Bassassin Posted September 26, 2008 Author Posted September 26, 2008 Not quite the kick up the arse this thread needs - but this is something to behold: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260292186047"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260292186047[/url] I had one of these myself, many-and-many-a, this is near-identical to mine and in exceptional nick for a 25-odd year old. Reserve is about £275 (he's being a trifle coy) so I won't be bidding, but these do tend to fetch a bob or two now. J. Quote
spinynorman Posted September 27, 2008 Posted September 27, 2008 Cosmetically challenged apparently, though doesn't look that bad. Jap, but shouldn't be crap. 300 quid, though, by the time you've paid customs. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300261211094&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=020"]Red Burny Thunderbird[/url] Quote
wizbat Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Aria anyone? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ace-of-Spades-shape-unusual-solid-Bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ130260285221QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130260285221&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ace-of-Spades-shape-...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote
wizbat Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Hondo II precision [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDO-II-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ110295875178QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110295875178&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDO-II-BASS-GUITAR...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote
wizbat Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Aria stb series jazz copy [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-series-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ200259919228QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200259919228&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-series-Bass...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote
wizbat Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Westone concorde [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Concord-1-Japanese-Bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ230297844630QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230297844630&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Concord-1-Ja...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote
wizbat Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 nuther westone, a thunder 1 this time!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Thunder-1-Japanese-Bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ230297842860QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230297842860&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Thunder-1-Ja...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote
wizbat Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 This one is well listed!!!! And it,s another westone t1 Anyone get the impression I,m bored!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ130260171103QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130260171103&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar_W0QQitem...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote
Ou7shined Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 [quote name='wizbat' post='299094' date='Oct 4 2008, 04:53 AM']Aria anyone? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ace-of-Spades-shape-unusual-solid-Bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ130260285221QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130260285221&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ace-of-Spades-shape-...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url][/quote] We've seen this one before only it had a banana neck then. The Aria neck actually suits it better but it's a bit like putting a sequin on a rats arse IMHO. Quote
Ou7shined Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 [quote name='wizbat' post='299097' date='Oct 4 2008, 05:02 AM']Aria stb series jazz copy [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-series-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ200259919228QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200259919228&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-series-Bass...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url][/quote] Good find. Someone in Staffordshire should go round and pick this up in person and save paying 50% of the BIN price on postage. Quote
Bassassin Posted October 4, 2008 Author Posted October 4, 2008 [quote name='wizbat' post='299097' date='Oct 4 2008, 05:02 AM']Aria stb series jazz copy [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-series-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ200259919228QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200259919228&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-STB-series-Bass...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url][/quote] Don't want to get too pedantic - but this is a modern Aria, they haven't been Japanese-made since 1986. These days they come out of the same Chinese/Taiwanese factories that make a lot of current budget instruments. Probably a decent enough bass - I have 2 recent Arias (one's a g*it*r) and they're excellent for the money. J. Quote
Ou7shined Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 Gorgeous through neck fretless > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Precision-Thro-Neck-FRETLESS-Bass-Guitar-60s-70s_W0QQitemZ180294630119QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180294630119&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]link[/url] Quote
Bassassin Posted October 5, 2008 Author Posted October 5, 2008 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='299922' date='Oct 5 2008, 03:08 PM']Gorgeous through neck fretless > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Precision-Thro-Neck-FRETLESS-Bass-Guitar-60s-70s_W0QQitemZ180294630119QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180294630119&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]link[/url][/quote] These are nice, been GASing for a fretted one for a while. Although, it's not "a Matsumoku Japanese bass" despite what [s]his mate down the pub[/s] other "helpful Ebayers" might tell him. Korean, probably Cort, from about 1980. J. Quote
Ou7shined Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 She's lovely. If I didn't already have my pennies ear-marked for another bass I'd have a pop at this, even though I'm not really in the market for a fretless. Quote
Ou7shined Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 YAMAHA BB1600 1 day left. I don't know much about it (although I think we know a man that does ) but I feel it's worthy of a mention here. > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-YAMAHA-BB1600-BASS-GUITAR-1980-s-MADE-IN-JAPAN-BB_W0QQitemZ260296233083QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260296233083&_trkparms=72%3A1348%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]link[/url] Quote
beerdragon Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='299922' date='Oct 5 2008, 03:08 PM']Gorgeous through neck fretless > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Precision-Thro-Neck-FRETLESS-Bass-Guitar-60s-70s_W0QQitemZ180294630119QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180294630119&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]link[/url][/quote] £112. bugger. our gig saturday was cancelled. the money was going towards this. i really fancied it. hah well. Quote
wizbat Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I,ve Also seen these branded as Satelite, a friend of mine has a gtr thats very similar. Quote
Bassassin Posted October 9, 2008 Author Posted October 9, 2008 Yep, that was a Korean-made Satellite before somebody sanded the logo off it. Still very nice, if it had had frets I would've been a little more intertested. J. Quote
pete.young Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Sorry for going off-topic, but this one is distinctly not crap. A really nice-looking Yamaha BB1000 wannabe P-bass from 1978-81. (hope the URL doesn't go mental. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-Vintage-BB1000-Bass-Guitar-1982-1989_W0QQitemZ130261591154QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-Vintage-BB100...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] I have a BB800 from the same period and it's a cracking bass, IMHO much better than anything Fender were putting out at the time. Currently sitting at £50 which is an insult. If I didn't already have too many basses ... Quote
Bassassin Posted October 12, 2008 Author Posted October 12, 2008 Oh, that's not off topic at all! Lovely bass, and not far from me either. Doubt it'll stay at £50 - it's only been listed a couple of days & it started at 99p, but it's on my watch list. Just in case... J. Quote
Happy Jack Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Early-70s-Jap-Bass-by-Granada_W0QQitemZ120315749130QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120315749130&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Early-70s-Jap-Bass-b...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Never heard of Granada basses before. [i]Quite heavy at 6Kgs[/i], he says ... strewth, that's over 13lbs in old money! Quote
budget bassist Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 For anyone in or around nottingham, in the music inn on alfreton road they have a fretless westone thunder I in black that looks to be in VERY good condition for £145 and looks to be totally original, everything there. Just thought they don't come up all too often and especially in that sort of condition so one of you guys might be interested. Got the right thread this time i think! Quote
Kev Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 too much IMO, theres been a thunder 1A at my local shop selling for £150 all year Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 [quote name='BassManKev' post='309620' date='Oct 19 2008, 12:54 AM']too much IMO, theres been a thunder 1A at my local shop selling for £150 all year[/quote] Those are totally wrecked though. Nice Westone thunder guitar in local gumtree though. Quote
nick Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 Very nice 80's Ibanez Roadster [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadster-Bass-Made-in-Japan-1980_W0QQitemZ260301369673QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260301369673&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadster-Bass...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote
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