Bassassin

I don't know what model the bridge is, but the saddles at least, look identical to those on my 1990-ish Ibanez SR800: Possibly Ibanez might be a source for spares? Jon.

F*ck's sake. Why not just chuck the bloody thing in the road & let a bus go over it, & be done with it? F*ckwits. Jon.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='63965' date='Sep 22 2007, 11:03 AM']Why am i seeing black bars instead of a set list. but its ok in the reply [/quote] Spoiler tags - highlight them & you'll see it OK. J.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140159458511"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140159458511[/url] The Aria STB-GTs attracted a bit of GAS & drool back in the BW days, and I snagged a 4-string version of this bass a few months back. The pics on the listing really don't do it justice, they really are gorgeous - bookmatched flamed top, bound body, maple board & pearl block inlays. Decent hardware & an active circuit too. I think list is about £250 - £300 for this. I'm half-tempted myself, but for the fact I have no use for another 5er! Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='63918' date='Sep 22 2007, 08:47 AM']Pics to follow next week. First refusal - I wouldn't have it any other way. Do you ever find yourself in London, Jon?[/quote] It's been known - born & bred in Kent, me. :ph34r: J.

Let me be the first to say - you lucky, lucky barsteward! Some of us had to [b]pay[/b] for our tickets!! Anyway, as Rush play a marathon 3-hour set on this tour (not bad for old codgers in their 50s) I thought it would be an idea to post the entire set list that they've being playing to date: [i]The black bars are spoiler tags, for the sake of anyone who doesn't want to see the setlist before the gig - click & drag to highlight them & you'll be able to read the text.[/i] [spoiler]Set 1: Video Intro 01. Limelight 02. Digital Man 03. Entre Nous 04. Mission 05. Freewill 06. The Main Monkey Business 07. The Larger Bowl 08. Secret Touch 09. Circumstances 10. Between The Wheels 11. Dreamline Intermission Set 2: Video Intro 12. Far Cry 13. Workin' Them Angels 14. Armor And Sword 15. Spindrift 16. The Way The Wind Blows 17. Subdivisions 18. Natural Science 19. Witch Hunt 20. Malignant Narcissism 21. Drum Solo 22. Hope 23. Summertime Blues [i]or[/i] Distant Early Warning 24. The Spirit Of Radio 25. Tom Sawyer Encore: 26. One Little Victory 27. A Passage to Bangkok 28. YYZ[/spoiler] So, you've got a bit of homework to do! And when you get to meet old Bignose, give him the address of this place & suggest he pops 'round! Jon.

Glad to hear it, Jack. I [i]would[/i] believe a flamed board - my Ibanez P copy has a gorgeous fretboard & marvellous neck. Shame the pups don't pass muster, but they're not original anyway, so in my view it just gives you free rein to put whatever you want in to it! So - any chance of some good pics (the listing ones were terrible!) and if you ever decide to move it on, bags first refusal! Jon.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='63728' date='Sep 21 2007, 06:09 PM']How long till this gets pulled? He even says 'NOT Rickenbacker' in the title. Now that is a quick way for the Rik Police to get on your case! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-NOT-RICKENBACKER_W0QQitemZ250167630686QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-NOT-RICKENBAC...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] And for once it is an Ibby - a 2388DX, if I'm not mistaken. Really don't like the look of the big cracks between the through-neck & body wings visible on the back. These are notorious for having an action you could barrel-roll an Airbus A380 under - and that ain't going to help. J.

Got instant GAS for the neck-through Lace. Wonder if these will be at Music Live? Jon.

[quote name='elom' post='63080' date='Sep 20 2007, 01:31 PM']Steve_K beat the rest of you to it by a few minutes. You'll all have to take your chances when Steve relists it![/quote] That's fine - we'll form an orderly queue. J.

Cure for GAS? "[b]Buy[/b] that bass. And that one." Jon.

Excellent idea - saw Guy's Edinburgh show last month & loved it. I'm next in line! Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='61757' date='Sep 17 2007, 04:36 PM']Still over two days to go on that presumed Shaftesbury ... and it's at £380 already! Much more of this, and it'll be wandering into genuine Ric territory.[/quote] Pulled - with just an hour or so to go. £390 last time I noticed. That musta [i]hurt[/i]. J.

