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  1. Bassassin
    'Exterminator' seems less a name than a request.
  2. Bassassin
    Lovely bass - I have one of these with a black stain finish. I've done a bit of research about these & can hopefully clarify a little - it's an SB-ELT, from 1988-91 (ish), hard to be certain of the year because these are post-Matsumoku basses & don't have serial numbers. They differ slightly from the Matsumoku-made SB Elite II & SB-R II, the nut width is slightly slimmer (mine's 38mm, as opposed to my SB Elite's 40mm) and the body proportions very slightly different. The Matsumoku basses also have a recessed jack, stacked v & t and a rotary selector switch. Otherwise they're very, very similar, hardware & pickups appear to be identical. These are thought to have been made by Tokai Gakki, who apparently took over high-end Aria Pro production after Matsumoku closed in '88. Not confirmed yet, but wherever they were made the quality's exceptionally good - I'd say the inlays are tidier on my ELT than the ones on my Matsumoku SB-Elite B&G I. The RSZ designation is interesting, but might just be have been a Japanese market thing: It doesn't seem to appear as an RSZ in the US/EU literature, including the 1989 brochure featuring Mr Sarzo himself capering around on the front: Anyway, hope this has helped clarify what it is a little - and if I didn't already have one I'd be seriously interested. GLWTS!
  3. Bassassin
    Wondered at first if it was a later 2 pickup Roadstar II Standard, but that J unit's all over the place! Body' slightly different too. Quite likely the original finish (including logos) is still there under the Dulux non-drip. Would be a bonus if that was a set of DiMarzios dropped in too, Blazers didn't come with cream pickup covers, as far as I know. The old Tele's quite interesting too, it's early 70s MIJ. Would need to see the neckplate to tell if it was Matsumoku or Fujigen, but both of those factories did these with the same details & features this has.
  4. Bassassin
    About 10-15 years back I used to sell a lot on Ebay, would have 3 or 4 live listings a week, and pretty much made a living that way for a year or two. Every listing without exception was a 99p, no reserve start, and over hundreds of sales I lost money on two, and that was only a matter of a few quid. My experience indicates that the temptation of a silly bargain massively motivates buyers, and attracts watchers & bidders who wouldn't bother if there was a reserve or ballpark start price. Good, detailed pics, an accurate, informative description & a listing that covers as many relevant search terms as possible were what I feel was a recipe for success back then. I was mostly selling 70s/80s MIJ & MIK guitars (surprise!) and kind of got used to the idea of doubling or even tripling my outlay, including all fees. Ebay & the market for what I was selling's not the same now but I'd be surprised if bidder behaviour's particularly different.
  5. Bassassin
    Highly counterproductive IMO - I tend to automatically pass on anything with an undisclosed reserve, with a few exceptions when I've messaged the seller to ask how much it is. You'd think there'd be no problem with a potentially interested bidder knowing a seemingly pointless secret reserve. But apparently there is!
  6. Bassassin
    The whole thing "looks like" it's had a hard life!
  7. Bassassin
    Agreed. It's very obvious it's the Squier VM Tele posted upthread, compare visible details like screw & component positions & they're identical. And when did any vintage Fender come fitted with cheap Chinese pressed-tin tuners as standard?
  8. Bassassin
    Ordinary adhesive stickers are easy to remove, use a hairdryer to warm/soften the glue & they usually just peel off without leaving residue. Problem's going to be if the stuff on this (looks like cartoon images) has been stuck on with solvent-based adhesive. Acetone would probably do it (won't damage the poly underneath) but it's unpleasant stuff to work with & takes a lot of elbow-grease. Here's a sticker-covered guitar I did (several years) earlier, took about 15 minutes... ...and one that required gallons of 'orrible acetone, and took about a week:
  9. Bassassin
    What a mess. Considering unmolested Thunder 1s regularly go for £150 - £175, this shouldn't realistically sell for much more than the £79 it's currently at. This is a 1A that's been modded, preamp presumably ripped out (switches are missing) and a J pickup added, presumably wired to the selector that's where one of the pots used to be. Depending on what it's stuck on with, probably not a massive project to get that rubbish off it & tidy it up.
  10. Bassassin
    Some nice bodies here, including a couple of spalted-looking Korina Js. Tempting prices, too.
