2x18 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Expensive Ibby Fretless [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-2366FLB-FRETLESS-BASS-VINTAGE-70s-NR_W0QQitemZ260429840289QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3ca2d3ffa1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-2366FLB-FRETL...%3A1%7C294%3A50[/url] Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 [quote name='2x18' post='515259' date='Jun 16 2009, 01:13 PM']Expensive Ibby Fretless [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-2366FLB-FRETLESS-BASS-VINTAGE-70s-NR_W0QQitemZ260429840289QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3ca2d3ffa1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-2366FLB-FRETL...%3A1%7C294%3A50[/url] Will.[/quote] Nice, but £700, not including the missing bits? Not too sure about the seller's knowledge "the fretboard is mahogany" - o rly? I have one of these, with frets & a maple board (and both ashtrays & original knobs) - in the unlikely event anyone buys this for £700, mine will be on Ebay next week! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antoria-Jazz-Bass-original-1970s_W0QQitemZ220436135505QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3353047e51&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Antoria[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='allighatt0r' post='512096' date='Jun 12 2009, 01:29 PM'] That BB1000 is beautiful... my idea of the perfect looking bass... I have major major GAS!!! Why do i never have any bloody money![/quote] I'm gonna have a pop at this. Any suggestions what should be my limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt-pluck Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) [quote name='allighatt0r' post='516084' date='Jun 17 2009, 08:17 AM']I'm gonna have a pop at this. Any suggestions what should be my limit?[/quote] I think I paid either £260 or £280 for mine. Mines in really excellent nick, and IIRC the buyer wasn't shipping. Incidently - mine has an Ebony fingerboard, and I was under the impression that all the late '70's BB1000's were the same. The seller states that his fingerboard is Rosewood. He might just be wrong, although his does look a lighter colour than mine in his photo's but it's difficult to tell. Don't know if that's important or not. Pluck Edited June 17, 2009 by sgt-pluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='sgt-pluck' post='516303' date='Jun 17 2009, 11:59 AM']I think I paid either £260 or £280 for mine. Mines in really excellent nick, and IIRC the buyer wasn't shipping. Incidently - mine has an Ebony fingerboard, and I was under the impression that all the late '70's BB1000's were the same. The seller states that his fingerboard is Rosewood. He might just be wrong, although his does look a lighter colour than mine in his photo's but it's difficult to tell. Don't know if that's important or not. Pluck[/quote] Thanks Pluck. I'll bear it in mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt-pluck Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Didn't sell at £165. Would've been a total bargain at that price. Pluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote name='sgt-pluck' post='516847' date='Jun 17 2009, 08:31 PM']Didn't sell at £165. Would've been a total bargain at that price. Pluck[/quote] Yeah! I'm gutted! The guy probably had a reserve about 300 or something... Drat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt-pluck Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 He's relisted it. BIN £275 or best offer. [quote name='allighatt0r' post='516852' date='Jun 17 2009, 07:36 PM']Yeah! I'm gutted! The guy probably had a reserve about 300 or something... Drat![/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 [quote name='sgt-pluck' post='516886' date='Jun 17 2009, 09:00 PM']He's relisted it. BIN £275 or best offer.[/quote] Hmm... i was only looking to go up to £200 with postage, somehow i can't see him taking that as an offer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11_vie Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 wonderful! thanks for the info.. [right][url="http://simulationassurancevie.com/"][color="#F5F5F5"][u]assurance vie[/u][/color][/url][/right] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzibass Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=300324391806"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=300324391806[/url] Greco SG/EB copy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 [quote name='guzzibass' post='522005' date='Jun 23 2009, 07:55 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=300324391806"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=300324391806[/url] Greco SG/EB copy[/quote] That looks pretty Doom. What's the deal with free shipping? Suffering from that ebay rule to stop the 99p + £100 post thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Pity about the non-matching bridge on that, plus the string spacing looks a bit too wide compared with what it should be at the bridge end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2B Mild Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 When I started out pretending to lay bass, in '73, I aspired to the 'better' fender copies. 