Bassassin

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='818421' date='Apr 25 2010, 08:26 PM']Amazing flame top under there?[/quote] Nowt that exotic - just a pretty 3-piece sen ash (presumably) front. Looks a lot like a real L6S. That DiMarzio Super Distortion was a nice bonus too. J.

Fuxake! I thought I was gyppo-ing it to the max when I got £80 for one of them! Plus he should've left it stock - at least the pup - the stock pickup on these is surprisingly good. Jon.

[quote name='bartelby' post='818174' date='Apr 25 2010, 04:34 PM']TOOL's Lateralus changes from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8...[/quote] Exactly what I was going to post: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDlC7oG_2W4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDlC7oG_2W4[/url] Jon.

[quote name='Musky' post='817931' date='Apr 25 2010, 11:12 AM']Something Jon would probably attest to. [/quote] Hell yeah - I wouldn't deny it for an instant. However a good part of what I do aside from buyin' & sellin' is renovation & refurbishment - and I absolutely [i]love[/i] pulling some horrific old relic apart, finding out what makes it tick, and doing my best to get it back to the way it used to be 35 years earlier. I'm currently pretty close to finishing some light cleaning & buffing to this (excuse guitar content): [attachment=48236:l6sorigcond.jpg] And I have to say I'm quite happy with how it's looking now - pics to follow if anyone cares. This will go back on Ebay (probably) when it's done - I doubt the original seller would recognise it, and any profit I make won't reflect the hours & hours I've spent on it. I really wouldn't feel happy about picking something up & just trying to flip it the next week for a lot more than I paid - I'd at least wait until the listing I bought it from had expired! J.

I love 'em - I think they're the perfect good-for-everything bass & they look great. If (heaven forbid) I had to have just the one bass, it would be a Jazz. Jon.

[quote name='JD1' post='817640' date='Apr 24 2010, 10:07 PM']...its just a load of Queen songs with a story line similar to the Rush 2112 concept...[/quote] You must be gagging to get cracking on this, Wayne! Jon.

[quote name='redstriper' post='817554' date='Apr 24 2010, 08:33 PM']I was offered this for less than the selling price recently - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Musician-Bass_W0QQitemZ250612409394QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3a59a9e432"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Musician-Bass...=item3a59a9e432[/url][/quote] Maybe you should have taken it - this is the same bass that's being flipped for £700 in Beedster's post! Shameless gyppos! Jon.

I came really close to buying a Superfly a few months back. So glad I didn't. Jon.

[quote name='Musicman69' post='817155' date='Apr 24 2010, 12:51 PM']And I was just going to suggest raising the action.. Spoilsports! [/quote] Ain't too daft an idea - pop a shim in the neck pocket and raise the saddles to compensate. Jon.

While I'd agree that this is a well-crafted, well-constructed & produced piece of music - and it is a rare skill to be able to write music of this type - it does not touch me or move me on any level. There is a specifically targeted market demographic for this type of product, and I am not it. Jon.

Not having any insecurity about my sexual orientation, I would love a pink bass. :brow: Jon.

Came across a thread on the Matsumoku.org board discussing "Onyx" guitars, seems to be a Canadian brand. [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4730"]http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic...f=18&t=4730[/url] The guitar in the pics is the little sibling of the green Seiwa bass: J.

Don't care if it's a '68 P - it's a squalid piece of crap. How the hell can people let their instruments get that foul? Jon.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='817191' date='Apr 24 2010, 02:17 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130357707149&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url] Yeah, sounds pretty good, check out the american ebay link guy! I can't believe these will sell, so I am watching them avidly.[/quote] That's what I mean - it's completely mental! I only paid £95 for the guitar! J.

I suppose technically we don't - but it's the same bass as the early Ibby 2388B/DX - through neck, full-width glittery inlays, checked binding & big chromey Gibson Mudbucker-alikes - which are in fact single-coils in big cases! These were some of the earliest 4001 copies made, hence the inlays & binding which were copied from pre-1973 Rickenbackers. Fujigen-made Rick copies looked like this from around 1971 up to 1975-ish, when details like pickups & inlays were updated to be more representative of mid-70s Rickenbacker design. In the UK Fujigen copy-era guitars were mostly sold under the Ibanez, Antoria & CSL brands - and I've never seen an Antoria or CSL Rick copy. Doesn't mean they don't exist (they probably do) but it does suggest to me that Mr Digits is likely correct thinking this was originally an Ibby. FWIW I wouldn't touch it without getting a look at the truss rod problem first-hand. Experience with these & other Fakers would make me wonder if it's neck-body joint deformation/delamination rather than the truss. J.

The Who - primarily Who's Next, Quadrophenia & Tommy. They were the first band I was ever obsessed with as a kid. Sometimes you hear music that's so good it makes you want to give up - I think if I could have appreciated quite how utterly, mind-buggeringly phenomenal they were 35 years ago, I wouldn't have bothered starting to play in the first place. Jon.

