Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting

[Dave Vader]

See, I always miss these, and am merely jealous that I didn't hang on to the myriad of westones, ibbys, tokais, fernandes, arias, etc. etc. etc. that flew through my hands in the 90s, for almost nothing. Still trying to get my hands on a couple more Sunn Mustangs before people work out how good they are as well....

[FlatEric]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='822711' date='Apr 29 2010, 09:21 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140403325388"]70s Ibanez Artist Bass[/url]

Yeah, I'd like this, and have bid £305 on it. But, fundamentally even though I'd like to have this, not quite enough (not yet anyhow) to pay the £500 or so it may well go for. Over to you Flat Eric?

PS: If anyone's wondering why I'm being open about my bid amount in front of potential competitors, just say that I wouldn't be if I thought I had a realistic chance of winning

Edit: These had an ebony neck? Edit2: by "neck" I mean "fretboard" of course [/quote]

Oooo! Well spotted. You guys must have some sort of special search going on - how on earth do you keep coming up with them??

Mmm, by the look of it, the other one was better, apart from the nasty skank on the side of the neck.
The other one had a case and original knobs. I would have a go and see how you do.

I shall step aside, on this occasion.

Good luck.

[Annoying Twit]

If I get it for my bid, I'll be prepared to ignore a few differences. While there is some "character" to the finish, I didn't spot anything too tragic. Did I miss much?

[pete.young]

Someone please rescue this nice old Maya precision - I don't need any more basses!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-PRECISION-BASS-GUITAR-70s-/110525297980?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19bbd2353c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-PRECISI...=item19bbd2353c[/url]

[Happy Jack]

Greco EB3:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Greco-SG-Bass-Vintage-Japanese-EB-3-Replica-Ebony-/120563486321?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1224ce71"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Greco-SG-Bass-Vintag...=item1c1224ce71[/url]

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='pete.young' post='824907' date='May 1 2010, 03:13 PM']Someone please rescue this nice old Maya precision - I don't need any more basses!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-PRECISION-BASS-GUITAR-70s-/110525297980?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19bbd2353c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-PRECISI...=item19bbd2353c[/url][/quote]

"Precision"? Shurely shome mishtake?

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='825026' date='May 1 2010, 06:28 PM']"Precision"? Shurely shome mishtake?[/quote]
Absolutely. Now pay attention Bond.

[FlatEric]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='823100' date='Apr 29 2010, 03:43 PM']If I get it for my bid, I'll be prepared to ignore a few differences. While there is some "character" to the finish, I didn't spot anything too tragic. Did I miss much?[/quote]

No.

The other one was perfect, apart from the big mark on the neck.

This one is good but used and the knobs have been changed . The other one had an original case, I think.

Don't know what sort of music you are into but with the right strings on, these basses have a great Piano-like tone.
If you want Thud Thud, it's not this one.

Good luck.

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='FlatEric' post='825308' date='May 2 2010, 08:18 AM']Don't know what sort of music you are into but with the right strings on, these basses have a great Piano-like tone.
If you want Thud Thud, it's not this one.[/quote]

I mainly want one of these because it's the bass I had when I first played bass, in my mid teens. It was second hand when my Dad bought it for me, but only by a few years then! The sound, and everything else, is secondary really.

Edited May 2, 2010 by Annoying Twit

[pete.young]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='825043' date='May 1 2010, 06:46 PM']Absolutely. Now pay attention Bond. [/quote]
Oops, not sure what came over me. Precision, Jazz, they're all the same thing really!

Point still stands that this is a decent looking bass, if it goes for the current bid.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='pete.young' post='825416' date='May 2 2010, 11:51 AM']Oops, not sure what came over me. Precision, Jazz, they're all the same thing really!

Point still stands that this is a decent looking bass, if it goes for the current bid.[/quote]
It is - and it won't! If I thought there was any chance of this going for under a ton I'd be all over it.

And I will be if there is!

J.

