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It's an Eko, 80s, B series. Not too many pics so tricky to pin it down to a specific model. A few very close relatives here: http://www.fetishguitars.com/eko/eko-the-final-years/eko-cb-series/

Generic cheapo late 80s/early 90s MIK plywood P copy with ugly headstock, not made any less ugly by someone having clumsily chopped bits off it. The Accu-Bass was a generic pointy-headed budget P copy, but I'm not convinced this was one - from what I know & what you can tell from the pics (ie not much!), tuners are wrong, trc is wrong & I'm not 100% about the bridge. MIK & probably Cort are about as precise as I could be.

It's a way bigger can of worms than that. RIC own all their designs as trademarks - body shape, headstock, trc shape etc - and US TM law requires that they have to pursue any & every infringement, or they risk losing exclusive right to those designs. That's already happened with Fender & Gibson, except for Gibson's "open book" headstock, which remains trademarked - & that's why copy Strats, Ps, Js & LPs are everywhere. Anyway, this 6er is as much a dodgy Faker as any 70s Ibanez or modern Chickenbacker, and JH or his acolytes will be on its case, sooner or later, because they have to. Also this is why BC has a no Ricks or Fakers sales policy - Hall's already been on here chucking his legal threats around.

Fair point well made. Still, there'll be trouble if Big Bad Johnny Hall comes sniffing around!

No - Sunn Mustangs are worth about £60. That's the point.

Rules say no Ricks, no Fakers, no Ebay links.

Depends which 80s basses you're talking about, and also the (sometimes hilarious) disconnect between what some sellers ask for & what people will actually pay. By way of an example, I give you: Fantasy Reality

Another Squier-by-another name that occurs to me is the original Indian made Sunn Mustang range. As I understand it these were Sunn in the UK/Europe & Squier II in the rest of the world. I've had 3 of these & they're a perfect example of great necks & quality bodies let down by slightly sub-standard hardware & electronics.

Tut, and indeed, tut. IBTL.

...Which contains no actual explanation, so appears to be nothing but random rules-for-the-sake-of-rules. Gumtree's owned by Ebay, so wtf is the difference?

I like both, although I think the original 2x2 batwing was best! I like the 80s 4-a-side, always thought it was an elegant shape that complemented the body - but I might be biased because it was my first Aria. Shame the modern RSBs don't have quite the same shape, slightly spoils otherwise great-looking basses.

Trying to remember how many I've had - can't remember a single bad one, tbh. I've had 3x 80s MIJs - SQ and A-serial Precisions and an E-serial Strat, which I still have. 2x MIK - a Strat, I couldn't trace the s/n from, a bit lower-end as it had a ply body, but still a fine player. Then an E-serial Young-Chang built Bullet, which was proper lovely & regret selling. In relation to that it's worth mentioning I have a Fenix (Young-Chang) Strat, which apart from electronics & hardware, is the same thing as the Squiers from the same era. IMO it's a nicer player than the E-serial MIJ. And finally I did have an Indonesian VM fretless Jazz - another pretty much flawless stunner which I only sold because I got a different fretless & couldn't justify both. So - has anyone actually had a crap Squier?

Post it anyway. Then we might get a plausible explanation of why Gumtree & similar links aren't allowed. Been wondering, ever since they were banned.

I disagree. Most people would assume "Big Balls" is quite unambiguously referring to the size of Bon' Scott's testicles, whereas if you read the lyrics carefully, it's actually a celebration of joyous high society occasions involving revelry and dancing.

I've got an RSB and an SB Elite B&G (same as Cliff's) - they're the same shape. Apart from the headstock...

The biggest question is - what the hell's going on in someone's life when it's easier to list a hacked-up lump of scraggy plywood on Ebay than it is to lob it in a skip?

Odd that the topic header says "Aria RSB Deluxe 5 string" then, innit?

5er RSBs seem to be very rare - in fact the only one I ever saw in the flesh was a brand new example in the big Rose Morris shop in Denmark Street, shortly after it opened in 1980-something. First 5-string I remember seeing for sale, and of note to me as I'd recently bought an RSB Deluxe II. Did see one come up recently - can't remember where, although chances are it's the same de-fretted one the OP saw.

For a home-built bass that the seller is quite openly describing as a luthiery practice project, this is interesting, well thought out and actually attractive. Not going to be buying but I do like it.

Grants Music was clearly a distributor as well as a retailer - how do I know this? I bought my Grant-branded nasty shortscale starter bass brand-new, from Unisound Music in Chatham, Kent. Unisound, along with other local music shops stocked a range of Grant-branded guitars & basses, so it's evident Grants had a dealer network to which they could have distributed other brands they dealt with. I think it's reasonable to think they might have been sole UK importer for Odyssey Guitars, and if other evidence points to Scotland that would support that idea.

With the average-but-OK open-back 'phones I use with my lappy, it's audible all the way from 21Hz (with the volume cranked) until it disappears into my tinnitus at 12kHz. What's odd is if I just let the test run, I don't hear it above 12kHz, but if I manually drag it back (causing the audio to pause), then I can hear it up to about 15. Might try it with some decent studio cans tomorrow.

That's this guy again. Check his completed listings, he's a serial offender. Hurts guitars, too.

Sold for £240, it seems. So £150 used Squier VMJ + £10 can of B&Q nursery paint = £80 profit. Sound.

As I've been "fingered" as @FlatEric's co-conspirator in this thread - and I encouraged him to start it - I probably should chime in! I don't own an Odyssey (and don't seriously expect or want Eric to give/sell/trade me one of his!) but find these stunning instruments. I've told the story a number of times about spotting one on my local Gumtree (only a guitar, don't worry!) for £30, while I was away from home, and it inevitably having just sold when I got back. It was priced like that because it was a bit neglected, and the seller assumed it was "some cheap old Japanese thing". Anyway, I kept the pics, just to sob over: I only hope whoever picked this up knew what it was & restored it, as I would have. And maybe gave the fella an extra tenner... Anyway - what's interesting (to some) and runs the risk of dragging Eric's thread off-topic before it even properly begins, is that, MIJ nerd that I am, it has come to my attention that back in t'day, when it were all just trees - there were in fact Japanese copies of the Odyssey basses & guitars. These were made by the Moridaira company and sold under their prestigious HS Anderson brand, just like Prince's MadCat Tele copy wasn't: That's probably enough MIJ picspam, particularly considering this is meant to be a thread about Canadian basses. These are based on the Mk II Odysseys, which have a revised bodyshape from the original. I'm sure Eric will post a pic or two of his other Odyssey for comparison. Have I mentioned before that I've wondered if the reason I have GAS for one is because "Atilla Balogh Odyssey" sounds like it should be a prog concept album? Probably...

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