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[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='230535' date='Jul 1 2008, 02:04 PM']Is anyone else going for this 'faker?[/quote] I doubt it. This really only bears a passing resemblance to a Rickenbacker - and less so since someone's obviously chopped the top horn off. J.

I'd say not - I can't find the phrase "Authorised Rickenbacker Dealer" anywhere. [url="http://www.soundmeout.com/about.html"]http://www.soundmeout.com/about.html[/url] Jon.

[quote name='alexlotta' post='229770' date='Jun 30 2008, 03:13 PM']5 string and i would Try It (alone ,At my house ,hidden).. Welll i 've missed That 80' touch as i was jung ,always wanted To Feel what it means Playing with a clown-bass [/quote] Clown bass! PML!! Now relisted at a slightly more realistic £105. Still too much... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220252192815"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220252192815[/url] J.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='230417' date='Jul 1 2008, 11:40 AM']And he answers. How much do you think its worth?. [/quote] Scruffy Satellite P-Bass with a novelty hatchet-job body? In real terms, about thirty quid. However, as a "unique" piece of "art" - depends how much you [i]want[/i] it... It won't get too much attention - "base" doesn't come up in very many searches. Unless you specifically look for it. Doubt I'll actually go for the Raider (although if it stays nice & cheap...) & I'd guess the neck/body paradox is down to what was lying around in the factory that day. A dealer would call it "transitional". J.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='230102' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:00 PM']Hmm a crisp one you say. :brow: Has it ever been gigged? [/quote] Oh yeah, mercilessly. Its like-new crispyness is testament to its stunning build quality, you'd really never know it fell out of the back of the van on the M6 a couple of times. They really don't make 'em like that any more. Luckily it's never had any food product containers lobbed at it. Yet. J.

Bit quiet in here! Here's a few: Antoria J with those strange little square pickups: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280240383714"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280240383714[/url] Maya J with an oddly mutated headstock: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160256025773"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160256025773[/url] Columbus J with nothing remotely remarkable about it, other than an absence of strings: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130234714957"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=130234714957[/url] Tidy-looking Epi ET280. High start. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220252181210"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220252181210[/url] Westone Raider - pointy [i]and[/i] glittery. Want. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170234126125"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170234126125[/url] Nice-looking Aria Pro Laser Heritage: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160253717900"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160253717900[/url] And this - I really don't know what to say... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110266400999"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110266400999[/url] There's more, out there. J.

I'd guess it's because it's through-body. I had this same problem on a Gibson Ripper copy - fortunately the bridge made it possible to string it normally. It does look a bit like it's got a 4-string set plus a single guitar string, though. Jon.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='230043' date='Jun 30 2008, 09:01 PM']But you knew that. [/quote] Of course... ...but if you ever change your mind, I've got a nice crisp twenty right here.... J.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='229855' date='Jun 30 2008, 05:00 PM']BTW do you want to buy a Tele Deluxe copy? It has never let me down and has never been gigged.[/quote] Is it old JapCrap? Give you £20... The only gig damage any of my basses has ever acquired (yet! Touch wood!!!) is a small circular dent in the front of my ancient (and retired) Aria RSB Deluxe, where I dropped a lead, pointy-end first, onto it, while it was lying in its open case. That would have been in 1985... Conversely, I have a beautiful, ungigged Ibanez SR800 fretless, which I bought new in 1992 - which has a large semicircular dent in the front of it - a result of it intercepting a flying babyfood jar, hurled at my head by a psychotic, raging, insane woman-thing who I had earlier made the mistake of marrying. At least my head would have got better... Jon.

I love my videogames, me, but I suppose because I'm a "proper" musician, I have no interest, beyond a bit of general curiosity, in this type of game, and have never actually played one. But the point is - they're games. Like any other game genre, they don't aim to replicate the "real" experience, they're just for fun, and I don't think they'll have any negative impact on the amount of people who get into making music. Similarly, the vast number of driving games available hasn't led to a downturn in road usage, people still join the army & go off & get blown to bits, despite being able to vicariously have that experience in a plethora of war-based games, and the FIFA & PES titles have (regrettably) not led to the demise of professional football. I'm sure the videogame media would love to be able to point at GTA, as a reason for a decrease in violent crime! And there's no "Bass Hero", is there? Jon.

I'd love a T40 - in fact just a year or two ago, they could be had for around £200 - then suddenly they all dried up & Mr.Classicandcoolguitars appeared with loads for sale at £400 - £500... Gorgeous basses - do keep an eye on Ebay, Gumtree & your local free ads - they still pop up at more sensible prices occasionally. Jon.

[quote name='noirpunk' post='229556' date='Jun 30 2008, 11:17 AM']That's the link to my bands page, there's music on there. Let me know which style you think would suit best. Cheers[/quote] Proper old-fashioned punk rock? Rick shape, without a doubt. In fact a Hondo copy is the single most appropriate bass you could play in that band! BTW have you guys ever played the Island Of Punk fest up here in Edinburgh? Jon.