Dictionaries will commonly define genius, used in the context we're discussing here, as "a person with exceptional ability, especially of a highly original kind" or "a person of extraordinary intellect and talent". The first musician that springs to my mind here is Pete Townshend - an extraordinarily gifted & visionary songwriter/composer who defined a musical genre or two, never mind an instrument. I've been listening to The Who a lot lately (they were the first band I was ever obsessive about - 35-odd years ago!) and considering everything Townshend had done by 1973, it's fair to say the bugger didn't leave much for the rest of us! Jon.

[quote name='kevbass' post='816308' date='Apr 23 2010, 03:02 PM']Personally I wouldnt buy from someone who would put so little info on an ebay auction but thats just me.[/quote] Nah, don't blame you. [i]Nobody[/i] wants to grab a bargain no-one else has spotted because of a crap ad, do they? J.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='816266' date='Apr 23 2010, 02:28 PM']Hondo 830 for £200! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guitar-Hondo-830-Frame-Series_W0QQitemZ150427829184QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item23063283c0"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guitar-Hondo-830-Fra...=item23063283c0[/url][/quote] Dreamin' on! Hondos don't get particularly good money unless they're confirmed MIJ hollowbodies. And then the name still puts people off. I had a gorgeous set-neck/carved top Hondo LP copy, rare as popeshit and in great condition for its age, lovely player etc. - only got £150 for it. I'm not complaining, because it cost me £25 - but if it had had any other"lawsuit era" name it would've likely made twice that. Anyway - the one we're meant to be discussing - probably Korean, probably a ply body, neck might be OK (looks nice), the pup is a DiMarzio (standard on most Hondos around this period) scratchplate's broken. I'd pay the £50 for it, mostly for the pup, and hope the rest was useable/resellable. And I still concur that it's a better ad than the usual "Squire base gitar, very little use, bargin" stuff. J.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='816247' date='Apr 23 2010, 02:14 PM']Tell you what, I'm going to throw them to the ebay lions, I'll send you the link to the auction when they're up, and when they end up going for 2 quid (like these things always do for me) you'll be quids in. I'd hate to auction them cheap and you miss out, but I would like to get something for nothing as well. What do you reckon? It'll be a 99p no reserve job.[/quote] Sounds like a plan - I'll definitely stick a (cheapskate lowball!) bid on. J.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='816080' date='Apr 23 2010, 12:29 PM']I wish I'd seen those pickup ring adapters before I drilled my old ones to take dimarzios.... One of the bands is snapped, will need a bit of glue, and the inside of one is chipped, stays on the pot though. Only got 3, and you need 4, I was hoping to rip off some unsuspecting muppet with them, but I hate to see a fellow in need. Will post pics, when I get a camera...[/quote] If you think you can profiteer on them - go for it! I would... Like I say, I'll be happy just to stick a set of speed knobs on it & leave the genuine vintage stuff to "proper" collectors. I have already spent a few quid on it - a repro trc & reissue tailpiece - and that's probabley enough for the time being! TBH I'm not even sure the guitar I have (an MC150 from 1981) should even have Sure-Grips - this version was only available for 1 year and the only pics I can find are grainy catalogue ones. Some Ibbys from this era didn't have SGs & mine might be one of 'em. Jon.

I'm not a massive fan of "posed" promo shots - it's hard not to look like a bunch of complete gits, no matter how hard you try. Fortunately for us, it's damn-near impossible to get my band members all in the one place unless we're actually playing, & last week we were lucky enough to get a proper photographer to take some pics of us live. I've been mucking about with some of the results & I'm quite pleased with this: [attachment=48106:promosmall.jpg] Bit of a shame because it was our drummer's last gig for the forseeable future - he's now on indefinite maternity leave and I strongly suspect he won't be coming back. So I have prepared an alternative version: [attachment=48107:promosmall2.jpg] Anyone know any jaded, cynical old prog rock drummers in the Edinburgh area? Jon.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='815776' date='Apr 23 2010, 09:08 AM']Now there's an interesting question, I'll have a look and get back to you. Seriously though, there was another guy on ebay selling knobs that look identical, they're not original, but they're only a fiver a set. Except it's gone now... I can still see this one, it's not the same as mine, but it is a sure grip, and it is cheaper. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-Sure-Grip-2-Genuine-Control-Knob-fits-Artist-etc_W0QQitemZ200433699922QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item2eaac78c52"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-Sure-Grip-2-G...=item2eaac78c52[/url] Seriously, I'll have a think, and send you a pic of them, they're not mint by a long shot.[/quote] Cheers for the link to the SG2s - these aren't correct for my Musician but it's interesting that they're available at a reasonable(ish) price. As far as this guitar's concerned, if I can get the "proper" knobs for cheap, then I'll do it but I'm not too much of a stickler for detail! I'll probably just stick a set of speed knobs on & be done with it! Wish I'd seen the £5-a-set ones - I'd buy a bunch and sell them as repros, like [url="http://www.reproguitarparts.com/"]this guy in the States[/url] does! J.