Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting

[2x18]

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.

[Bassassin]

[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.

[Mr. Foxen]

[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]

[allighatt0r]

[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?

[sgt-pluck]

[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

[allighatt0r]

[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!

[sgt-pluck]

Didn't sell at £165. Would've been a total bargain at that price.

Pluck

[allighatt0r]

[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!

[sgt-pluck]

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]

[allighatt0r]

[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!

[11_vie]

wonderful! thanks for the info..




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[guzzibass]

[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

[Mr. Foxen]

[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?

[BigRedX]

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.

[Born 2B Mild]

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?

[deaver]

[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

[Bassassin]

[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.

[Bassassin]

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

[Musky]

[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."

[Bassassin]

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.

[guzzibass]

[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.

[Bassassin]

[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.

[sgt-pluck]

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

[neepheid]

[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.

[sgt-pluck]

[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