Nice bit of 'Jap Crap'

[nick]

Nice L/H Maya Jazz, looks in good condition.
If it's anything like my P-Bass & Rickenfaker - a lovely instrument, worth the price IMHO.
Shame it's a lefty!

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[Bassassin]

Nice - but being a lefty & a bit on the dear side (considering the twin truss Rick copy sold for £170 yesterday - ) means it probably won't sell.

Maybe it's the time of year - but JapCrap isn't selling the way it was a couple of months back.

Jon.

[slaphappygarry]

Your not pushing it enough jon



G

[nick]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='64379' date='Sep 23 2007, 03:05 PM']Nice - but being a lefty & a bit on the dear side (considering the twin truss Rick copy sold for £170 yesterday - ) means it probably won't sell.

Maybe it's the time of year - but JapCrap isn't selling the way it was a couple of months back.

Jon.[/quote]

That's quite true actually. That Rick copy did go quite cheap, considering prices seen in the past months for similar basses.
You could have ended up with a matching pair of Kasugas there!

Talking of which my Kasuga ES-175 ends today, though I'm not too unhappy with it's current price...

[Bassassin]

[quote name='nick' post='64424' date='Sep 23 2007, 05:31 PM']That's quite true actually. That Rick copy did go quite cheap, considering prices seen in the past months for similar basses.
You could have ended up with a matching pair of Kasugas there!

Talking of which my Kasuga ES-175 ends today, though I'm not too unhappy with it's current price...[/quote]

That Rickalike wasn't a Kasuga - everything about it (apart from the dual rods) says Matsumoku to me.

Blimey - didn't know that was your ES-175! Not a bad price atm, still time for some eleventh-hour Ebay madness.

And you do know that Kasugas [i]weren't[/i] made in the Tokai factory, don't you?

J.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='slaphappygarry' post='64388' date='Sep 23 2007, 03:27 PM']Your not pushing it enough jon



G[/quote]

Sorry Garry! I'll try harder!

J.

[nick]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='64435' date='Sep 23 2007, 06:46 PM']That Rickalike wasn't a Kasuga - everything about it (apart from the dual rods) says Matsumoku to me.

Blimey - didn't know that was your ES-175! Not a bad price atm, still time for some eleventh-hour Ebay madness.

And you do know that Kasugas [i]weren't[/i] made in the Tokai factory, don't you?

J.[/quote]

Yes that's mine. A lovely guitar, but running out of space. Plus, I'm a bassplayer.
I understood that [i]Kasuga manufactured guitars for Tokai[/i] as well as other suppliers(?)
That is according to several sources including vintageguitar.com, & even the Tokai forum.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='nick' post='64455' date='Sep 23 2007, 07:29 PM']Yes that's mine. A lovely guitar, but running out of space. Plus, I'm a bassplayer.
I understood that [i]Kasuga manufactured guitars for Tokai[/i] as well as other suppliers(?)
That is according to several sources including vintageguitar.com, & even the Tokai forum.[/quote]

Yes - they did - some Tokai branded guitars were built by Kasuga, in the Kasuga factory. This is plainly quantifiably different - but all's fair in love, war & Fleabay!

And I take it you're a happy boy with the final price?

J.