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If the neck has a back bow, seized truss rod & a twist then I'd consider just replacing it, considering the bass was a freebie to start with. I suppose if you could get the truss rod loosened then it might straighten out, but a twist is pretty much unfixable, and you'll never get a perfect setup. Cheap P necks come up on Ebay all the time & you should be able to find a replacement for not much cash. I've got a '97 Squier P neck in very good nick, but it's a rosewood board so probably not what you're looking for. Jon.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='616460' date='Oct 4 2009, 01:10 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDO-70S-BASS-GUITAR-4001-4003-TOKAI-FACTORY-FIREGLO_W0QQitemZ120476572370QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c0cf69ad2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]Hondo[/url][/quote] £475 BIN. Wow. And [quote]THESE WERE MADE IN THE TOKAI FACTORY[/quote] I think the appropriate response is "my arse!" Jon.

I think it looks incongruous - I think they'd have made it far more interesting (and appealing) by styling it along the lines of the Stratacoustic: As it is it looks like a Photoshop experiment. Jon.

[quote name='razze06' post='613656' date='Oct 1 2009, 10:52 AM']I'm now the proud new owner of this fantastic piece of kit! Thanks Jon![/quote] My pleasure Marco - glad it's gone to somebody from BC who'll appreciate it & use it! Jon.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='612467' date='Sep 29 2009, 09:01 PM']Thinking back, some Mexis had the strat knobs, but the covered contour is usually reserved for block and board/ply basses.[/quote] You'd expect to see it on the front as well, though. Odd. I like the reason for sale - "in need of being sold for financial pupose". What, instead of for a bucket of fish? Jon.

Bought a rather nice JapCrap Strat scratchplate & jack from Oli - bargain price & well-packed. One of the Good Guys. Jon.

[quote name='MB1' post='610373' date='Sep 27 2009, 09:55 PM']MB1. ...I dont even T Cut my car!....but this i could happily spend hours on!....Bloody Hippies! [/quote] I bet if you took off the "art" you'd find it's stained the finish underneath - there'd be a permanent ghost image on the Rick's finish.. Bit of a shame because these early 80s white/black trim Ricks are pretty damn cool - and a bit rare too. J.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='608952' date='Sep 26 2009, 01:20 AM']I like it. Honestly.[/quote] So do I. I'm off to wait for the coronaries at RickResource... Jon.

Maybe a Sandberg? I remember seeing transparent & LED-lit Sandbergs at Music Vile a couple of years back. Jon.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='609301' date='Sep 26 2009, 03:30 PM']Like you say, old news! It's not a recent thing either... The Last Waltz, Eagles Live...[/quote] Or Rush's Exit Stage left, which the band refer to as "live-ish". Jon.

[quote name='matski' post='608434' date='Sep 25 2009, 10:13 AM']Calling all Fenderphiles... Anyone out there an expert on the Fender JV Squiers? I recently retrieved an old one I had lent to a friend about 20 years ago - it is one of the Precision models with the big Fender logo and the smaller Squier Series logo - it was sunburst with gold anodized scratchplate, so it was the '57 vintage model, right? All I know about these is that they were produced in the early 80s - can anyone here shed any more light on these basses? How many produced etc.? I am curious...[/quote] Everything you ever wanted to know about JV Squiers: [url="http://www.21frets.com/"]http://www.21frets.com/[/url] The big Fender logo ones were the very first & the rarest - hope your mate looked after it! Jon.

[quote name='witterth' post='608046' date='Sep 24 2009, 07:19 PM']EEEEEWWWWWHHHH!!! year 8, D.T project?[/quote] Delirium Tremens, right? J.

Hi James. Looked at the pics again and the saddles are slightly different to my RS924 although the bridge baseplate looks the same. However - I'd be very surprised if the allen key size was different - so I expect it will be a standard metric 1.5mm key. In fact most instruments that aren't US or vintage UK (which both use imperial sizes) will use this size key. If you don't have a set of allen keys you'll be able to get a decent set of various sizes from B&Q or similar place, for a few quid. I recommend the type with a ball-shaped end on the longer part - these can be incredibly useful for reaching awkward screws, such as truss rod adjusters. Hope this helps - Jon.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Awesome-1970s-rare-IBANEZ-mapleglo-bass-guitar-RICANEZ_W0QQitemZ350256330046"]Here's an Ibanez 2388B/DX[/url], beautifully photographed to show all its "historical" delaminations - fretboard popping off, neck pickup route collapsing in on itself, leading to an action you could just about stick your hand under. All for only £750 BIN. J.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='606818' date='Sep 23 2009, 04:46 PM'] beware of imation - with [i][b]that[/b][/i] logo ?[/quote] In all fairness the actual instruments are, well - [i]unique[/i]! I'm surprised at the amount of positive interest this is starting to attract. Maybe we should organise a buying trip to Givson HQ and bring a few home. Could be the ultimate BC curry weekend! J.

