chaypup Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/322073358933?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2Fe11021.m43.l1120%2F7%3Feuid%3D889ee33819554104aa141f88a9ee7381%26loc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%252Fws%252FeBayISAPI.dll%253FViewItem%2526item%253D322073358933%26srcrot%3De11021.m43.l1120%26rvr_id%3D0&_mwBanner=1 Oof did anyone here snag this Daion? £130! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randythoades Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Nice looking Epiphone AE260. Over Margate way so too far for me to go, but have a real fancy for one of these. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1970s-Epiphone-AE-260-Semi-Hollow-Bass-Made-in-Japan-/152048946653?hash=item2366d2cddd:g:58IAAOSwJQdXCjGU"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1970s-Epiphone-AE-260-Semi-Hollow-Bass-Made-in-Japan-/152048946653?hash=item2366d2cddd:g:58IAAOSwJQdXCjGU[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Anyone know anything about these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vox-bass-guitar-/262442157487?hash=item3d1ac585af:g:a8wAAOSwxehXO11T Same bass on US ebay for $400. How do they sound and play? Didn't Billy Sheehan play a Vox at some stage? What's a realistic price? Just noticed its pickup only so not for me, but still interested in knowing more about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 [quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1460560910' post='3026834'] [url="http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/322073358933?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2Fe11021.m43.l1120%2F7%3Feuid%3D889ee33819554104aa141f88a9ee7381%26loc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%252Fws%252FeBayISAPI.dll%253FViewItem%2526item%253D322073358933%26srcrot%3De11021.m43.l1120%26rvr_id%3D0&_mwBanner=1"]http://m.ebay.co.uk/...3D0&_mwBanner=1[/url] Oof did anyone here snag this Daion? £130! [/quote] Missed that one. I need to sort out my search filters. I keep missing these old basses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 [quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1463993790' post='3055524'] Anyone know anything about these: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vox-bass-guitar-/262442157487?hash=item3d1ac585af:g:a8wAAOSwxehXO11T"]http://www.ebay.co.u...8wAAOSwxehXO11T[/url] Same bass on US ebay for $400. How do they sound and play? Didn't Billy Sheehan play a Vox at some stage? What's a realistic price? Just noticed its pickup only so not for me, but still interested in knowing more about them. [/quote] Weird pickup placement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 [quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1463996383' post='3055561'] Weird pickup placement [/quote] Quick google search found the catalogue entry: http://www.voxshowroom.com/catalogs/1982_p4.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 [quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1463996772' post='3055568'] Quick google search found the catalogue entry: [url="http://www.voxshowroom.com/catalogs/1982_p4.html"]http://www.voxshowro...gs/1982_p4.html[/url] [/quote] Design meeting at Vox..... "Do you think we need a neck pick-up on this one, do you think?" "Nah, it'll be ok with just the bridge pickup" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 [quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1463997123' post='3055577'] Design meeting at Vox..... "Do you think we need a neck pick-up on this one, do you think?" "Nah, it'll be ok with just the bridge pickup" [/quote] P Ray? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Looks like there is some love for them on here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/81077-vox-standard-bass/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 As if by magic its flashier cousin just turned up: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vox-Custom-3002-Bass-MIJ/142002565853?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3Da36480a6d47347118b5c689f3edf4bc1%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D142002565853 Anyone played one of these beauties? Anyone know what the nut width is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I've got a Standard, which I will never sell, and a 3002, which I will definitely sell. I'd like another Standard; if I was closer to Solihull I'd have had that one. The Standard sounds goood. The 3002 is a P-J bass. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not interesting enough to keep and the neck is too wide for me. (42mm nut IIRC, treetrunk neck.) IIRC someone posted pics of Billy Sheehan with a 3002 backstage a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1464044143' post='3056140'] ...and a 3002, which I will definitely sell. [/quote] Drop us a PM when you decide to move it on! I have been curious about these for a long time... J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1464086312' post='3056385'] Drop us a PM when you decide to move it on! I have been curious about these for a long time... J. [/quote] Thanks, I'll do that This year, and probably this summer - I need to work out what the electrics are supposed to do first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1464120487' post='3056776'] Thanks, I'll do that This year, and probably this summer - I need to work out what the electrics are supposed to do first. [/quote] Cool. I'll (probably) need to shift one or two basses myself before I can get away with any new acquisitions. Looking at the standard controls, I'd have to rewire it either without the (pointless, IMO) selector switch or with stack pots, so as long as the pups are working, the current state of the electrics wouldn't be a problem for me. