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[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='1241768' date='May 23 2011, 02:50 PM']Sadowsky single coils as far as i know [/quote] Not 60s L series Fender Jazz?

[quote name='risingson' post='1241405' date='May 23 2011, 11:06 AM']However, THIS is the video that's telling me to stop being such an idiot and save up for the Will Lee model. Forget the playing, the tone is just great.[/quote] But aren't Lee's own instruments outfitted with mid-60s Fender pickups?

[quote name='Linus27' post='1237561' date='May 19 2011, 10:02 PM']When you get right down to it ... there are only two basses, a Precision and a Jazz.[/quote] StingRay?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1234960' date='May 17 2011, 08:39 PM']If it is genuinely from the Fender Custom Shop ...[/quote] In fact, there were two limited/tribute editions commissioned by the Bass Centre, and built by the Fender Custom Shop: the James Jamerson Precision Bass mentioned, and a Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass. Both runs were limited to 100 pieces.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1234960' date='May 17 2011, 08:39 PM']If it is genuinely from the Fender Custom Shop (I've no idea if they did produce a 100 certificated items), then it's got to be at least greater than the lowest quoted figure... but what do I know as it doesn't begin with 'W'. [/quote] It was a limited/tribute edition, commissioned by the Bass Centre, Los Angeles, from the Fender Custom Shop. The run consisted of 100 certificated pieces. Each bass came with a period correct case, accessories, and two certificates - one from the Fender Custom Shop, and one from the Bass Centre. A CS quality bass, but nothing special about it other than the engraved neckplate.

Mine sold on eBay around six or seven years ago, for less than a grand.

And if the nut is buzzing, a little bit of graphite dust works better than cardboard.

Sure, he did all the mad stuff with a touch of panache, but ask him to hold down a beat and his timing wasn't exactly strict.

[quote name='Wayne Firefly' post='1227317' date='May 11 2011, 10:32 AM']I have vague recollections from the 90's of Yamaha doing acoustic basses...[/quote] As used by John Taylor, Nathan East, and, I think, Lee Sklar.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1224449' date='May 8 2011, 07:12 PM']That looks mighty like the Fernandes [url="http://www.fernandes.co.jp/others/catalog/1987/045.html"]JBR-45[/url][/quote] Catalogue dates to '87, so that is from the Fernandes-badged Tokai-made era.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1224322' date='May 8 2011, 05:07 PM']Anecdotally, Fujigen was chosen to make MIJ Fenders based on the replica-level quality of the Greco-branded Fender copies they produced - it's no coincidence that Fender Japan is operated by Kanda Shokai, who own the Greco brand. In fact it's also rumoured that the first production run of MIJ Fenders actually began production as Grecos! Kanda Shokai undertook to cease manufacture of Greco copies as a condition of getting the Fender contract, so it's quite possible that this is what happened to the final Greco production run.[/quote] It's often suggested that, as part of the original "Fender Japan" deal, Fender bought up the existing stock of Fujigen manufactured replica bodies and necks. Fender had no copyrights and/or patents registrations to rely on that could have prevented production of replicas by Japanese factories. Seems unrealistic to think that, having had to purchase significant numbers of parts, Fender didn't then use these for manufacturing purposes. After all, buying out the opposition in order to acquire market share was a much less risky or costly approach than establishing regional manufacturing facilities, particularly at a time when US production was under significant strain. In fact, operating in extremis. And, there's also a persisting suggestion that, during a later period, in the 80s, when production capacity was restricted, Fender sourced an order of necks from Atlansia, which where subsequently utilised for "Made in America" instruments.

Less than half the price a Wal twin-neck would sell for. Although, the only Wal one I recall seeing was a 4-string variant.

[quote name='jaybass 70' post='1221507' date='May 5 2011, 07:21 PM']Holy Moly Batman !!! £596 !! thats almost giving it away ,,, is the market really that bad??[/quote] To a casual observer it's just another Aria, another SB, and those are thirteen to the dozen. But, like the LTD, and the 800, the R150 was only in production for a very short time, and, when it was dropped from the catalogue, never reproduced or reinterpreted. If I didn't already have one I'd have been bidding on this, and delighted to only have to part with circa £600. Hell, at circa £600 it would have been worth buying and having the work done to convert it to fretted. (Which would have been a first for me!)

The black pickup could be 70s, 80s, or 90s, and is either an MB-I or MB-II variant. The cream pickup could be 70s, or 80s, and is either an MB-III or MB-IV variant. No way to tell until you take them out of the carcass.

[quote name='kurcatovium' post='1217816' date='May 2 2011, 04:45 PM']Yes, but how can anyone did this to nice bass as it surely was?![/quote] Stupidity. That, and a Billy Sheehan fixation.

It's back!

These are nice, but the Leduc U-Bass sounds better to my ear.

[quote name='Bankai' post='1217776' date='May 2 2011, 04:18 PM']Never heard of [the Squier Bullit Bass] before, a tad different I must say![/quote] It's a slightly restyled Fender Mustang. It actually uses some of the same "bits". Introduced in '82, these were initially made by Fender in the USA, and available as the B30 (short scale) and B40 (long scale). Thereafter, in '83, production shifted to Japan, where both models survived for a short time, before the short scale version was dropped, and the long scale version rebadged as the B34 (presumably because it was 34" scale).

Do you intend travelling by road and sea, or by air? If by air, make sure you get a case that complies with CAA/ATA, etc, requirements. Currently, think that means all hinges, locks and handles must be recessed. A few of the cases suggested/linked wouldn't meet current standards.

[quote name='kurcatovium' post='1217545' date='May 2 2011, 12:58 PM']What is this one? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Vintage-made-Japan-Hondo-II-custom-bass-guitar-/110680129243?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c50cbedb"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Vintage-made-Ja...=item19c50cbedb[/url][/quote] A butchered Hondo.

The combination of zebrawood and chestnut wings in the R150, as opposed to ash in the 1000, makes these different beasts tonally (although pickup placement could be a factor in that also). There aren't many R150-s around. There's one BC-er holding a fretted version; and there's my APCS fretless version. The model wasn't in production for much more than 18 months. The last fretless one I recall seeing, listed on US eBay, sold for around $1,700 (although it came with an original SB hardcase). If it closes under £1,000 then someone has got a bit of a bargain.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1208470' date='Apr 22 2011, 03:58 PM']Interesting, ... "Broad Bass" is exactly the sort of Japlish acronym you'd expect, but doing a bit of Googling it seems Brunel was involved in the development of the BB3000 fretless, which he apparently still uses. However according to [url="http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/archive/"]Yamaha's guitar database[/url] the BB range debuted in 1977 with the BB800, BB1000 & BB1200 models - the BB3000 appeared in 1982, so no idea if BB would have been involved in those early models.[/quote] When Yamaha "redesigned" the BB concept, and introduced the 3000, a number of musicians, including Michael Anthony and Bunny Brunel, were consulted. But, Brunel was not involved in the design and development of the original BB concept, in the 70s. When it debuted, the original BB, the 1200, had "Broad Bass" printed, in black block letters with gold outline, on the headstock, and in smaller black letters "by Yamaha", with the model number in the smallest type. This graphic was short-lived, being replaced by the more familiar design featuring the Yamaha name and model "number". "BB" has always stood for Broad Bass.

With cars and bikes it's tyres; with guitars and basses it's strings.