Bassassin

I wouldn't ordinarily do this - but with FeeBay going the way it is, I doubt I'll be selling much more there: [url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQdfspZ1QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32QQlredZAny00000QQsassZmaya29band"][b]Buy my JapCrap[/b][/url] Oh & should add in the unlikely event anyone's seriously interested, make me an offer, I'll gladly pull them off EPay & sell them proper, like. J.

[quote name='umph' post='136197' date='Feb 8 2008, 12:10 AM']mij copy? ;p[/quote] Yep - like this one: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120219987488"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120219987488[/url] In fact, it [i]is[/i] that one - I listed it on EvilBay about 6 minutes before reading this thread... J.

I think he played his Jazz on most of [i]Moving Pictures[/i]. [i]YYZ[/i] certainly doesn't sound like a Rick. Jon.

[quote name='nash' post='136085' date='Feb 7 2008, 09:37 PM']600 i think[/quote] You could buy a near-identical unbranded 70s MIJ copy off me, for quite significantly less... Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='136077' date='Feb 7 2008, 09:26 PM']Does this count as a RickenFaker? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-Rare-Palm-Bay-Pacific-Active-Bass-Guitar-NR_W0QQitemZ120219906142QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-Rare-Palm-Bay-P...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] I don't think it "infringes". Quite like it, tho. J.

The last few days' worth of JapCraps: Curious little violin bass, branded Zenta: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170190407665"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170190407665[/url] Solid-looking no-brand P copy, needs a wash: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250212638816"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=250212638816[/url] Pretty Ibanez RS800 Roadster, not worth the £200 reserve: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290203331882"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=290203331882[/url] Returning Ibby Slack Beagle - will it ever sell? Not with that reserve it won't: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230219067808"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230219067808[/url] Medium-scale Shaftesbury Tele bass, from Italy. TallyCrap? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110220921015"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110220921015[/url] Absurdly overpriced Columbus P copy: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330209361992"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=330209361992[/url] Aria Pro II Laser Classic, with hard case: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260209543285"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260209543285[/url] A Westy Thunder 1 "base": [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150212671996"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150212671996[/url] A trashy plywood EB-0. Why are people bidding on this? 'Cos it's a Kerr-LUMBARSE! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190196088766"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=190196088766[/url] Another P copy, he's convinced himself it's a "Ventura, from the 60s" but we know it's probably an Avon, from the 70s, and someone slapped a sticker over the badge. Upside-down: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120217657652"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120217657652[/url] A Cimar P copy, the seller proving conclusively that if you know sod-all about what you're selling, just make stuff up and all the collectors will believe it. Won't they? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200197931038"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200197931038[/url] J.

[quote name='Stag' post='134721' date='Feb 5 2008, 11:24 PM']Not an eBay one but has anyone seen this?? [url="http://www.wizardguitars.com/BassGuitars.php?product=847&action=moreinfo&offset=20"]http://www.wizardguitars.com/BassGuitars.p...o&offset=20[/url] Actually looks in very good nick...[/quote] It bleedin' should do - it's brand new! Now this, on the other hand, is just outrageous - a one-off 4080 copy: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Reeve-Custom-Double-Neck-Guitar-and-Bass_W0QQitemZ120219170584"]Bloody hell![/url] J.

I'm not suggesting it "wouldn't work" - but it will potentially make life more difficult for sellers, while allowing no way for sellers to identify unreliable bidders. I've so far managed to maintain a 100% positive feedback record - realistically I buy more than sell, unless you run a business through Ebay, it's likely true of most people. I sell mostly basses, guitars & videogames - for some reason these items seem to attract an unreasonable proportion of idiots, scammers & time-wasters. The feedback process is helpful in being able to identify "problematic" bidders & deal with them before they win an item they have no intention of paying for. Still this happens more than it needs to, and it's not exactly fun to have to repeatedly re-list items - and then have the same person start placing pointless bids again. I've so far never given or received negative feedback - as a seller I'm reticent about "negging" these aforementioned idiots, as they will do the same to me. However, inevitably I [b]will[/b] get negative feedback once this new rule is in effect - you'd be surprised how many people don't - or can't - read a detailed description of an item you're trying to sell, and find fault after the event. The idea of feedback will be reduced to "This seller sent /didn't send me an item I bought" - and nothing more. They might as well scrap the entire concept, and let everyone take their chances. J.

[quote name='nash' post='131915' date='Feb 1 2008, 01:29 PM']i havent a clue. the headstock was painted black[/quote] Probably Italian, then, it'd have a "Made In Japan " neckplate otherwise. J.

[quote name='Danny' post='134511' date='Feb 5 2008, 05:01 PM']I think it could be a good idea.[/quote] I take it you don't sell on Ebay. They're also hiking the final value fees quite significantly from Feb 20th: [url="http://web.ebay.co.uk/businesshub/index.php?page=price_changes_uk_general"]http://web.ebay.co.uk/businesshub/index.ph...nges_uk_general[/url] The angry cynic in me suspects that they're trying to squeeze individual sellers out, and make Ebay predominantly a shop front for big traders, who they make the biggest profit from, and who stand to lose the least from buyers who act like @rseholes. Not impressed with this. At all. J.

