Bassassin

Bridge - Schaller 3D Pups - DiMarzio Model P (cream covers) Electronics - 250k pots, .047 Orange Drop cap Tuners - Schaller M4S Axes R Us, Fleabay & right here on BC should sort you out. Jon.

[quote name='hhoward' post='1058285' date='Dec 14 2010, 10:32 AM']since i bought it new in 1873, before the factory burnt down,[/quote] [i]I[/i] thought it was funny - considering the rubbish that people talk about old Japanese basses. Always wanted a Unicorn - you hardly ever see them though. Jon.

[quote name='ashley699' post='1058265' date='Dec 14 2010, 10:11 AM']I cant say i like the Tuxedo colours though with a non painted headstock, just my opinion but i think it looks odd. Ashley[/quote] I've seen this finish before - it's only the front that's white, the rest of the body's natural. Odd idea and it would look better if the headstock face was matched too. There are some Rickenfakers in odd colours knocking about - the Electra Corsair often appears with a dark-stained or black painted back & sides, natural front, plus a maple fingerboard with black inlays. Corsairs were made at different times by Matsumoku, Kasuga & Fujigen - I have seen bolt Kasuga & Fujigen versions with the same strange finishes. I think my favourite weirdo finish might be the radioactive green & yellow "SnotGlo" Matsumoku bolt-necks. I want one of those. J.

New nut is an easy task, but there could be a variety of different reasons for fret buzz. Is it only on open strings, has it always done this? BTW if it's 1979 it will be a Roadster, not a Roadstar. Show us a pic or two. Jon.

[quote name='spinynorman' post='1057397' date='Dec 13 2010, 03:15 PM']So now we can add "valued by Simon Catherall Curlsgirls of FabGroovy" to the list of things that add credibility to your eBay ads.[/quote] Anyone a bit concerned that an Ebay secondhand guitar dealer offering a valuation service is a system potentially open to a little bit of abuse? Wonder where he gets his stock? J.

[quote name='icastle' post='1057457' date='Dec 13 2010, 04:11 PM']J.A.P ? [/quote] Don't think so. C.H.I.N.E.S.E, probably. As a bass I like it, it's quite striking, not too fussed on the holes or chickenheads - but as has been said, it's a £200 project bitsa. Buy some bits & make your own! J.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1057632' date='Dec 13 2010, 06:35 PM']Personally I played one of these, bloody heavy but a savage tone. They play really nice too.[/quote] That's my experience - I got one in a trade, lovely neck, loads of tonal variety, and beautifully made. From wood-effect lead, presumably! £285 is a very good price for one of these - shame there aren't more/better pics though. Jon.

How much??? Have to say I've been aghast, dumbfounded and in stitches over that particular Ebayer's spectacularly misinformed listings for a good few years now. I think he might well be that German fella's Scouser cousin. Jon.

If you're not averse to going down the vintage route, a Peavey T-40 sounds like it might fit the bill: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=88904"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=88904[/url] Re: Ibanez Roadster - it's a range, not a specific bass, gets even more complicated later when they were rebranded (due to a typo) as Roadstar II, but there are probably over 20 different basses under the Roadster/Roadstar name. I have an RS924 Roadster - it's a lovely bass but not particularly versatile due to its inability to blend between the pickups. My Roadster's not for sale, but I do have a very nice Peavey T-40 that doesn't get the use it deserves, if you're interested. Jon.

Does nothing for me beyond making me faintly curious that it got a topic here - it's so insubstantial & insignificant that it's difficult to notice, and when you do actually become aware of it - it's a clone of a famous dead singer. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it or anything. That would be a bit like hating a momentary, transient itch on your buttock. It barely exists, really. Jon.

[quote name='MB1' post='1056732' date='Dec 12 2010, 10:39 PM']MB1. J.Arthur Rank is! [/quote] That's what I had in mind... J.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1056573' date='Dec 12 2010, 09:16 PM']if it's neck heavy get better tuner[/quote] But... can you get better tuners that "Schaller Kluson Key" tuners? This is someone's bitsa project, isn't it? Is J.Arthur Palmer rhyming slang? Jon.

[quote name='Musky' post='1055754' date='Dec 12 2010, 10:28 AM']I noticed that he'd signed up here as well. The bit that really caught my attention was the bit about the truss [i]rod[/i] (singular). Not sure if that was just an error, but I thought that all Mat's had twin truss rods? [/quote] I've encountered single rods in their bolt-ons, never in the through-necks though. No idea why some had one while others had two. Maybe just cost-cutting. J.

