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    [quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1331899951' post='1580594']I was always led to believe that all Tributes came in one neck size, i.e. 12" radius and 1.75" at the nut. You wont get more chunky than that. Perhaps the neck was swopped out at some stage ?[/quote] Nope. The original line of "Tribute" basses, manufactured in Japan, and now branded "G&L Premium" (and not to be confused with what the OP is selling, which is a "G&L Tribute" with "Premium" finish), could/can be ordered with either of two widths/radii. The same applied to the initial production in Korea.
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    [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1331899095' post='1580574']Gibson were done under American law, the Lacey Act, American law doesn't apply to Chinese manufacturers, as much as they like to think it does, big difference between acting legally, but indifferent to morals of other countries/cultures, and acting illegally and immorally.[/quote] Exactly. China is not a signatory to the same Schedules as the US, and is not bound by US legislation. Gibson has been pursued because its breaches are flagrant and substantial, and it has also commissioned acts of tax evasion, if all the assertions of US prosecutors are found to be proven.
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    [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1331899174' post='1580579']Also was there not something about the wood being legal if it was a certain size or worked on in it's native country but because they were finishing it in the States made it illegal.[/quote] No, that's an issue of quotas, not making timbers illegally harvested legal. Your second point relates to the mislabelling/misdescription of place of manufacture issue.
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    [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1331893922' post='1580460']Theirs or the suppliers?[/quote] Both Gibson and its timber suppliers, including LMI, have been asked to answer questions by the US government about falsified paperwork. Gibson, in addition to illegal importing of timbers, is also being prosecuted for tax evasion and mislabelling/misdescription of place of manufacture of goods - its so-called "Made in USA" guitars, in fact, often being substantively manufactured in Japan, Indonesia, India, and elsewhere, although finished in the USA.
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    [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1331893083' post='1580429']I hope Gibson were simply ignorant when they purchased the woods ...[/quote] Falsified paperwork.
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    [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1331844773' post='1579897']"Ibanez workshop in San Francisco, Valencia." [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][color=#000000]The most confusing sentence I've ever read.[/color][/font][/quote] Why?
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    [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1331754284' post='1578411']That's interesting, I've always felt the strings had less stability the older they got, and were more prone to fretbuzz![/quote] Abrasion. Metal on metal contact damages both the fret wire and the string outer wrap.
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    I have a II, but it's dead. It got submerged.
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    Atlansia

    noelk27 replied to icastle's topic in Bass Guitars

    [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1331849999' post='1580047']The chap who designed the 1980's Aria Pro II basses is now doing his own thing over in Japan.[/quote] He, Nobuaki Hayashi, has always been doing his own thing. He wasn't an Aria employee, but a freelance designer contracted to produce original concepts for Aria. He's owned and operated his own companies, including Atlansia, since the 70s, and produced the first original designs under the Atlansia name in the 80s. Atlansia has also operated as a contractor for many of the large factories in Japan, and were/are widely known as one of the best neck makers in Japan. There are significant numbers of Tokai Fender clones from the early and mid 80s wearing Atlansia manufactured necks. Fender Japan also bought necks from Atlansia during the 80s. Getting to the factory is a real chore, but if you have an appointment you get a very warm welcome.
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    [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1331726014' post='1577701']Generally strings get more elastic over time as they are being played for longer.[/quote] For a given tension, as a string degrades, the wrap/wrap and wrap/core adhesion breaks down and the intersectional voids deform, which results in the string becoming less compliant, that is feeling stiffer - not more, but less "flexible".
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    [quote name='MB1' timestamp='1331741751' post='1578124']MB1. My initial thought was what bass model do Ibanez make that costs 4000?[/quote] In addition to the Veasley, there are also a couple of Musician models retailing for well over £4,000.
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    [quote name='Sean' timestamp='1331645524' post='1576442']It's just passed £500. That's me out; it's a beautiful bit of kit but that's approaching BB3000 money. Good luck to whoever wins it, it looks absolutely stonking :-D[/quote] There are a great many fewer examples of the 2000 around than the 3000, given that the 3000 has never been out of production since its introduction. The pickup orientation on the 2000 also makes it a better instrument tonally.
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    [quote name='Jerry_B' timestamp='1331733127' post='1577899']AFAIK, if it was a Tokai it would have some numbers on the body end of the neck...[/quote] You're most likely referring to the range sticker. In addition, with 70s, 80s and 90s MIJ Tokai models, a series of production codes would be written in the neck pocket and on the butt of the neck. It would be very easy for any experienced Tokai collector to identify correct codes. As far as the listing goes, the headstock is the wrong size/proportions to be Tokai, and the route for the neck pickup is unlike anything I've seen on a Tokai body.