Here: [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7228460.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7228460.stm[/url] J.

I had a Franconia Jazz a few months back - I have to say I was by no means convinced it was Japanese - or 1980s. That little bass looks early/mid 70s to me, Woolworths or Marshall-Ward catalogue kind of thing. Spiny - did you have to change the bridge on your neck-through Cort thingy to get the action low enough to be properly playable? J.

Oh, naughty, naughty Chinese/Korean/wherever factory - I bet they haven't bought a license for this: [url="http://www.microphoneheaven.com/guitarbass/"]http://www.microphoneheaven.com/guitarbass/[/url] And to think many of us were sniggering at the pointlessness of the whole idea a year or so back - it might just save us from extinction! Jon.

[quote name='Jase' post='133943' date='Feb 4 2008, 10:22 PM']we're waffling on about how there is nothing happening with the standard 4 string bass and that nobody seems to be taking the instrument forward, pushing boundaries, turning heads...all that sort of stuff [/quote] Aye, Ronnie. J.

Yeah - we care a [b]lot[/b]! ....err - if anyone can work out exactly, like specifically, what it is we're caring about, do let me know... J.

[quote name='ARGH' post='132182' date='Feb 1 2008, 08:21 PM']sorry,no...I think you'll find an awful lot of people that OWN basses,stand at the back doing sod all onstage.... Modern music ISNT going to do anything new on a 4 string Bass...Its all been done,so we either use different instruments (keys are better and more reliable than us as musicians in the studio),or we modify to survive...[/quote] And [i]I[/i] think [i]you'll[/i] find that's what a hell of a lot of music requires of a bassist. Get over it. J.

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='133494' date='Feb 4 2008, 11:14 AM']I will prove it with pen and paper.[/quote] Please do - it's not exactly clear what you're talking about! J.

I think the thread title is a bit of a misnomer - the OP's concern is more that bass playing is in a state of stagnation, both in terms of technique, and the in technology (for want of a better word) of the instrument itself, and therefore is doomed to extinction, unless we force ourselves to evolve & transcend our self-imposed limitations. J.

I've no idea where these are made (their website's [url="http://www.suzukimusic.co.uk"]here[/url]) but historically there were two Suzukis manufacturing musical instruments, neither of whom seem to be connected with the people who make GSX-R750s & Hayabusas. Both companies started out in the 19th century, making violins - Kiso Suzuki Violin, and Nagoya Suzuki. I think the founders of the companies were related. Anyway, back in the 70s/80s one or other of 'em made stuff like this: Anyway, I'll keep an eye open for a bass version. Jon.

I don't think I GAS for the high-end stuff most people seem to - my passion is for vintage JapCrap - and being a bin-diving pikey at heart, I want to get some thing really good for not much money - which I justify to myself with the idea of selling at a significant profit. This seldom happens - I find it really hard to part with my [s]hoard of ghastly junk[/s] collection! Why GAS? I'm not really sure. Distraction, the desire for The Most Toys, the idea that there's always something better. A lot of the stuff I buy requires a degree of restoration, or at least a good clean & setup - and I really enjoy that element of it, learning about the instruments in general, and learning about the different manufacturers, the differences & similarities - this is a big part of my JapCrap obsession. I'm not really looking for a cure - but I'm trying to ration myself more - if I'm going to buy something, then something else will have to go to make room for it. Anyone want a mid 70s Gibson Grabber copy? Jon.

Ugly. And if you really wanted an upright bass guitar (apologies to those who are offended by the "g" word - you think of a more apt one) why not just put a really long spike where your bottom strap button would be? Or perch it on a barstool? Jon.

[quote name='ARGH' post='133030' date='Feb 3 2008, 02:13 PM']Nope you are talking about aesthetics,Im talking about technique....and seeing as Tapping is becoming a required technique on some gigs,and has nothing to do with the examples of 'fads' you listed,although it was around and 'popular' at the time of the 80s. I understand people not liking change.[/quote] If you read my post you'll notice I am talking about technique. You suggested that the guitar-playing styles & equipment which emerged, and were briefly fashionable in the 1980s had become an indispensable part of every modern guitarist's toolbox. I don't accept that they are, and neither are the equivalent styles & equipment in the bass playing world. Like all techniques, it's no doubt good, for the sake of broadening one's depth & versatility as a musician, to be versed in them, and on a personal level, if that's what excites & motivates you as a player, then that's excellent. Realistically though, I don't accept that they comprise the bread & butter of the average working musician. If one's ambition is to earn a crust through your instrument - then you're far better off being able to knock out a solid version of [i]Mustang Sally[/i] - depressing & unappealing though the idea might seem. I'm not opposed to, afraid of, or resistant to change - I think I'm just long enough in the tooth - and have enough of a perspective as a result - to be aware that there ain't too much of it happening - and it's not us, the musicians, who are the reason for this. J.