[Annoying Twit]

The Maya Jazz looks IMHO a lot nicer than this precision, possibly a bitsa? I wonder how the owner knows it's Japanese, or if it is.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-copy-Japanese-vintage-bass-guitar-70-80s-/300423348703?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f2a081df"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-copy-Japanese...=item45f2a081df[/url]

Edited May 2, 2010 by Annoying Twit

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='825702' date='May 2 2010, 05:51 PM']The Maya Jazz looks IMHO a lot nicer than this precision, possibly a bitsa? I wonder how the owner knows it's Japanese, or if it is.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-copy-Japanese-vintage-bass-guitar-70-80s-/300423348703?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f2a081df"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-copy-Japanese...=item45f2a081df[/url][/quote]
Looks like a generic P copy, 80s onward, no reason at all to think it's MIJ. There's an Ebay seller mindset which calls any old-ish copy guitar Japanese (or if they want to be specific, "from the Ibanez factory"!), same as the way anything a bit tacky & 60s-looking is automatically a "Teisco". Ebay Experts, eh?

J.

[tayste_2000]

I'm selling my Westone Thunder 1A for £100 for a quick sale before I put it on ebay at £150.

Edited May 4, 2010 by tayste_2000

[Delberthot]

A shameless plug for my defretted Aria ZZB Deluxe

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140404850462&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url]

Took it apart yesterday to give it a good clean. and added a shim to the neck pocket so that I could adjust the action at the bridge - with the frets gone, the saddles couldn;t go low enough for reasonable action


Cheaper here if anyone wants to make an offer by PM

Edited May 4, 2010 by Delberthot

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='827984' date='May 4 2010, 10:42 PM']A shameless plug for my defretted Aria ZZB Deluxe

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140404850462&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url]

Took it apart yesterday to give it a good clean. and added a shim to the neck pocket so that I could adjust the action at the bridge - with the frets gone, the saddles couldn;t go low enough for reasonable action


Cheaper here if anyone wants to make an offer by PM[/quote]
Now that looks strrrrrrangely familiar! Or could it just be a bizarre coincidence?

Best of luck with the sale - give me a reason to kick myself!

J.

[LukeFRC]

Ahhh I think I posted the link to the gumtree ad for the zzb


anyway, its a guitar (forgive me) but look at the price! [url="http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/22/58056522.html"]http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/22/58056522.html[/url]

[Metalmoore]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='827984' date='May 4 2010, 10:42 PM']A shameless plug for my defretted Aria ZZB Deluxe

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140404850462&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url]

Took it apart yesterday to give it a good clean. and added a shim to the neck pocket so that I could adjust the action at the bridge - with the frets gone, the saddles couldn;t go low enough for reasonable action


Cheaper here if anyone wants to make an offer by PM[/quote]

If i could afford it i would take this off your hands right now, its beautiful...

[Bassassin]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='828055' date='May 4 2010, 11:51 PM']Ahhh I think I posted the link to the gumtree ad for the zzb


anyway, its a guitar (forgive me) but look at the price! [url="http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/22/58056522.html"]http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/22/58056522.html[/url][/quote]

That's demented! I've seen these a couple of times on Ebay & would've thought £250 was a bit nearer the mark. You'd have to really want the Vox logo too - this is identical to a [url="http://www.whitstableguitars.co.uk/Westbury%20Standard%20Black%201.jpg"]Westbury Standard[/url] apart from the headstock, don't think it has the sexy German carve, either. Westys are fantastic little guitars & go for around £200. Or £60 from a charity shop if you're me.

J.

[LukeFRC]

I have the body of a vox standard bass, its a sandwich of very heavy very hard european ash or something. If there is the smallest chance the guitar has the same body material its not worth a fraction of that!

[LukeFRC]

Notice how so many posters on this thread live within such a small radius of each other?

[razze06]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='828762' date='May 5 2010, 06:22 PM']Notice how so many posters on this thread live within such a small radius of each other?[/quote]

no

[LukeFRC]

going by the last page or so there is a definite central belt bias! oh well never mind

[Delberthot]

[quote name='Metalmoore' post='828096' date='May 5 2010, 12:54 AM']If i could afford it i would take this off your hands right now, its beautiful...[/quote]


I could do trades with it for something you have (girlfriends excluded) or you could wash my car for a month + cash

[Metalmoore]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='828885' date='May 5 2010, 08:04 PM']I could do trades with it for something you have (girlfriends excluded) or you could wash my car for a month + cash [/quote]

Dont tempt me. Not working at the moment and once i do i got a lot of other things with priority over bass related things. Fingers crossed for saturday nights lottery