  11. Bassassin
    Can't help thinking the only reason the seller's left all that risible wannabe-goth tat nailed all over it, is that it looks worse with all the screwholes & finish dents they're covering. Nice neck.
  12. Bassassin
    Sorry - late night, half-asleep typo, RS940 was what I meant! You might be right but I'm still inclined to think/hope it's an uncommon standard model, would seem unlikely that a re-boarded bass would have the same offset dots as the maple board instrument & other factory fretless Ibanez.
  13. Bassassin
    I think one or two of us might be becoming a little confused! That's an ST924 Studio. Bolt-neck, but with a fancy laminated body & soapbars rather than P/Js. Err... that'll be because this is about the Musician range (MC900, MC924 etc) and yours is an RS series Roadster. The Roadsters & subsequent Roadstar II (which was genuinely a typo) basses were all bolt-on. Pretty confident yours is just a model variation on the RS920 fretless, which just doesn't happen to be in any of the catalogues that are currently available. Lots of Ibbys underwent changes & updates during the model's life but those aren't always reflected in literature. Also there's not a complete record of catalogues for the 70s & 80s yet, so it may just have been in one there's no copy of.
  14. Bassassin
    That's not the original trc, looks like it's from an Ibby SR.
  15. Bassassin
    Agreed. Not sure why you'd do that. Logo & serial number gone too. This sort of thing is unfortunately why there are so few left, and even fewer in good original condition. Shame.
  16. Bassassin
    RS940, but there's no rosewood/ebony board version in any of the catalogues, as far as I've seen. May be a formerly fretted/maple board version that's had the board replaced, or just an oddity. Quite a few models from this era don't seem to be in any of the available catalogues.
  17. Bassassin
    Thomann & Bax Music do replacement plates for Sire V7 4-strings, not sure if they do them for the 5ers. They're after-market though, and not a fantastically good fit - I swapped my boring black plate for a clear one and it took a lot of very careful filing around the neck & pickup cutouts to get it to go on. A couple of the holes didn't line up fantastically well either, was a bit concerned about either the lacquer on the bass or the plate itself cracking when I tightened it down. All went well though, and I think it was worth the work:
  18. Bassassin
    Are you looking for the specific knobs for your bass or just whatever will fit? I think most of the MCs had combinations of Sure-Grips (speed knob with a black rubber band basically, three different flavours) for passive/master V&T and smaller black silver capped ones for the preamp controls. You can still get Sure Grip IIIs from Thomann & other places (about £8 a pop) , and I'm pretty sure I've seen cheap sets on Ebay, probably from China, if you don't mind a wait. Not sure if the preamp knobs are Ibby-specific, they do look more generic though.
  19. Bassassin
    It's not really that much like a Rick, really. If you rounded off the corners on the insides of the horns I don't think there'd be any real similarity. Rickenbacker have registered all their designs as trademarks, and that's very specific - almost certainly means they can't do anything about instruments that are blatantly influenced by the look, but don't precisely copy anything - like this: The only thing here which is a spot-on clone of the RIC design is the scratchplate - which is a shape they never trademarked!
  20. Bassassin
    Cort T-34 (unsure if it's named after the tank) which someone has ruined by badly faking the 4000 series' ugliest feature. Otherwise it's a dead-on Rick copy - what with its active preamp, 34" scale and skinny 24-fret, Ibby Soundgear-esque bolt neck. I had one, mine was pretty:
  21. Bassassin
    Agreed, if it's a choice between hideous and dreary. Fortunately, it isn't!
  22. Bassassin
    Just a detail, anyway what do you need the post for? It's only got two strings! Clearly a design feature - a weight saving, and to compensate for neck dive!
  23. Bassassin
    It's a full set! Plus you could knock up a nice engraved plaque out of that neckplate, if you didn't mind all the holes.
  24. Bassassin
    That's worth £28 for the Schaller 3D & the set of old Gotoh tuners. Even more of a bargain if you have an open fire at home.
  25. Bassassin
    It does look like someone found The Ugly Stick and made a bass out of it. Although in fairness, it looks like one of these wonky, lumpy things knocked up in the shed by an enthusiastic amateur with no grasp of aesthetics or proportion. It lacks any of the wilful, mismatched, freaky wrongness of something like this misbegotten abomination.
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