[quote name='AndyMartin' post='229219' date='Jun 29 2008, 08:05 PM']Surely you mean "The Arm" [/quote] It was "the handle" on one I saw last week. Anyway, just as well it's not frettles. Might need a new knut though. J.

Call me a big gay freak, but I'd play that. Jon.

More Hondo - featuring The Elusive Pickup Cover: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260256901458"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260256901458[/url] Hintsville - if anyone's interested in this - drop him a message pronto - the fact he's mentioned Rick in the title means it's a cert to get pulled, so at least you'll have a means to contact him. Noirpunk - have you got a web address for Metal Guitar Man? J.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='228907' date='Jun 29 2008, 10:41 AM']at least the phrets are in good condition[/quote] Phrets? He means "fretts" - surely! Hope the kneck's straight... Jon.

[quote name='Dave Dubya' post='228755' date='Jun 28 2008, 10:25 PM']Sorry to barge in on this thread, but can any of you identify this Epiphone bass, please: [/quote] 'Appen I can, bonny lad. That'll be an Epiphone ET-280, from around 1974, made in Japan by Aria or Matsumoku. This one has not been improved by the partial removal of its finish. [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/catalogs/1974/pg8-9.jpg"]http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/c.../1974/pg8-9.jpg[/url] Payment in used Rickenbackers, please. J.

Somewhere, I should have a cassette of my first original band's one & only local radio session - from 1981! At least I [i]hope[/i] I've still got it! Jon.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='228530' date='Jun 28 2008, 12:45 PM']Captian Japcrap to the rescue again [/quote] Well - not quite! This is the closest thing I've found, not identical but there's a family resemblance: [url="http://www.cheesyguitars.com/musima_v2.html"]http://www.cheesyguitars.com/musima_v2.html[/url] Although the more I think about it, the more I think I've seen that snot-scratchplated horror before - probably in a nightmare... :ph34r: [u][b]Edit[/b][/u]: Oh, OK - close, then - it's a Russky, not East German: [url="http://www.cheesyguitars.com/bas_kavkaz.html"]Ordjonikidze Kavkaz Bas[/url] J.

Not a Teisco, in fact I don't think it's Oriental at all. 60s Eurotrash, in my opinion, possibly an Egmond or one of the more conservative Italian builders. I'll go & do a bit of diggin'. Jon.

Realistically, the covers are the first things to vanish on any Rick copy - or real one, for that matter! The basses themselves are so uncommon that I don't think it makes sense for that to be a genuine consideration when buying, tbh. There must be thousands of orphaned Rick & faker covers gathering dust in drawers & cupboards the world over... Anyway - it's a Faker - but not as we know it: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170233321428"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170233321428[/url] Definitely not one you see every day! J.

[quote name='dangerboy' post='228039' date='Jun 27 2008, 02:20 PM']Not for sale but... This is my fake no 1 (no 2 is having some work done before it can appear here). This bass was originally badged 'CMI', but the previous owner scratched the TRC clear. I got our lovely friend the italian faker to make me a new one. This is a thru-neck fake, and presumably suffered from the 'cat can climb under the action' problem, so at some point someone has routed a hole to get the bridge lower, and then had to cut into the rear pickup surround so the atrings can run true. Lovely action now. It also came with a set of 4-a-side vintage Schaller tuners on (two mounted backwards!) so I've replaced them with better-looking things. This colour gets many, many comments.[/quote] Now that's very, very interesting. My first thought is it's a refin, with quite likely a bunch of real Rick parts. Does it have single or dual truss rods? Anyway DB - if you fancy taking loads of detailed, close-up pics, I might be able to tell you what it is. I can already tell you it's not a Rickenbacker, though... J.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='227198' date='Jun 26 2008, 11:18 AM']Just wondering, how do you go about making your acrylic TRCs?[/quote] Cut from 3 or 4mm perspex sheet, available for buttons on Fleabay. I've just got a scroll saw (£35 from Screwfix) which makes cutting them out quite easy, but previously I've used a jigsaw with a fine blade. The acrylic sheet is plastic covered on both sides, so you can trace a template onto it easily, & when it's cut, I file the edges smooth & down to the template, peel off the plastic and round off/polish the top edges. Acrylic's quite brittle, but the upside is this means it's very easy to cut, shape & polish. I use fine sandpaper to remove file/saw marks, and T-Cut to make it nice & shiny again! Screwholes were drilled using a Dremel-type tool & a 2mm bit. This is possibly the trickiest part - it's quite hard to mark the acrylic so the drill doesn't slip when starting - and this is the point where the plastic's most likely to crack. I'm happy to take orders if anyone's interested! J.

You've bought the bass - now buy the t-shirt! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar-T-shirt-Fender-Jazz-Precision-Rickenbacker_W0QQitemZ250263212225"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar-T-shirt-...emZ250263212225[/url] Jon.