Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290378392174&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123"]Classic Westone Thuner 1[/url]

Won't post, I already asked, cheap price.

[beerdragon]

off topic. i'm giving Ou7shined 9/10 for an Xmas Avatar.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='675920' date='Dec 6 2009, 05:37 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290378392174&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123"]Classic Westone Thuner 1[/url]

Won't post, I already asked, cheap price.[/quote]
£60? That's bloody ludicrous. Someone in Luton buy this, ffs! You could Ebay it straight away for a clear £100 profit if you don't want it.

J.

[hillbilly deluxe]

[quote name='beerdragon' post='675973' date='Dec 6 2009, 06:46 PM']off topic. i'm giving Ou7shined 9/10 for an Xmas Avatar.[/quote]
I'd give him 1,if he looked like that.

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='676001' date='Dec 6 2009, 07:15 PM']£60? That's bloody ludicrous. Someone in Luton buy this, ffs! You could Ebay it straight away for a clear £100 profit if you don't want it.

J.[/quote]

Yeah, so annoyed they wouldn't post, woulda been a textbook gyppo-flip.

[Moos3h]

I grabbed that Westone

Gonna try it out as a backup and shift it on if I don't gel with it.

I had no idea that Westones were really worth anything? They were a bit of an embarassment to have when I was younger - all the cool kids would have laughed

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='Moos3h' post='676223' date='Dec 6 2009, 10:19 PM']I grabbed that Westone

Gonna try it out as a backup and shift it on if I don't gel with it.

I had no idea that Westones were really worth anything? They were a bit of an embarassment to have when I was younger - all the cool kids would have laughed [/quote]

Know where those cool kids are now?

[Happy Jack]

Yup. Queuing in front of Ou7shined's place ...

[Musky]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='675738' date='Dec 6 2009, 02:54 PM']Looks like a Kay.[/quote]
Yep, a KB24. Heavier than depleted uranium.

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTONE-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ330384831133QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4cec78729d"]Enthusiastically photographed early Westone Thunder.[/url]

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Thunder-1A-Bass-Made-In-Japan-Matsumoku_W0QQitemZ260520485906QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3ca83b2412"]Nearly bought this Westone Thunder 1A.[/url]

[pete.young]

Aria RSB Pro II Deluxe 5 - anyone here get this?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140364278552"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140364278552[/url]

[Moos3h]

Collected my Westone Thunder today! Working on the strip down and clean as we speak - shall take some photos when it's nice and clean again - it needs a bath

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='Moos3h' post='678538' date='Dec 8 2009, 10:08 PM']Collected my Westone Thunder today! Working on the strip down and clean as we speak - shall take some photos when it's nice and clean again - it needs a bath [/quote]

Grab the one I just posted too, its taunting me.

[Moos3h]

Nah, wouldn't know what to do with an Active bass....where do you plug it into the mains?

Have to say though, even under the 29 years of dirt, this is a lovely thing. The neck is superb!

[Ou7shined]

A nice looking [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-BB1200-Vintage-Sunburst-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ250544032097QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3a55968961"]BB1200[/url] - might of had a pg at some point (or is it just dodgy pics)

[Ou7shined]

He's joking right? ->[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1970s-JEDSON-SHORT-SCALE-ELECTRIC-BASS-JAPANESE-PROJECT_W0QQitemZ290378626276QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item439bea34e4"]linky[/url]

[Mr. Foxen]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='682605' date='Dec 12 2009, 10:35 PM']He's joking right? ->[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1970s-JEDSON-SHORT-SCALE-ELECTRIC-BASS-JAPANESE-PROJECT_W0QQitemZ290378626276QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item439bea34e4"]linky[/url][/quote]

Possibly:
[quote]I have now plumbed this guitar into the national grid and we seem to have a spark across the pickup poles (thats a result or a miracle I dont know which)[/quote]

[Bloc Riff Nut]

Hallo Bass People,

I'm thinking about importing a MIJ Jazz from 'Jo's Music Shop" in Japan.

Has anybody had any experience with these guys? ebay.com/Jos-Music-Shop

[Musky]

[quote name='philipleonard' post='682824' date='Dec 13 2009, 10:02 AM']Hallo Bass People,

I'm thinking about importing a MIJ Jazz from 'Jo's Music Shop" in Japan.

Has anybody had any experience with these guys? ebay.com/Jos-Music-Shop[/quote]
I've no experience of them, or even heard of them before, but you'd be better off buying from someone like the Guitar Emporium. A JB62-US costs £734 + about 22% in tax and duties from ebay (ie about £900). The Guitar Emporium is doing them for £759 +£20 delivery.

[Happy Jack]

Surprised no one spotted this:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-XXB-Bass_W0QQitemZ320458873283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4a9cd659c3"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-XXB-Bass_W0...=item4a9cd659c3[/url]

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Concord-4-string-electric-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ180445057353QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2a035d1149"]£50 Westone Conchord[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTONE-Thunder-Bass-Guitar-1981-with-HARD-CASE-MIJ_W0QQitemZ330386577496QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4cec931858"]Thunder with overeager bidders[/url]

Edited December 13, 2009 by Mr. Foxen

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='655149' date='Nov 15 2009, 01:25 PM']The nice MIJ EB copies do come up, Kasuga & Matsumoku definitely are worth a look as well as Fujigen. I'll flag 'em if I spot 'em.

J.[/quote]
Couple more interesting suspects on EB-Watch tonight:

A potentially nice Matsumoku - this is the same bass as the [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/solid/sg/19xx.html"]Aria 1913[/url].
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160387060092"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160387060092[/url]

Missing covers, backplate & pin badge (probably said Arbiter or Eros) but looks quite tidy.

And possibly more interesting, but somewhat more of a project - a long-scale slot-headstock example:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170414421937"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170414421937[/url]

Longscale EB copies are very uncommon, and this is probably a Fujigen, possibly originally an Antoria or - amazingly - an Ibanez. Guy won't post so this may be of interest if you're in the SW.

J.

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='683615' date='Dec 14 2009, 01:07 AM']And possibly more interesting, but somewhat more of a project - a long-scale slot-headstock example:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170414421937"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170414421937[/url]

Longscale EB copies are very uncommon, and this is probably a Fujigen, possibly originally an Antoria or - amazingly - an Ibanez. Guy won't post so this may be of interest if you're in the SW.

J.[/quote]

That's no use at all, Jon. He didn't find it in his attic, just a shed. Sheds don't count.

[Happy Jack]

Or you could go for the real thing:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=70593"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=70593[/url]