Bassassin Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 [quote name='Slipperydick' post='984921' date='Oct 11 2010, 09:16 PM']What wood is it-any idea ? Very heavy thats fer sure ![/quote] This sort of body tends to be mahogany butcher-block sandwich with front & back veneers. Not sure what wood but apparently birch on the Fujigen-built J copies, which were made the same way. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipperydick Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 [quote name='tino' post='984927' date='Oct 11 2010, 09:25 PM']Suprisingly not!!! I will take it in to work and weigh it,possibly a few ounces more than a 70s fender I am holding next to it[/quote] Mines a good bit heavier than my 91 precision, I'll weigh em both later and see. Could be that being 'japcrap' the wood varies with what was available at the right price at the time I s'pose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Aria SB1000 active electronics. Given the condition they're in, bent pots etc., they may go for a bargain price. But, given the condition they're in, perhaps the purchaser might find s/he isn't so lucky after all. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Active-pickup-electronics-1980-Aria-Pro-II-SB1000-/330484104292?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4cf2633c64"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Active-pickup-electr...=item4cf2633c64[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 [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] Topped out at a quite reasonable £430. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 [quote name='Bloodaxe' post='986483' date='Oct 13 2010, 12:47 AM']Topped out at a quite reasonable £430.[/quote] But I bid £200 or something A recent Japanese made six string purchase has zeroed (and more!) my instrument buying budget. So, I can have fun with lowball bids for a while until I get serious again in a few months time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160492466299"]Decent-ish looking P project, £35 BIN[/url] You'll have to be quick - it runs out in about 35 mins! Not a Marlin, more likely an Italian-made Melody, although with no pics of the back I can't be too sure. If I didn't have a basement full of crap projects & little time (or inclination, if I'm honest) to sort them, I'd grab this myself - probably wouldn't take much to sort. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Who likes CMI? Feels like deja vue, I've seen the text before if not the bass. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CMI-Presicion-bass-VINTAGE-MADE-JAPAN-1980s-/120632529715"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CMI-Presicion-bass-V...s-/120632529715[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 This looks ok, no idea what it is though. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOVELY-1970s-FENDER-STYLE-PRECISION-BASS-MADE-JAPAN-/120632456504"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOVELY-1970s-FENDER-...N-/120632456504[/url] Fragile though, so pickup in London only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 [quote name='spinynorman' post='989708' date='Oct 15 2010, 10:06 PM']This looks ok, no idea what it is though. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOVELY-1970s-FENDER-STYLE-PRECISION-BASS-MADE-JAPAN-/120632456504"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOVELY-1970s-FENDER-...N-/120632456504[/url] Fragile though, so pickup in London only.[/quote] Ply refin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 And at the higher end (of price anyway), I just wish I could think of a reason to buy this ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Teisco-Audition-Japan-Double-Neck-six-and-bass-/300480274729"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Teisco-Audit...s-/300480274729[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 [quote name='spinynorman' post='989713' date='Oct 15 2010, 10:14 PM']And at the higher end (of price anyway), I just wish I could think of a reason to buy this ... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Teisco-Audition-Japan-Double-Neck-six-and-bass-/300480274729"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Teisco-Audit...s-/300480274729[/url][/quote] Absolute piece of nasty, cheapo crap. £500? Surely no-one would be retarded enough to pay that for this pile of arse. And it's [b]not[/b] a f@cking Teisco - it's sh!tty Korean rubbish. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='989898' date='Oct 16 2010, 01:26 AM']Absolute piece of nasty, cheapo crap. £500? Surely no-one would be retarded enough to pay that for this pile of arse. And it's [b]not[/b] a f@cking Teisco - it's sh!tty Korean rubbish. J.[/quote] well heres my Ebay pileapants for this week,modded and not in the best of condition ,I paid to much ...BUT IT..Sings Like an Angel abeit a dirty nasty tart of one Will I ever learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Bassassin' post='989898' date='Oct 16 2010, 01:26 AM']Absolute piece of nasty, cheapo crap. £500? Surely no-one would be retarded enough to pay that for this pile of arse. And it's [b]not[/b] a f@cking Teisco - it's sh!tty Korean rubbish. J.[/quote] Spoilsport! He does say it's been on his wall. Two necks, twice the fun (No, I wouldn't pay £500 for it either). Edited October 16, 2010 by spinynorman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 [quote name='spinynorman' post='990445' date='Oct 16 2010, 06:19 PM']Spoilsport! He does say it's been on his wall. Two necks, twice the fun (No, I wouldn't pay £500 for it either).[/quote] I succumbed to the temptation to buy a double neck for £110 because it was cool. A decision I now regret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 [quote name='tino' post='990310' date='Oct 16 2010, 03:53 PM']well heres my Ebay pileapants for this week,modded and not in the best of condition ,I paid to much ...BUT IT..Sings Like an Angel abeit a dirty nasty tart of one Will I ever learn[/quote] I do hope not! So what's this then - Ibby Artist, AS series? Don't know my semis too well... And the ICW purists would have kittens over all those switches! Anyway what the hell am I on about - GTFO with that bloody g*it*r, Quisling! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 (edited) Ebay listing claims that this is a "Cimar branded Ibanez Blazer". Not sure if that's true, but the headstock seems to check out. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadstar-Bass-Cimar-Branded-1984-Precision-/120634713996?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1663a78c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadstar-Bass...=item1c1663a78c[/url] Edit: I haven't been posting SB1000s here as they turn up a bit too often to be notable. However, there's something about the grain of this one that I like. Though, it could be the white balance on the camera [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-SB1000-Bass-Guitar-/150507980241?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230af985d1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-SB1000-B...=item230af985d1[/url] Edited October 17, 2010 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 [quote name='Annoying Twit' post='991143' date='Oct 17 2010, 02:37 PM']Ebay listing claims that this is a "Cimar branded Ibanez Blazer". Not sure if that's true, but the headstock seems to check out. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadstar-Bass-Cimar-Branded-1984-Precision-/120634713996?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1663a78c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadstar-Bass...=item1c1663a78c[/url][/quote] Nah, it's not. It is of the "Cimar By Ibanez" era so Cimar was a Hoshino brand at this point - according to various bits & pieces on the ICW forum, it definitely wasn't when they were making full-on copies. Blazer/Roadster shape headstocks appear on all of the Fender-derived Cimars of the post-copy era, and these do appear to be Fujigens, unlike the older copies. However there are a lot of detail differences between this bass & a Blazer - body shape, scratchplate, tuners, bridge etc. Interestingly though, the [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/anniversary/52/1.jpg"]Cimar Stinger[/url] is exactly the same as the early Ibby Blazer. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 A bit of rather uncommon KoreaDiarrhoea for a change, at a completely daft-cheap £60 BIN: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vester-Stage-Series-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-/110600789406"]Vester Jazz copy[/url] Serious bargain, I'd be inclined to think - never played one myself but these are meant to be good, and have a bit of Fender-baiting history - a "proper" lawsuit, where the brand was shut down due to its apparent phonetic similarity to the "F" word. They probably weren't too keen on knockoffs this similar to the real thing either. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I had a closely related P bass, one of the veryfew to come up cheap locally that I beat Nick to (and it was streets from him too). It sounded pretty good, but like the black on this hints, it was soft ply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Saw this new listing on eBay this morning -[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jackson-Charvette-electric-Bass-Guitar-/230540402774?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35ad476056"]Jackson Charvette[/url] bass, claiming to be MIJ. Are they any good? I've had a brief Google and opinions seem to vary between not bad to little better than firewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 [quote name='Paul S' post='994596' date='Oct 20 2010, 11:37 AM']Saw this new listing on eBay this morning -[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jackson-Charvette-electric-Bass-Guitar-/230540402774?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35ad476056"]Jackson Charvette[/url] bass, [b]claiming to be MIJ.[/b] Are they any good? I've had a brief Google and opinions seem to vary between not bad to little better than firewood.[/quote] Well that's what the sticker on the heel says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Indeed. A quick Google says Korea but, er, maybe some weren't... I mean, it says on the label so it must be, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='994343' date='Oct 20 2010, 12:57 AM']A bit of rather uncommon KoreaDiarrhoea for a change, at a completely daft-cheap £60 BIN: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vester-Stage-Series-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-/110600789406"]Vester Jazz copy[/url] Serious bargain, I'd be inclined to think - never played one myself but these are meant to be good, and have a bit of Fender-baiting history - a "proper" lawsuit, where the brand was shut down due to its apparent phonetic similarity to the "F" word. They probably weren't too keen on knockoffs this similar to the real thing either. J.[/quote] Sold for £55! sh*t! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 One for you DIY boys: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-JAPANESE-MATSUMOKU-TYPE-IBANEZ-BASS-GUITAR-PROJECT-/190459116922?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c583f7d7a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-JAPANESE-MATSUMO...=item2c583f7d7a[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 £66.66. Very close to being the starting price of the beast. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHORT-SCALE-JAPANESE-TEISCO-JEDSON-TELE-BASS-GUITAR-MIJ-/260681286069?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb1d0c1b5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHORT-SCALE-JAPANESE...=item3cb1d0c1b5[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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