Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting

[Annoying Twit]

"Lawsuit" Ibanez Artist bass. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190563102883&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...atchlink:top:en[/url]

So, who was it that sued Ibanez for making their own original designs then?

[karlfer]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1330608' date='Aug 7 2011, 07:12 AM']"Lawsuit" Ibanez Artist bass. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190563102883&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...atchlink:top:en[/url]

So, who was it that sued Ibanez for making their own original designs then?[/quote]


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[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1330608' date='Aug 7 2011, 07:12 AM']"Lawsuit" Ibanez Artist bass. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190563102883&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...atchlink:top:en[/url]

So, who was it that sued Ibanez for making their own original designs then?[/quote]

Rickenbacker probably.

[Musky]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1331271' date='Aug 7 2011, 07:23 PM']Rickenbacker probably.[/quote]

[kurcatovium]

Nice SGC: [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/sgc-nanyo-bass-collection-sb-320-active-bass-guitar/85550298"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/sgc-nany...guitar/85550298[/url]

[Happy Jack]

I do miss Jon - and no one writes an eBay advert quite like him:

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maya-P-bass-copy-70s-MIJ-vintage-Japan-Lawsuit-Japanese-/120762651780?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1e03d484"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maya-P-bass-copy...=item1c1e03d484[/url]

[i]... on the whole it's a good looking bass, the wear & tear does enhance the impression of an instrument that's led a varied and eventful life. And escaped a burning building while being assaulted by an axe-wielding psychotic.[/i]

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1337075' date='Aug 11 2011, 10:16 PM']I do miss Jon - and no one writes an eBay advert quite like him:

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maya-P-bass-copy-70s-MIJ-vintage-Japan-Lawsuit-Japanese-/120762651780?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1e03d484"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maya-P-bass-copy...=item1c1e03d484[/url]

[i]... on the whole it's a good looking bass, the wear & tear does enhance the impression of an instrument that's led a varied and eventful life. And escaped a burning building while being assaulted by an axe-wielding psychotic.[/i]

[/quote]

fairly sure he'll be back

[pete.young]

A Yamaha SBV500. I had one of this, this colour too. Should probably have kept it, it was a decent bass and played very nicely.
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-SBV-550-Bass-Guitar-/150644192384?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item231317f480"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-SBV-550-B...=item231317f480[/url]

[pete.young]

OK. Not crap. Definitely not crap. Lovely in fact. Probably overpriced too, but I think it might interest some of the dudes who frequent these parts.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Greco-Japan-1990-LP-CTM-Bass-Black-/150635915519?pt=Guitar&hash=item231299a8ff"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Greco-Japan-1990...=item231299a8ff[/url]

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-Thunder-Bass-guitar-/270799380338?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f0ce69f72"]BIN or best offer Westone Thunder in South London.[/url]

[Soloshchenko]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cimar-Bass-Guitar-1980s-Ibanez-B-Brand-/260831904015?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cbacb010f"]Cimar Bass in good nick[/url]


[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-CIMAR-IBANEZ-BASS-GUITAR-FOUND-PARTS-/250874424828?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a6947edfc"]CImar Bass in Awful Nick[/url]

Are Cimar any good? I've seen awesome Cimar Rickenfakers in the past. The second listing here looks beyond repair to me. Kind of glad the neck binding is broke or I'd be bidding on this piece of crap. I have issues. My house is the battersea dog home of completely f***ed basses.

Edited August 17, 2011 by Soloshchenko

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1343022' date='Aug 17 2011, 12:48 PM'][url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cimar-Bass-Guitar-1980s-Ibanez-B-Brand-/260831904015?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cbacb010f"]Cimar Bass in good nick[/url]


[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-CIMAR-IBANEZ-BASS-GUITAR-FOUND-PARTS-/250874424828?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a6947edfc"]CImar Bass in Awful Nick[/url]

Are Cimar any good? I've seen awesome Cimar Rickenfakers in the past. The second listing here looks beyond repair to me. Kind of glad the neck binding is broke or I'd be bidding on this piece of crap. I have issues. My house is the battersea dog home of completely f***ed basses.[/quote]
My first guitar was a Cimar tele... ropey as.

Love the "bridge" cover on this one.

[LukeFRC]

i found a ash version of that jazz bass. it was great once i changed the bridge

[2pods]

Have we seen [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Pro-II-TSB-550-Bass-Oak-Brown-Guitar-MIJ-1980s-/320743360255?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D280715311927%252B280715311927%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2173338710015738452"]This[/url] nice Aria TSB 550.

I had the natural version, and now I have the 650N . I much prefer the 4 inline headstock.

