldn't be a problem apart from that. What do you intend doing with the old 'un if you get a Hippy? I could've made you a mirrored perspex surround to fit a J pup for a few quid. Admittedly you'd probably still be waiting for that too! Jon.

[quote name='tino' post='1178030' date='Mar 27 2011, 10:54 AM']might even be tempted myself if I hadn't just bought [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180641451274"]this[/url] off the lovely Mr Tino for £25! Don't know if he knows yet.... J. Of course he knows the "Maya29" was all the evidence required in solving the mystery,I love the way you got Mrs BA to pay the the bill. The relicing is free gratis....Fender Custom shop would have wanted paying for the distressing How do you do it????[/quote] If only I could persuade my better half to pay for my Ebay shenanigans! Anyway I'm genuinely really surprised it didn't get any other bids. Never fear though, I don't intend to profiteer on this one - I have a maple/blocks JapCrap neck I've had for literally years which should slot straight in. Not sure how severe this "distressing" is likely to be, but I'm sorely tempted to turn the bass into an unofficial Dennis Dunaway signature model anyway: J.

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 27 2011, 12:29 AM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] It's not shame. It's loathing bordering on homicidal rage. J.

[quote name='dougie' post='1177608' date='Mar 26 2011, 08:24 PM']useless ifo,stems from the doles old name"the beurau of employment".....i know that berau is misspelled but tired n last thing i can be arsed looking at is some smartarse spell check.[/quote] Makes sense - I've seen it written as "the burroo". Always wondered where that came from, cheers D. J.

Buy one & find out! Get a used one & if you find you don't get on with it, I seriously doubt you'd lose any money. Jon.

[quote name='Johnston' post='1177359' date='Mar 26 2011, 04:01 PM']Never on the Doll, just on the Dole or as it is over here the Brew.[/quote] "Doll" is plainly a phoneticisation of dole, I just found it bizarre that so many people had either never seen it spelled correctly or never given a moment's thought to what the phrase actually meant. It gets called the brew in Scotland as well, think it's mostly a west coast thing here. J.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1177174' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:09 PM']It 's the whole bought/brought thing with me. I can help switching off to people that do it. It's just plain ig'nant.[/quote] I encountered a new one (to me, at least) yesterday on a different forum - various different people in the thread referring to unemployment as "on the doll". Anyone else seen this? I'm convinced in 20 years' time written/typed English will be 90% phonetic. Or rather, fanetik. J.

[quote name='Mr H' post='1177085' date='Mar 26 2011, 11:53 AM']D'oh! I need a bit more time here, don't I? Apologies.[/quote] No apology necessary! FWIW that particular grammatical cock-up is top of my personal red-mist list, and when eventually it becomes the accepted way of expressing this particular phrase (as it inevitably will) I'll pick up my chainsaw, don my easy-wipe goggles & go out and kill, indiscriminately & relentlessly. That'll make it better. J.

Haven't ploughed through the text yet but from my (somewhat limited) knowledge of 60s JapCrap, I think it actually is a Teisco for a change - those fretboard edge position markers are supposedly unique to Teisco, according to those who claim to know! Pretty damn cool old bass though, shame about the Dulux refin but that should come off easily enough. In other matters, the CSL Jazz is quite interesting - it's the same as mine (and one owned by Waldemar, of this parish) except it has the later & more common Ibby Blazer-shaped headstock. The Sumbro J looks very appealing for £99 - might even be tempted myself if I hadn't just bought [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180641451274"]this[/url] off the lovely Mr Tino for £25! Don't know if he knows yet.... J.

[quote name='Mr H' post='1176793' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:10 AM']"Who would [b]HAVE[/b] thought it?" I'll give you "mutilate the language"! [/quote] Irony fail. I give up! J.

Just spotted that & jumped on here to post it myself. It prompted me to wonder about a person as delusional as this seller plainly is. Are they just a harmless and oddly charming eccentric who can sometimes momentarily make the world a brighter place with their amusing whimsical fantasies, or should they be locked up, kept subdued and closely monitored, for the sake of their own safety & that of the community? I just don't know. Jon.

They're also very rare bits of horrid firewood and have genuinely become collectors' items. I doubt people paying this sort of money (as they seem to do) will have much interest in using them as instruments, & the red Watkins that's currently at £511 does look in exceptional condition for a mid-60s bass. I picked up a Rapier guitar at a car boot - paid £12 for it along with a wrecked Strat copy - I tidied it up as much as possible but it was still pretty tired-looking when I sold it. I was pretty amazed someone was willing to pay £250-odd for it, but being a collector is clearly a weird thing. Jon.

Just when you think you've seen the lot - fretts, frettles, knecks, knuts, turners, humbuggers (that's right, [i]humbuggers[/i]) - just goes to show there will always be new ways to creatively mutilate the language. Who would of thought it? Jon.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1175818' date='Mar 25 2011, 12:38 PM']Hi noobie. Unfortunately your Ric is quite worthless. I'll give you a tenner just to take it off your hands. Seriously though Lewis, welcome. Feel free to stick around after your sale.[/quote] Don't listen to him. It's a Japanese Rick copy (trust me, I have an instinct for these things) and I'll happily bung you £250 for it. & , btw! Really though - welcome, and lots of clear & accurate photos of your gear, please - particularly the 4001 because I like to gawp & drool over things I'll never have... Jon.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1175412' date='Mar 24 2011, 11:39 PM']wow look at this! [url="http://www.tfoa.eu/the_store/index.php?target=products&product_id=33425"]http://www.tfoa.eu/the_store/index.php?tar...roduct_id=33425[/url] i have one of these sat in parts on my floor but with cimar on the headstock.... even missing the pickguard i paid a lot less than that![/quote] I've encountered this lot before, amazed they're still in business. This is just babbling, hooting, halfwitted drivel: [quote]We only know of Tacoma as an American brandname, but from the little information we can find on the internet, it is originally japanese and came out one of 'Young Chang's" Companys called Fenix, that later became Fender Made by Squier.[/quote] What? They're just making up random rubbish! Glad the ferrule fits, Luke! J.

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1174858' date='Mar 24 2011, 04:25 PM']I may be wrong but could have sworn this didn't sell recently for £200 BIN. Wait til it doesn't sell and PM him with a sub £200 offer I'd say. And yeah, I do agree it looks nice. I'm not at all into these Westone/Aria natural twin cut away Jap things usually but that looks brilliant, I'd happily own one.[/quote] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTBURY-TRACK-2-BASS-MATSUMOKU-WESTONE-ARIA-VANTAGE-/170603225075"]It was up a month ago at £250 and unsurprisingly didn't shift.[/url] Like I said when we discussed it then, I think he'd struggle to get £150 at the moment. J.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aria-stb-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ260755310306"]He must have a family of them.[/url] Jon.

Loud, reliable, compact, flexible - that covers it for me. Can't see me changing my GK700RB 1x15 & Hartke 2.5XL setup anytime soon. Jon.

[quote name='bassmeg' post='1172722' date='Mar 22 2011, 10:49 PM']Exactly what i wanted to know. Thank you mr Twit.[/quote] Certainly is - in a 99p, no reserve auction this would fetch about £150. Very nice basses but not worth any £250 - which is doubtless why this one keeps coming back. J.

I thought £141 was a bit high for that tbh - looks like the seller probably did too, considering the lower BIN. J.

1mm Dunlop black nylons again - just flexible enough for a bit of feel but stiff enough to dig in hard when necessary. Which is most of the time for me. Jon.