Nice project P bass

[kevbass]

Anyone wants to start a project p bass with a bit of a vintage vibe should nab this looks in good shape

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cobra-Japan-Lawsuit-P-Bass-Style-Sunburst-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ190158801604QQihZ009QQcategoryZ118984QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cobra-Japan-Lawsuit-...VQQcmdZViewItem[/url]

[Bassassin]

Think I'd be put off by the $90 postage to the UK, and by the customs charge it'll attract if it goes over £18.

Also, it's not Japanese, I don't think. I've seen a few guitars & basses with this maple board/mahogany neck/pointy black trc combination (I actually had a thinline Tele copy like this) and they're not-very-good Korean knockoffs. I'd bet a kidney the body's plywood under the solid-black-at-the-edges sunburst, too.

Sorry to pee on your fireworks, Kev, but there are loads of better vintage P copies than this around.

Jon.

[nick]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='70741' date='Oct 7 2007, 07:23 PM']Think I'd be put off by the $90 postage to the UK, and by the customs charge it'll attract if it goes over £18.

Also, it's not Japanese, I don't think. I've seen a few guitars & basses with this maple board/mahogany neck/pointy black trc combination (I actually had a thinline Tele copy like this) and they're not-very-good Korean knockoffs. I'd bet a kidney the body's plywood under the solid-black-at-the-edges sunburst, too.

Sorry to pee on your fireworks, Kev, but there are loads of better vintage P copies than this around.

Jon.[/quote]

Like you say Jon, loads of them pop up. Often tempted myself, until I realise already got enough P-Basses

This one looks a bit better to me
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150167246222&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=005[/url]

Or even this
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160164879448&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=006[/url]

[beerdragon]

It looks as if someone as started to strip the varnish off the neck of that Colombus and gave up.

[kevbass]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='70741' date='Oct 7 2007, 07:23 PM']Think I'd be put off by the $90 postage to the UK, and by the customs charge it'll attract if it goes over £18.

Also, it's not Japanese, I don't think. I've seen a few guitars & basses with this maple board/mahogany neck/pointy black trc combination (I actually had a thinline Tele copy like this) and they're not-very-good Korean knockoffs. I'd bet a kidney the body's plywood under the solid-black-at-the-edges sunburst, too.

Sorry to pee on your fireworks, Kev, but there are loads of better vintage P copies than this around.

Jon.[/quote]

No fair play each to their own opinion I say. I still reckon its worth a punt for a p bass project though. I saw that columbus precision on the bay, I wonder what the reserve has been priced at?

[Bassassin]

A tidy looking Satellite copy here:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230178780393"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230178780393[/url]

Those tuners'd have to go, mind.

J.