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grant-Bass-Guitar-/320748177364?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aae14c7d4"]Grant Jazz in chromes.[/url]

[Musky]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Right-Handed-Semi-Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-/190568454172?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5ec3d81c"]Old semi[/url]. I've seen basses like this branded Commodore (I think Nick has/used to have something similar) and it appears to be a Mat build.

It's got a BIN of £150 at the moment, but I'd suggest someone within easy reach of Aberdeen goes for this - I don't like all this talk of bubble wrap and brown paper!

[LukeFRC]

looksee what i found!
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=152832&view=findpost&p=1356773"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...t&p=1356773[/url]

thought i would stick it here as someone here may have more info.
Sounds pretty good, need to check the treble side of the preamp as something is buzzing a bit.
not sure what i will do with it, anyone wanna swap it for a jazz shaped bit of japcrap?

[bassaussie]

[quote name='Musky' post='1350728' date='Aug 24 2011, 08:59 PM'][url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Right-Handed-Semi-Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-/190568454172?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5ec3d81c"]Old semi[/url]. I've seen basses like this branded Commodore (I think Nick has/used to have something similar) and it appears to be a Mat build.

It's got a BIN of £150 at the moment, but I'd suggest someone within easy reach of Aberdeen goes for this - I don't like all this talk of bubble wrap and brown paper! [/quote]

That's really nice. My first bass teacher had one just like this, and it was branded Commodore. This was back in 1980 or so. I can't really remember if it was any good or not, but I remember liking the way it looked. We always did lessons on his Fender Precision, so I only played it once or twice.

[LukeFRC]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawai-F2B-Vintage-Bass-Guitar-Made-Japan-MIJ-/230666846002?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35b4d0bf32#ht_500wt_966"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawai-F2B-Vintag...32#ht_500wt_966[/url] kawai alembic thing, i know very little about kawai basses, I saw jon's pic's of his sleek line

[noelk27]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1362472' date='Sep 4 2011, 11:09 PM'][I] know very little about kawai basses ...[/quote]
A good factory. Until concentrating on its own designs in the late 80s, mostly built for other marques - notably Fender clones for Fernandes and Gibson clones for Ibanez. It was the "Strats" and "Teles" Kawai built for Fernandes in the 70s, and Tokai built for Fernandes in the 80s, as well as Tokai’s own clones, that undermined Fender's sales in Asia, and resulted in Fender setting up in Japan.

[LukeFRC]

one of them west bury track 2 basses for £125 ish
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTBURY-TRACK-2-BASS-GUITAR-MADE-JAPAN-MIJ-1980S-/300597093800?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45fcfba5a8#ht_3469wt_1138"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTBURY-TRACK-2...#ht_3469wt_1138[/url]

[Musky]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1365953' date='Sep 8 2011, 12:08 AM']one of them west bury track 2 basses for £125 ish
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTBURY-TRACK-2-BASS-GUITAR-MADE-JAPAN-MIJ-1980S-/300597093800?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45fcfba5a8#ht_3469wt_1138"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WESTBURY-TRACK-2...#ht_3469wt_1138[/url][/quote]
8 offers. £125 seems like quite a decent price to me so I suspect this won't hang about too long.

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='Musky' post='1365956' date='Sep 8 2011, 12:24 AM']8 offers. £125 seems like quite a decent price to me so I suspect this won't hang about too long.[/quote]

I'm always suspicious of "sold for parts" basses. Like if you could be bothered to set it up you could get twice as much for it- it makes me wonder whats wrong with it!

theres also a CSL jazz copy that looks quite nice if out of focus. Of course it had to get the word ibanez in there, even if it probably is a ibby under a different brand this time! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CSL-Jazz-bass-copy-pre-Ibanez-/150659636621?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2314039d8d#ht_816wt_1138"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CSL-Jazz-bass-co...d#ht_816wt_1138[/url]

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1366082' date='Sep 8 2011, 09:33 AM']....theres also a CSL jazz copy that looks quite nice if out of focus. Of course it had to get the word ibanez in there, even if it probably is a ibby under a different brand this time! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CSL-Jazz-bass-copy-pre-Ibanez-/150659636621?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2314039d8d#ht_816wt_1138"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CSL-Jazz-bass-co...d#ht_816wt_1138[/url][/quote]
Love the up-to-date date stamp on the pics. Could mean anything though I suppose... new battery, anything.

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1366103' date='Sep 8 2011, 09:47 AM']Love the up-to-date date stamp on the pics. Could mean anything though I suppose... new battery, anything.[/quote]
i hadn't noticed that!