We're out tonight for the first time since April (due to "life" getting in the way for other band members ) - and yes, I am looking forward to it! However when we're gigging regularly, as this band has for most of the last 10 years, I often can't be arsed with it & it can bug me all day on a gig day. Once I'm up there playing though, I love it. For me it's just a matter of keeping that in mind when I start getting hacked off about it. On reflection I have been pretty depressed for the last few months and I know bloody well it's largely because I've not been out playing. Jon.

£350's too much. It's a nice bass, and as good as bolt-necks get - it's the same as Ashley699's pictured up the page a bit, which went for £266 in an open, no-reserve auction. That's a lot more realistic. Jon. EDIT: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114495"]Oh look![/url]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1054026' date='Dec 10 2010, 01:54 PM']Hmm, so the one I was sold as genuine rick might not be. It has chromed saddles also, and is different to the two faker bridges, same screw hole spacing, but the other two have the squarer holes, smaller damper knobs, very similar skeleton underneath. Could it be a modern one is different? Anyway, the ones I'm making are gonna be far superior to either, except possibly missing the mute bit because the knobs are difficult to do in small batches.[/quote] Chrome saddles only appear on some copy bridges - and never on real ones. Rick tailpieces have come in 3 different versions over the years, there's a pic of the 3 different types shown from the underside [url="http://www.joeysbassnotes.com/Fakericks.htm"]here[/url], near the bottom of the page: Quite cool how your reinforced tailpiece is very similar to the current RIC part. Theirs are still cast from soft zinc alloy & apparently still bend, despite the extra mass. Lots of really interesting pics & comparisons on that site, if you haven't seen it before. J.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1053305' date='Dec 9 2010, 08:19 PM']That bridge looks more like a genuine rick one than mine, the angle on the edge and the holes that are round when viewed from above.[/quote] Actual fact Oli, the round holes are a giveaway of a Faker bridge - proper Rick ones are more squared-off. I've got a real Rick one on my Matsumoku copy & it's a lot thinner & more scruffily-made than the Jap ones. Nice bass Ashley! J.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1053441' date='Dec 9 2010, 10:11 PM']I suppose Im flogging a dead horse here then?, I will direct those who dont like her to sibobs post earlier about those who dont like it being free to leave........ Im looking forward to Ellie tomorrow in the live lounge [/quote] I detect a catastrophic failure of communication happening here. Well, whatever. J.

[quote name='Sibob' post='1053242' date='Dec 9 2010, 07:28 PM']"Always listen to music you don't like, you might learn something"........can't remember who said that, but quite true I think. Si[/quote] This is absolutely true; I have and I did. I learned that I did not like it. J.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1053207' date='Dec 9 2010, 06:54 PM']BBC Radio one and two have played all her singles at peak times so for many people the EJ cover is far from their first exposure! How many million listeners is that alone without every other radio station/music channel possible too? Here is some good advice, Ellie is in the Radio 1 live lounge tomorrow Im looking forward to it for a start and before anyone goes on about cover versions that has become a big part of that show to see who does what and how they make it different. Check out the Arctic monkeys cover of girls alouds love machine for genuine band meets cowell pop and just how good it can be![/quote] Are you suggesting that the majority of people likely to hear the commercial featuring her cover song will already be familiar with her music? Forgive me if I choose to ignore your advice to seek out music I have no interest in by artists I already don't enjoy. J.

It's a Gibson RD Artist copy. I'd buy that for £70. I'd also buy a Jolana D Rick copy, given half a chance! Jon.

[quote name='agoulding' post='1052486' date='Dec 9 2010, 10:13 AM']Would you walk around an art studio or gallery saying "thats sh*t, thats sh*t"?[/quote] I might have that opinion if I walked into an art gallery & what I saw were ineptly-rendered copies of other artists' well-known work. The cover of Your Song is my first - and so far only - exposure to any of Ellie's work. Because of the nature of the medium (background music for a shop's Xmas advert) an awful lot of people will be hearing Ellie for the first time, and making judgements about her & her music based solely upon her performance of that song. Many of them - like me - will feel no motivation to go out of their way to listen to anything else she's done. Jon.

I have a Lace Helix - odd looking thing but nice & light. If you don't mind the decidedly peculiar styling, these are pretty decent, and there's one for sale on here now: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=113101"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=113101[/url] Not mine btw - mine's twin pup/through-neck. Jon.