36 years later ..I've bought my first one! In a few days I shall take delivery of a Columbus jazz Bass, purporting to be from the 70s. I'll post a pic when I do, and maybe someone will educate me more about what I have bought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaver Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='513712' date='Jun 14 2009, 11:17 PM']Polite request though for anyone who goes for this - [i]please[/i] don't offer to flog it to me for £100 more than you bought it for, m'kay? J.[/quote] I think with p&p it bottomed out about £30 more in the end didn't it? Could be wrong my maths seems to have been a little awry of late El J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 [quote name='deaver' post='522116' date='Jun 23 2009, 10:15 PM']I think with p&p it bottomed out about £30 more in the end didn't it? Could be wrong my maths seems to have been a little awry of late El J[/quote] Maybe... Same thing happened with a lovely Ibby ATK I spotted about 18 months ago, £95 BIN - or £250 to me a year later! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) Well - that's a turn up for the book. Whatever that means: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/El-Maya-Bass-guitar-INCREDIBLY-RARE-80s-Japan-fabulous_W0QQitemZ120439151149"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/El-Maya-Bass-guitar-...emZ120439151149[/url] I should add - this isn't Deaver's, just a really weird coincidence. This is only the second one of these I've ever seen! J. Edited June 23, 2009 by Bassassin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 [quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='522078' date='Jun 23 2009, 09:35 PM']When I started out pretending to lay bass, in '73, I aspired to the 'better' fender copies. 36 years later ..I've bought my first one! In a few days I shall take delivery of a Columbus jazz Bass, purporting to be from the 70s. I'll post a pic when I do, and maybe someone will educate me more about what I have bought?[/quote] Is it one of the two that sold on ebay recently? They both have painted in cutaways so are most likely plywood bodies. The one that sold most recently was a bit naughty describing it as solid wood, even when somebody probably pointed out it was ply. "For the record: It has been pointed out that this is SOLID but not one piece of solid wood." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 I picked up a Columbus J a few years ago - it was OK but not fantastic, the body was ply, neck was pretty decent (but I remember it being a bit chunky), hardware was functional. As for the origin of Columbus, it's speculative. It was a UK importer brand so it's unlikely they sourced everything from the same factory, although their low-end LP copies (the ubiquitous black ones) have been 99% ID'd as Maya/Rokkomann. Variable quality - I've had 5 over the years; that Jazz, an SG (my first-ever g*it*r), two black LPs and a Strat. The best one was the SG, nice solid mahog body, real MOP inlays, green-button Kluson copy tuners - wish I hadn't killed it. I still have the Strat, although it's currently on The Bay - it's a later Columbus Mk2 and has no identifying marks - I'd say it's either Korean or one of the more obscure Jap factories like Moridaira. Either way it's not a bad little g*it*r at all. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzibass Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='522364' date='Jun 24 2009, 09:55 AM']Variable quality - I've had 5 over the years; that Jazz, an SG (my first-ever g*it*r), two black LPs and a Strat. Either way it's not a bad little g*it*r at all. J.[/quote] It's ok - no-one will come after you with a big stick - ready? G-U-I-T-A-R got it? Guitar!! There --- thats better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 [quote name='guzzibass' post='522851' date='Jun 24 2009, 07:18 PM']It's ok - no-one will come after you with a big stick - ready? G-U-I-T-A-R got it? Guitar!! There --- thats better. [/quote] No use, if you spell it like that it doesn't say "git". J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt-pluck Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) Is it just because [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250451320308&_trksid=p2759.l1259"]this[/url] appears to be in such amazingly 'new' condition that something about it doesn't ring true with me? I've asked him to post a picture that will help put my mind to rest! Pluck Edited June 25, 2009 by sgt-pluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='sgt-pluck' post='523281' date='Jun 25 2009, 08:27 AM']Is it just because [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250451320308&_trksid=p2759.l1259"]this[/url] appears to be in such amazingly 'new' condition that something about it doesn't ring true with me? I've asked him to post a picture that will help put my mind to rest! Pluck[/quote] That's a pretty boggin' looking sunburst job - what's with the yellow straight to black on the lower horn? It looks like two different basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt-pluck Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote name='neepheid' post='523299' date='Jun 25 2009, 09:01 AM']That's a pretty boggin' looking sunburst job - what's with the yellow straight to black on the lower horn? It looks like two different basses.[/quote] Yeah exactly - the sunburst looks crap - and one of the questioners has already mentioned the body wood issue. Need to see a pic of the headstock that shows how the fretboard has been applied. Pluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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