Ah, Givson - Mother India's finest! I had the intriguing experience of examining one of these first-hand, in my local Crack Convertors a couple of years back. You really do get the impression that a few containers of random guitar parts washed up off Mumbai & someone who'd never seen a guitar before put them together with the aid of a 1963 Teisco catalogue. I've actually seen these turn up on Ebay being fobbed off as 60s oddities - anyway the website's here - the peculiar naming conventions are why the Ebay seller assumes his bass is Hawaiian: [url="http://www.givson.com/home.html"]http://www.givson.com/home.html[/url] If you really want a Givson GB King bass (OK, I know you don't, but it's theoretical, right?) Raj Musicals will do you one brand new for about £60. Air fare to New Delhi not included. Jon.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='605444' date='Sep 22 2009, 12:02 PM']Could well be its cause he strung it BEAD without changing the setup.[/quote] I did think that - but you'd expect he'd at least drop the bridge a bit. J.

That is tasty - but worth noting that the front & headstock have been stripped, the rest is the original black. He says Hondo - 99.9% it's not, there wasn't a through-neck Hondo as far as anyone can tell, so maybe a Shaftesbury. Either way, I don't know who made this. The fretboard looks unlacquered & very orangey - like my Frankenbugger, which is a great player. Having said that, the action on this looks alarmingly high from what I can see - the bridge will lower a lot so it's probably not structural - but if I was going to bid, I'd want to know why it's set up like that. J.

[quote name='Telebass' post='604759' date='Sep 21 2009, 05:33 PM']Nope. Double bass > electric bass. The family resemblance is only that. Only the playing position is guitar-like. Even frets were on upright basses once, y'know... Look at the old Jazz headstock, it specifically says "electric bass"; look at a Fender VI, and it specifically states "electric bass guitar". The Musicman Silhouette is similarly titled. The VI is also erroneously called a baritone guitar - they're tuned to A or B, not EADGBE and are usually 27.5" scale or similar. Not to say you can't mess with different strings, of course... At the time, remember, if you played bass, it was either an upright or a tuba... A bass that can easily be played by a guitarist, yes. A bass guitar, no. However, I realise that this particular bit of pedantry is considered old-fashioned. So be it. I am too! [/quote] It's pedantry you want, is it? Anyway ET & Rich are spot-on - the electric bass guitar is part of the guitar family, the "bass" prefix refers to its pitching. Technically it is a hybridisation of electric guitar and double bass, but it really only inherits its number of strings & tuning convention from its acoustic forbear, since it was primarily developed to be a more portable and louder substitute. Everything else - its design, construction, components, electronics, even aesthetic appearance - is taken (very specifically, in the case of Fender basses) from the electric guitar and that's clearly the family of instruments it's part of. The "Electric Bass" as you're defining it is indisputably the EUB - didn't Gibson come up with the first one in the 20s? J.

[quote name='bh2' post='604343' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:00 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-Vintage-1962-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Pickguard_W0QQitemZ140346940576QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item20ad545ca0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1510wt_1099"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-Vintage-196...#ht_1510wt_1099[/url] You can have mine for £400.00![/quote] If I thought I could flog it for £550, I would! Jon.

[quote name='ahpook' post='603666' date='Sep 20 2009, 04:40 PM']hey - you're not wrong ![/quote] He is, actually. J.

[quote name='Telebass' post='603601' date='Sep 20 2009, 02:50 PM']An electric bass, however....4 *ducks* [/quote] Electric bass what? Balalaika? Ukelele? Harmonica? Recorder? For the record I have about 20 4-string basses and one 5 - so I think 4's my "standard". And my 5's currently in bits, patiently awaiting its date with a defret! Jon.

I think that's a Jazz 24 - Ebay was full of new ones a couple of years back. I think they're Korean, not MIM. And they weren't any £500! Jon.