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Cimar Jazz - good or bad? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIMAR-Japan-by-Ibanez-electric-bass-guitar-/252402428088?hash=item3ac45b68b8:g:hs8AAOSwNsdXRgna"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIMAR-Japan-by-Ibanez-electric-bass-guitar-/252402428088?hash=item3ac45b68b8:g:hs8AAOSwNsdXRgna[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 I had one of these. OK, pretty much on a par with the more common Columbuses from the same era. If I remember, ply body, slightly weedy pickups, nicely fretted J-width (but pretty chunky) neck. Not liking the look of the back of the neck at all, otherwise I'd say £50-ish for this, in this condition. If the neck's OK it might be a quick resto, the original sunburst poly is probably still there under the rattlecan muck, if you can spare the elbow grease to get to it. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thanks Jon, as ever. I'll pass as I have to many anyway. Currently enjoying the Vantage Standard II - rather nice. I'll do a follow up to my post on it with some pics etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Found a pic of mine, for completion's sake! [sharedmedia=core:attachments:74442] Pretty sure I sold it to a (maybe former) BCer, back in the Long, Long Ago. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Rather a nice-looking Grantson: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grantson-semi-acoustic-bass-guitar-early-70s-made-in-Japan-fabulous-/291752186912?hash=item43edc91420:g:96EAAOSwZAtXJOia It's our old friend priscillasnake which perhaps explains the ballistic price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1464337235' post='3058493'] Rather a nice-looking Grantson: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grantson-semi-acoustic-bass-guitar-early-70s-made-in-Japan-fabulous-/291752186912?hash=item43edc91420:g:96EAAOSwZAtXJOia"]http://www.ebay.co.u...6EAAOSwZAtXJOia[/url] It's our old friend priscillasnake which perhaps explains the ballistic price. [/quote] It's expensive 'cos it's a bass for a supreme being... “Amazingly good condition, and in very god working order.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Absolutely ludicrous price for a pretty generic old bass. It's in cosmetically decent & original condition, I suppose, but I'd want a proper good look a this before parting with even 1/3 of what he's asking.. He talks about "binding movement" - having some experience of early 70s cheapo MIJ hollowbodies, I'd bet that this is because the body/ neck join has distorted over time under string tension, causing binding delamination as the neck is pulled forward & upward. I had a 335 guitar copy (coincidentally a Grantson) with exactly this problem. These are fully hollow, with no solid centre section to take string stresses, so this is pretty much inevitable. Noticeably, there are no pics of the damage, or any of the side of the instrument at all. Just went & did a bit of digging, and look: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EB2-BASS-GUITAR-CHERRY-RED-CLASSIC-SIXTIES-STYLE-BASS-/252325341188"]http://www.ebay.co.u...S-/252325341188[/url] Slightly more honest ad, more revealing pics, and considerably more reasonable price! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 [quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1464042633' post='3056120'] As if by magic its flashier cousin just turned up: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vox-Custom-3002-Bass-MIJ/142002565853?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3Da36480a6d47347118b5c689f3edf4bc1%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D142002565853"]http://www.ebay.co.u...%3D142002565853[/url] Anyone played one of these beauties? Anyone know what the nut width is? [/quote] Anyone know if this would have started out looking like this? My gut feel is it would have been painted and someone's been lucky in what they found when stripping it. But you never know. Moving on... anyone seen this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121998284001?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT It looks nice. It ended yesterday with no bids and they've relisted for the same price. Is this a bargain? Any opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1464350843' post='3058726'] Anyone know if this would have started out looking like this? My gut feel is it would have been painted and someone's been lucky in what they found when stripping it. But you never know. [/quote] No that's how they were made: http://www.voxshowroom.com/catalogs/1982_p4.html I've just seen another one for sale local to me in good nick for £150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 £150 isn't a bad price either. Nice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1464350469' post='3058716'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EB2-BASS-GUITAR-CHERRY-RED-CLASSIC-SIXTIES-STYLE-BASS-/252325341188"]http://www.ebay.co.u...S-/252325341188[/url] Slightly more honest ad, more revealing pics, and considerably more reasonable price! J. [/quote] [font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][color=#000000][size=4]"The Grantson had a [/size][/color][color=#ff0000][size=4][b]detachable neck[/b][/size][/color][color=#000000][size=4] and rosewood fingerboard."[/size][/color][/font] [font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][color=#000000][size=4]WTF???[/size][/color][/font] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.