Bassassin Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 20 minutes ago, Cato said: I'm guessing that an ironic thread was in danger of losing its irony. It's reassuring to know BC now has its own Irony Police to help keep us safe, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 42 minutes ago, wateroftyne said: That video of the drummer who was at the wrong gig was mint, though. That should have stayed. Sounds interesting, got a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Cato said: I'm guessing that an ironic thread was in danger of losing its irony. Well, I think things could've been smoothed out... ...oh no, I thought you said ironing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 40 minutes ago, prowla said: Well, I think things could've been smoothed out... ...oh no, I thought you said ironing! That joke fell flat, I think. 1 hour ago, stingrayPete1977 said: Sounds interesting, got a link? Be careful what you wish for. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 54 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: That joke fell flat, I think. No impressed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 1 minute ago, prowla said: No impressed? No, just board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 1 minute ago, Dad3353 said: No, just board. That one creased me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 I'm out of here, to get a fizzy drink. It's soda pressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Me too - I think we can say things have folded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Indeed. Anyway, I can't think of any more puns. I've an iron deficiency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 I'd like to thank you both for steaming over the thread(s) , you have really stepped up to the crease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Time to scale it back maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Can I press my luck with just one more..? Please..? No..? OK then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Can we get back on topic, which I believe was laundering fake fenders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hmmm - this seems to have tumbled out of control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 And no sign of it drying up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Not much more and we'll have enough for a soap opera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 30 December 2017 at 00:54, Bassassin said: here's a Fender copy I regret selling: This is the Basschat Bitsa Jazz, so-called because all the parts came from BC members, with the exception of the tuners. Body was a '72 Fujigen, dated from the codes on the original (dud) Maxon pickups. Can't for the life of me remember what brand it was, got the body off an (ex) member called Tino - from an Ebay sale. The neck came from Toasted (is he still here?) so long ago I think it was back in the Bassworld days. Ashamed to say I can't remember who the pickups came from - particularly considering he gave them to me for nowt! Don't know the date of the neck or the original brand - could just about see the ghost of the original logo & thought it might be Antoria. The fact the neck was a perfect fit for the body, and the screwholes lined up near-perfectly, suggest it probably was. Anyway, after a lot of polishing & fettling this built up into a lovely looking, sounding & playing Japanese J copy, but since I already had a lovely looking, sounding & playing MIJ Jazz copy, I got rid. Traded it on a local FB group for a very roadworn Aria SB-Elite Black & Gold - which by any measure was a ridiculously good deal. But a couple of months later my lovingly restored vintage MIJ Jazz turned up again on the same board, battered, frets wrenched out and absolutely ruined. Hurt, that did. I'd say that was an Antoria - I had one basically the same (but with a rosewood board, pearl blocks and Jazz type pick up covers - but without the F symbol on the bridge one - it even had a foam mute fitted - you can see the screw holes for them on that picture). Mine was a sort of walnut colour, but basically the same. Not long after I had mine (from new in 1975) they started doing them with authentic Jazz style pick ups rather than those - IIRC the bridge pick up on mine was fairly weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 9 hours ago, drTStingray said: I'd say that was an Antoria - I had one basically the same (but with a rosewood board, pearl blocks and Jazz type pick up covers - but without the F symbol on the bridge one - it even had a foam mute fitted - you can see the screw holes for them on that picture). Mine was a sort of walnut colour, but basically the same. Not long after I had mine (from new in 1975) they started doing them with authentic Jazz style pick ups rather than those - IIRC the bridge pick up on mine was fairly weak. I know the body wasn't from an Antoria but can't for the life of me remember what it was, possibly an Eros. What it is, is definitely a re-badged Fujigen 2365B, the exact same thing as Antoria, Ibanez and a whole lot of other 70s importer/exporter brands. The body dates to 1972 from the codes on the original pickups. Thought the shadow of the neck's logo looked like Antoria but it wasn't clear enough to be certain, but the fact it was a near-perfect fit for pocket & screws confirms it was from the same factory & made to the same template. It's a later neck because the maple-board Fujigens with correct nut & heel-adjust truss rod didn't appear until about 1974, along with the correct type of pickups. I quite like these chrome Maxon pickups, they were very common on various 70s MIJs & I've had several sets in different basses. They are variable in output though and later ones do seem to be a lot hotter. I have one in a R*ck*nb*ck*r copy bitsa which reads 11k or so - typically early ones seem to be around 4 or 5. Despite the double rows of poles they're single coils. I think they're in lots of old J copies because they pre-date accurate Jazz-type pickup clones, and in the 70s J copies, they were all hidden under ashtrays anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Going back to the Bravewood P bass - I probably put the offending transfer on ( just because it looked wrong without it). It was just a water slide and would easily scratch off with a fingernail - so did a later owner varnish over it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Yup - it came to me as a Bravewood, but the Fender logo seemed to have been on it from the start. It certainly wasn't (or didn't feel like) a waterslide when I had it. If there had been a Bravewood logo on the headstock, I'd have kept it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 It was blank when I got it from first owner. I put a 50’s style logo on it, then scratched it off and replaced with the 70’s style one, was just a water slide when I traded it. I wish I’d kept it too! Nicest P bass I’ve owned 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 'Nicest' = not necessarily. 'Amongst the nicest' = absolutely. You know, it never even occurred to me to just have the offending decal removed. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I sold it mainly because I always add J bass pickups to P basses, and that one was so nice I didn't want to molest it! Then I got a Sadowsky PJ. Of course, I sold that too....in a moment of skintiness.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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