Bassassin

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='295764' date='Sep 30 2008, 07:04 PM']so who's gonna get it?[/quote] Waaaaay too much! At least, for a tight-fisted gyppo like me. J.

Perhaps it's this one: [url="http://theredrickenbacker.com/"]http://theredrickenbacker.com/[/url] :ph34r: Jon.

[quote name='neepheid' post='295174' date='Sep 30 2008, 10:07 AM']I'm a last minuter. The way I see it, the longer you're on top, the longer the competition have to shoot at you. I have a max bid in mind, if it goes over that before the end, I walk away.[/quote] +1. And if you don't win it, whatever it is - [i]whatever[/i] it is - there will be another one along sooner or later. And I don't think I have ever sold [i]anything[/i] that didn't start off with piddling little pointless bids from the £1.99 cheapskates! I think some people genuinely go through every single newly-listed item in a category & stick a few pence on it, just in case. Jon.

Not sure it's exactly attractive, but it's a very adventurous body shape. The pickups look shockingly off-centre, though. This was listed previously with an eye-watering BIN: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Handmade-Design-Electric-Bass_W0QQitemZ170264349707"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Handmade-Design-Elec...emZ170264349707[/url] Jon.

I'm neither a fan of reliced finishes, nor of jingoistic flag-waving - but that [i]works[/i], better than it has any right to! Jon.

[quote name='thebeat' post='292953' date='Sep 26 2008, 06:15 PM']I loved the Skids, but i always thought The Armoury Show was spoiled by Jobsons bombastic lyrics and pseudo intellectualism...in other words i think Jobson is a w***er. Stuart Adamson on the other hand was always the down to earth one...i miss him.[/quote] I don't think either The Skids or TAS would have been quite the same without Jobbo's bizarre declamations! Stuart was probably my favourite guitarist, a huge influence on my own playing & songwriting. I had the pleasure of meeting him in the early 90s - such a talented, but unassuming & genuine guy. RIP. J.

Not quite the kick up the arse this thread needs - but this is something to behold: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260292186047"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260292186047[/url] I had one of these myself, many-and-many-a, this is near-identical to mine and in exceptional nick for a 25-odd year old. Reserve is about £275 (he's being a trifle coy) so I won't be bidding, but these do tend to fetch a bob or two now. J.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='292521' date='Sep 26 2008, 10:21 AM']so it's worth a pop then? I like the look of it, it'll sit next to my Giannini nicely![/quote] Well [i]I[/i] wouldn't kick it out of bed on a chilly morning, so to speak. J.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='291857' date='Sep 25 2008, 03:20 PM']No pics, needs repaired and seller has zero f/b.[/quote] That and the fifty quid start price. 99p no reserve & it would have sold. £6 postage suggests the seller [i]really[/i] hasn't thought about this. Jon.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='290264' date='Sep 23 2008, 07:28 PM']Still think you cheated. Me bitter? never.[/quote] Cheated, eh? That's a serious accusation, young sir, and one which you will have to back up with evidence, if you mean to stand by it. Explain how I misled the judging panel and the other competitors! J.

[quote name='Prosebass' post='289481' date='Sep 22 2008, 09:04 PM'][post="283004"]Bassassin[/post] It was a close one but his Punk Bass is the worst.[/quote] Delighted to be a winner - although I can't take any credit for the modifications - it was like that when I got it! I'm not going to dwell [i]too[/i] long on the fact that I have won a prize for owning a piece of crap! J.

I think that age-darkened Fireglo you get on older 4001s if my favourite Rick finish. Jon.

[quote name='dangerboy' post='289562' date='Sep 22 2008, 11:12 PM']*cough* [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=28052"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=28052[/url][/quote] Don't think you'll have much trouble moving that along for £150! Meanwhile - a Cimar: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120308029328"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120308029328[/url] ...looking remarkably similar to the Shaftesbury version. Re the Cimar/Ibanez/Hoshino connection - this is interesting, from the Ibanez Collectors World board: [quote]According to Jeff Hasselberger from Hoshino Gakki, Cimar was not connected to Hoshino Gakki but the "Cimar by Ibanez" low end guitars were made by Cimar for Hoshino Gakki who then distributed them through Ibanez guitar distribution channels. So Cimar were a separate orderer/distributor who were making their own low end Cimar branded guitars with their own designs. Then Hoshino Gakki contracted Cimar to make some low end guitars using Cimar guitar designs and these guitars are the "Cimar by Ibanez" guitars.[/quote] I'm not 100% about all of that - the early Ibanez Blazers & Cimar Stinger are identical apart from the name - but I'd buy it as far as the copy-era stuff is concerned - Cimars like this Faker are clearly not Fujigen instruments. It's [i]far[/i] more accurate! J.

Here's uncle Ashdigits with a "transitional" Ibanez 2388B bolt-neck: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140268354411"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140268354411[/url] This has small inlays & an accurate bridge pup & surround, but still keeps checked binding & chrome neck pickup from the earlier 2388B. Where does he find 'em all? J.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='286896' date='Sep 18 2008, 10:36 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Jazz-Bass-Customized-with-Hard-Case_W0QQitemZ140265618054QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140265618054&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Jazz-Bass-Cus...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Real?[/quote] A BCer who lives locally to the seller & was considering going for a butchers asked me my opinion of this a couple of days back. I doubt he'd mind if I copy & paste my response: [quote]You could start by asking exactly how he's identifying it as an Ibanez. The only thing that makes an Ibanez an Ibanez is if it says so on the headstock, now I've looked really hard at this and all I can see is a couple of naff stickers. Ibanez Jazz copies came from Fujigen Gakki - this one I'm 99.99999% sure didn't: it would have a 3-piece neck construction, it wouldn't have those tuners, and it would have originally had a small white plastic truss rod cover - which would have had much closer screwhole spacing than this is showing. He's not showing the neckplate clearly enough to tell - but it should have MIJ on the lower half, with a serial above it if it's 1975 or later. This one looks plain, but I can't really tell. The pup rout & scratchplate indicate that it originally had the round-end pups we see on lots of Jap & Korean Jazzes - I've never seen these on an Ibanez/Fujigen. Finally, if you do go & have a look - check to find out if it's ply - I'd bet it is, and that would suggest it's originally been a Columbus, or worse still, a Satellite (Korean trash) and he's just playing the usual Ebayer "if it's old & (maybe) Japanese - it's an Ibanez" trick. Dunno how much an unmatched pair of pups & a new bent-tin bridge cost him, but more than £120 - £150 for this would be crazy. If it was an Ibanez, and all original, and in top condition - then it might just go to £300 (unlikely in these recession-hit times) but that would still be high.[/quote] J.

See anything familiar here? [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/catalogs/75_aria/75_aria_catalog_pg1.jpg.html"]http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/catal...og_pg1.jpg.html[/url] Although I'd hesitate to say it [i]was[/i] an Aria A-200 - for that we'd need an Aria logo on it. This same design of bass seems to come up quite a lot, from different manufacturers & different countries. The Arias were definitely Japanese, but recently the exact same bass (apart from having a black scratchplate) came up on Ebay - with a definite Made In Korea label... There are quite a few of these knocking about, the vast majority unbranded - if you trawl through the JapCrap Spotting Ebay thread, you'll find one or two listings still active, and if I remember, one or two other BCers have had them. Jon.