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Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting

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[quote name='Bassassin' post='968914' date='Sep 26 2010, 10:11 PM']Good stuff!

These pups - the square single-coil things with 2 rows of pole pieces like in your Rickenfaker - can be a mixed bag, so wait & see. You might get a pair of the 11k ones like in my Faker. :)

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Had a touch today....stood outside a local cafe watching the roadsweeper & his street scene crew try to decide where was the best place to park their transit so it could not be seen by their supervisor....when on looking at said vehicle i noticed what looked like a guitar neck,strolled over and low & behold it was a Bass I asked what do you want for this one said a Fiver another a tenner...we settled on £5....
It a Kay possibly mid 70's and in reasonable nick nothing missing at all,Ive forgotten the model but will post pics when I bring it home tomorrow...

weighs a bloody tonne

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[quote name='tino' post='969767' date='Sep 27 2010, 05:49 PM']weighs a bloody tonne[/quote]
I'll be surprised if that's not one of their Precision copies, then!

If it is, they're halfway decent after a setup - but right bloody backbreakers. Can fetch £70 - £90ish on Thiefbay, too. :)

J.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='969325' date='Sep 27 2010, 12:13 PM']SB1000 in case. Looks very nice. If I win it for my ridiculous lowball bid, you can bet I'll travel to where-ever it is in Lincolnshire to pick it up biggrin.gif

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140459010053"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140459010053[/url][/quote]

Worth a watch, certainly.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250699309378&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]The other no-reserve one[/url] topped out at £510.00 plus £30 P & P.

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[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='969847' date='Sep 27 2010, 06:39 PM']Worth a watch, certainly.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250699309378&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]The other no-reserve one[/url] topped out at £510.00 plus £30 P & P.[/quote]

I was thinking it might go for £600 or more. My own bid is something like £207 or so. Can you guess why I'm not concerned about posting my max bid in public in cased I get shilled? :) I can't justify spending £600 or so on a bass right now.

Edit: Weirdly modified Antoria. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTORIA-FENDER-JAZZ-68-REPLICA-FRETLESS-BASS-GUITAR-/110590613811?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19bfb6d933"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTORIA-FENDER-JAZZ-...=item19bfb6d933[/url]

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='969923' date='Sep 27 2010, 07:37 PM']Edit: Weirdly modified Antoria. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTORIA-FENDER-JAZZ-68-REPLICA-FRETLESS-BASS-GUITAR-/110590613811?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19bfb6d933"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTORIA-FENDER-JAZZ-...=item19bfb6d933[/url][/quote]
No evidence it's an Antoria at all, or even JapCrap, for that matter.

Bit alarmed at the idea that to de-fret it rather than removing the frets & filling the slots, he prised the old fretboard off & replaced it with a mahogany one. Not a material commonly used for fretless boards, this and the general tone of his ad don't give me a lot of confidence that he knows a great deal about basses. String separator?

J.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='971266' date='Sep 28 2010, 11:31 PM']Is this Japanese? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BC-Rich-Eagle-Bass-1980s-monster-/300474184254?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f5a8323e"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BC-Rich-Eagle-Bass-1...=item45f5a8323e[/url]

Edit: Mystery switches![/quote]

American, and the switches are phase, series/paralell (two of whichever is appropriate), a rotary varitone and active boost on/off.

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Thanks Mr Foxen.

[quote name='spinynorman' post='971454' date='Sep 29 2010, 10:05 AM']Antoria Les Paul. Always get itchy bidding fingers for these, for some reason.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270641866628"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270641866628[/url][/quote]

Something puts me off this one. Not that a LP bass is high on my list of things to buy. But this one has really old looking metal, the bridge looks a bit "Victorian engineering", and the whole thing just looks a bit unappealing. Of course, for those who can restore instruments, those may not be problems.

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SB-700 with hard case. On first view, I thought the price quite reasonable, but with the non-original pickup and filled in switch hole, I'm not so sure.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-Aria-Pro-II-SB-700-Bass-Guitar-/150500222788?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230a832744"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1980-Aria-Pro-II-SB-...=item230a832744[/url]

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='971899' date='Sep 29 2010, 05:23 PM']SB-700 with hard case. On first view, I thought the price quite reasonable, but with the non-original pickup and filled in switch hole, I'm not so sure.[/quote]

It started out at £399, with no interest. Still overpriced at £350 in its current condition. It's a boring, run of the mill, Oak finished 700.

Now, the Black 700 that was listed at the weekend should have caught your attention. Black was a standard finish, but produced in small numbers when compared to the Oak and Walnut versions, and pre-81 examples in that finish come up relatively infrequently.

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Bassassin Grand Master

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[quote name='tino' post='973023' date='Sep 30 2010, 06:21 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180568722787&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url]
Gawd blimey guvvna...that looks like a right beauty and at 55 quids its a steal :)[/quote]
You might've stuck some strings on it! Cheapskate! :lol: :)

J.

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Re listed Columbus.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-24inch-long-neck-bass-guitar-late-70s-/140458193324?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20b3f5f1ac"]Columbus[/url]

I actually offered the lad £120 for it when it didn't sell last time (before I got another one) and he said he thought it was worth £150. Can't help but think he;d get that if he offered delivery.

Looks nice though with a maple f/board, ain't seen one of those before.

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[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='973114' date='Sep 30 2010, 07:57 PM']Re listed Columbus.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-24inch-long-neck-bass-guitar-late-70s-/140458193324?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20b3f5f1ac"]Columbus[/url]

I actually offered the lad £120 for it when it didn't sell last time (before I got another one) and he said he thought it was worth £150. Can't help but think he;d get that if he offered delivery.

Looks nice though with a maple f/board, ain't seen one of those before.[/quote]

Nice bass, not very common with the maple board. He'll be lucky to get £150 though - Antorias are selling for less than a ton these days & Columbus doesn't have the same reputation or (spurious) Ibanez connection.

J.

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This one is worthy of a place in this topic if only for the completely barking name:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRISTER-VINTAGE-BASS-GUITAR-MIJ-JAPAN-Project-spares-/260671487914?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb13b3faa"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRISTER-VINTAGE-BASS...=item3cb13b3faa[/url]

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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='973316' date='Sep 30 2010, 10:55 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Excellent-Antoria-Bass-Guitar-Mint-Condition-Park-Amp-/220676830648?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33615d35b8"]Nice ash Antoria[/url][/quote]

Isn't the body of the modern Antorias made from Carolina? [url="http://www.antoriaguitars.com/47-0-Cosmos.html"]http://www.antoriaguitars.com/47-0-Cosmos.html[/url]

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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='973443' date='Oct 1 2010, 01:52 AM']I didn't actually know they were still about.

Just been having a look, and Carolina appears to be a sort of ash [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus_caroliniana"]wikipedia[/url], linked from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus"]here.[/url][/quote]

Warwick use the mystery "Carolena" wood on some of their basses & it's definitely not Swamp Ash. The one I played a few years back looked suspiciously like Larch or Pitch Pine. Co-incidentally, the State Tree of North Carolina is [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_palustris"][i]Pinus palustris[/i][/url] (Longleaf Pine).

Swamp Ash usually gets labelled as such, as we expect to see that as a tonewood; but pine needs a bit of er... marketing.

P.

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