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    Indeed. Bump ...
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    [quote name='thumperbob 2002' timestamp='1331303962' post='1571093']Many companies have debt much more than that pal- certainly doesnt tell the whole story- revenue up massively in the last period. ... I do this for a living by the way...[/quote] So, in your professional opinion, a company returned to profit in one year, with a $3.2m (which represents less than 0.005%) pre-tax profit from $700m in sales, where the sales figure has been grossly inflated by massive product price hikes in the last year or so, shouldn't, in any way, be concerned about carrying $246m in debt? And you wonder how the western economies got themselves into the state they're currently in.
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    I'd have checked it wasn't a high fret before playing around with truss rods and packing saddles/nuts. Seeing as you say it only happens at one particular fret.
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    Sound clips on the G&L website http://www.glguitars.com/audioclips/ClipPages/L-2500.asp Bump ...
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    [quote name='TomRichards' timestamp='1331049105' post='1566844']Maybe it is a only available in the US until '81. I know the one I had I sold in a bidding war to Aria collectors here because the set neck was only available in one year.[/quote] Before consolidating its guitar/bass ranges circa '83/'84, Aria did focus on certain model variants outwith Asia, which, for the SB range, meant the 40/18 "R" versions. Product brochures of the time clearly feature these instruments, while less prominently, if at all, featuring the 45/16 "A" versions. That said, the "A" versions of the 1000, 900, 700 and 600 remained in production, and distributor/dealer product information clearly shows that the 600 was readily available in the Americas, Australasia and Europe through the end of '83. This is a mass-produced model, which was available in significant quantities, and in production until '86, of which there are very few limited/unusual variants. It surprises me that any 600 gave rise to a bidding frenzy.
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    There's a "music" scene in Japan where both male and female performers dress in the outfits more associated with the bubblegum pop acts that clog TV and radio there, but where the music played is mostly alternative/indie or rock/metal, although there are some dance acts associated with the trend. It's seen as being a comment on the elder consumers of the music and imagery of the pop acts, and the almost exclusively male run media outlets responsible for creating the pop product. As with many of these scenes, you'll often see those involved in, and followers of, this form of social commentary/subversion congregating in the public parks in Harajuku.
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1331063184' post='1567135']Heh! I meant the Japanese (or possibly Korean) transvestite... He turns up on here at regular intervals. Could be a different one this time, though... I'm not sure.[/quote] Different people.
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    The saying is "publish and be damned", but in this situation "publish or be damned" seems more apposite. Quippery aside, with periodical publications of this variety, meeting deadlines is a fundamental and overriding consideration, substantially ahead of quality control concerns or product development aspirations. You have a covenant with your subscribers to deliver, and to deliver on time. For a technologically aware, new media savvy business to abandon communications is staggeringly shortsighted, let alone for a start-up to demonstrate this level of disdain for its lifeblood, its readership.
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    No, no, I agreed with the first part of your post. Clearly, it's a situation where you allow any potential wrongdoer sufficient rope to hoist they're own petard. More succinctly, to subvert an old saying, publish or be damned. Will wait, with interest, to see the outcome.
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    Conditional offer. To one specific subscriber.
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    He's clearly trying to hit all the sweet spots, mentioning Fugigen (sic FujiGen) and Ibanez, but I'm left wondering what he's basing those claims on. Oh, and then there's also the obligatory Gibson/Ibanez "lawsuit" reference (even though there was no lawsuit between these parties - but between Norlin (the brand owner of the Gibson trademarks/copyrights) and a US-based importer, Elger. Nothing to do with Ibanez. Nothing to do with FujiGen. Nothing to do with Japan. People should start to refer to those events in the US as American import protectionism, as that's what it amounted to.
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    [quote name='TomRichards' timestamp='1330954916' post='1565242']This has to be an '81. Matsumoku only made the set neck models for 1 year according to my research.[/quote] Your research, I'm afraid, is flawed. The first version of the 600 was introduced in '79. This version was a bolt-on (what Matsumoku described as "detachable") neck design, and remained in production until late '80. The second version was officially introduced in '81, although examples with '80 serial numbers exist. This version featured a set ("fixed") neck design, and remained in production into '86. Some sources suggest that the second version of the 600 went out of production in '84, but this is incorrect (based on an erroneous assumption made in the German language translation of an '84 Aria Japan product brochure, which formed the basis of the subsequent English language translation).
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