Ebay listings are very specific with search terminology - anyone who looked for "Ernie Ball" or "Music Man" wouldn't have seen that. That said, it's very much a lottery, I have grabbed some perfectly well listed things for buttons. Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='62031' date='Sep 18 2007, 08:34 AM']I will DEFINITELY be bidding on that Roger. If any other BC-type also plans to bid, please PM me so that we can avoid bidding each other up artificially. Ta very muchly. Jon - Good spot, VERY good spot, thanks for the heads-up.[/quote] No probs Jack - I might have kept it to myself had I not just snagged a CMI-branded Ned Callan bass & emptied my already paltry PayPal account! More on that later... Best of luck! J.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='61757' date='Sep 17 2007, 04:36 PM']Still over two days to go on that presumed Shaftesbury ... and it's at £380 already! Much more of this, and it'll be wandering into genuine Ric territory.[/quote] Certainly getting into Rockinbetter territory! Speaking of which, from Germany (via Korea) comes this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170146342206"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170146342206[/url] Unbranded new copy, more authentic bridge & pup cover than the Rockinbetter - a Copybetter, maybe? Looks a lot like the Shine copies that pop up occasionally, except they have a non Rick type headstock. And just out of curiosity: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200151751989"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200151751989[/url] Not a Rick, or a Rick copy. Bear with me here - this bass is from the 50s or 60s, made in Germany by Wenzel Rossmeisl, who named his guitar range after his son, Roger. Roger followed in his Dad's footsteps & became a luthier, cleared off to the US & got a job with Rickenbacker - where he designed the 4000 series basses, amongst many other Rick classics. Shame it's butchered, but it's still likely to be worth a few sovs more than the £20 it's presently languishing at. Possibly a [b]lot[/b] more. J.

[quote name='Bass_Junkie' post='61301' date='Sep 16 2007, 06:40 PM']aparantly the tokai rockinbetters are really really good basses.[/quote] For £600 - I should hope they are! I know they're available cheaper, but it's still a hell of a lot of money for a Chinese/Korean/Taiwanese knock-off! I haven't seen one in the flesh yet, but I'd definitely like a look/play of one. J.

Blimey! It's about bleedin' time!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140158495838"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140158495838[/url] Very interesting twin-truss rod bolt neck, not too daft BIN. Don't think it's a Kasuga, I'd say Matsumoku or associated brand, but those rods are odd! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300151446067"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=300151446067[/url] Oh, here we go. An "Ibanez". From the 60s. Of course, in the halcyon days of the 60s, Japan was one big Ibanez factory. It's probably a Shaftesbury or somesuch, from the mid 70s. Black finish may not be original, I've only ever seen Fujigen-built Jap copies in black - and they never, ever used those crappy tuners on their Rickalikes. It'll get pulled before it sells, anyway. Jon.

Excellent score, Mr Jack - cheapest vintage Ibanez ever (apart from that LP I missed!) and by a bizarre coincidence, these are being discussed over on the Ibanez Collectors site: [url="http://www.ibanezcollectors.com/discus/messages/13/1002432.html?1189615287"]http://www.ibanezcollectors.com/discus/mes...html?1189615287[/url] Interesting snippet of info about Tetsu Yamauchi & his involvement with the design, too. J.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='59811' date='Sep 13 2007, 12:22 PM']I'm thinking of bidding for this one. If any other BC type also wants to bid, please send me a PM first so we don't end up bidding each other out of sight.[/quote] £113? J.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='59992' date='Sep 13 2007, 05:25 PM']What colour is your Talbo Bass and is it the one with the aluminium body or just the wooden bodied one? Any chance of posting some pics I can drool over... Thanks[/quote] It is the aluminium (nickel-plated, I think) one. Tokai made some wooden Talbo guitars, but as far as I know, the basses are/were all aluminium - some were painted, for reasons I'm unclear about. I really will have to sort out some decent pics of the thing, this is all I have atm: It's a stunning thing to look at & play sitting 'round the house - but live I've found it incredibly microphonic - I tend to use quite middly/trebly tones & sometimes distortion, which at gig volume makes it squeal like a piggy! There's actually one (not mine!) on Ebay right now: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tokai-Talbo-Aluminium-Body-Bass-Guitar-Sale-MG_W0QQitemZ250162820562"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tokai-Talbo-Aluminiu...emZ250162820562[/url] J.

21 - sort of: CSL Custom Jazz copy Ibanez P copy Kasuga Rickenbugger Ibanez RS924 Roadster Aria STB-GT Ibanez EDA900 Ibanez SR800 Aria Pro II RSB Deluxe II Peavey C5 Yamaha SBV500 Tokai Talbo Wesley Europa Hohner B2A Franconia Jazz copy* No-name (possibly Kay) P copy* Ibanez SR800FL* Marlin P/J copy* Gibson Grabber copy* Project Jazz Project WTF Project Junkenstein* Those marked with an * are "passing through". But sometimes they do seem to pass through awfully slowly! The 3 projects are more just necks, bodies & boxes of bits - what they lack is time, obviously - and the SR800 that's not "passing through" is now officially my daughter's - waiting for the day she stops messing round with 6-stringed toys and keyboards. I live in eternal hope she'll come to her senses, one day... Jon.