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[quote name='tauzero' post='934002' date='Aug 23 2010, 06:34 PM']Is [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-Bass-with-Case-/270623035822?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]this[/url] a Matsu? Come to think of it, has someone already posted a link to it? :)[/quote]

It certainly isn't. It's Korean-made, probably originally sold as Satellite, very heavy, solid but not particularly good quality.

I really hope no-one pays £150+ for this - I sold one of these a few weeks ago for £58, which was a good few quid less than I paid for it when I bought it here!

That Washboard Vulture's lovely -I won't be bidding, but I asked the geezer what his reserve is.

J.

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Resesve on the Washburn's £275. :rolleyes: I'm out, then.

[quote name='karlfer' post='934138' date='Aug 23 2010, 08:29 PM']Yes mate. She still makes toast by nailing bread to the wall and burping at it. :)[/quote]
Yep - that's her alright. Does she still shave "down there" with that industrial sander? At least, I [i]think[/i] she was shaving with it... Oh, and if you ever find out what the 3rd nipple does, could you let me know?

J.

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[quote name='Bassassin' post='934341' date='Aug 24 2010, 12:50 AM']Resesve on the Washburn's £275. :rolleyes: I'm out, then.


Yep - that's her alright. Does she still shave "down there" with that industrial sander? At least, I [i]think[/i] she was shaving with it... Oh, and if you ever find out what the 3rd nipple does, could you let me know?

J.[/quote]


"Down there's" healed over.
3rd nipple is a "Youv'e got an extra tenner in your pocket, and it's mine" detector. :)

I'll get me coat then study how to get back to plot.

Karl.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='934290' date='Aug 23 2010, 11:01 PM']Aria Pro II Fretless. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-RSB-Special-Fretless-Bass-1980s-MIJ-/280552867447?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-RSB-Spec...ents_Guitars_CV[/url][/quote]
That used to belong to me. I've just sent the seller this:

"I'm almost certain that this was my bass - I sold it to silverfoxnik on basschat. The instrument dates from 1984, I bought it in 1986. The shop it came from was Northern Sounds in Workington. Whatever that mark is, it isn't a burn from a soldering iron. I don't recall how it got there, it happened some time in the 20 years or so that I owned it but I don't remember how."

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[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antoria-Jazz-Bass-1970s-Spares-repair-No-Res-/220660413640?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Antoria Jazz Bass in desperate need of loving care, or possibly a new body[/url]

Edit: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-rare-MAYA-TELECASTER-short-scale-bass-/300459709774?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Maya Telecaster bass[/url]

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='939394' date='Aug 29 2010, 03:05 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTORIA-IBANEZ-70S-FRETLESS-PRECISION-BASS-copy-CASE-/290469082897?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Fretless Antoria P Bass[/url][/quote]

How's the price on this?

I'm going to be keeping an eye on it but don't want to pay over the odds.

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[quote name='Delberthot' post='939461' date='Aug 29 2010, 05:03 PM']How's the price on this?

I'm going to be keeping an eye on it but don't want to pay over the odds.[/quote]

I wouldn't claim to know. But, I'll take a guess. It's not original, but apart from the modifications is in good nick and it has a hard case. It seems that classic fretless basses sell for less than the fretted version. So my wild guess for the ending price will be £180 + the p&p.

We'll see how accurate my guess is. Mostly my guesses tend to be on the low side. Not always though.

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[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maya-Bass-Guitar-/180554993690?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Maya Precision bass[/url]

The seller says "You'd be pretty lucky to find another Maya bass to buy". That's hyperbole, but at least the bass has a low starting bid, so the market will work out the price. Unlike (6 string alert) the guy selling an "old, pre-Ibanez, CSL" LP with a £600 starting bid.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='940625' date='Aug 31 2010, 08:07 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maya-Bass-Guitar-/180554993690?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Maya Precision bass[/url]

The seller says "You'd be pretty lucky to find another Maya bass to buy". That's hyperbole, but at least the bass has a low starting bid, so the market will work out the price. Unlike (6 string alert) the guy selling an "old, pre-Ibanez, CSL" LP with a £600 starting bid.[/quote]

I love the way the [s]tosser[/s] guy flogging the CSL crows about how he got it from a car boot for a tenner! That's really going to make punters want to hand him his £590 profit for not even bothering to research the bloody thing properly! :) Realistically though that's a £300 guitar - he'll get bored repeatedly re-listing it when it doesn't sell at that stupid price.

Nice looking Maya and a sensible start price too. It's academic whether or not I could find another to buy because I've got one in the lab, admittedly somewhat lower-end, with a well-dodgy refret job and in serious need of a bit of sorting out.

J.

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Are Columbus any good? There's a do-er-up-er on at the mo currently showing a £30 bid.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130426530953&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]70s Columbus Jazz[/url]

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[quote name='Paul S' post='940913' date='Aug 31 2010, 01:17 PM']Are Columbus any good? There's a do-er-up-er on at the mo currently showing a £30 bid.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130426530953&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]70s Columbus Jazz[/url][/quote]
Not great but not awful. Plywood bodies but everything else is pretty decent, mine had a nice neck but maybe a bit chunky for a Jazz.

It'll probably go a bit higher than 30 quid though!

J.

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[quote name='Paul S' post='942136' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:28 PM']Jon, thanks for that. I'll view it with academic rather than financial interest.[/quote]

There's another one being discussed [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=101000"]here[/url]! :)

J.

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[quote name='Paul S' post='942136' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:28 PM']That Vantage looks nice. Shame it isn't black...[/quote]


[quote]Fender Jaguar - black.
Washburn Scavenger - black. And, no, cetera, you can't have it.
Westone Thunder 1A - black
Westone Thunder Jet - black
Epiphone T-Bird Pro IV - black[/quote]

There's a man who knows what he wants! :)

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A Westone Raider that's been hit with the [i]sparkly[/i] ugly stick:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Westone-Raider-1-Bass-Matsumoku-Japan-Rare-/260658990602?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb07c8e0a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Westone-Raider-...=item3cb07c8e0a[/url]

Nice case, though.

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[quote name='hoiho' post='943139' date='Sep 2 2010, 11:02 AM']A Westone Raider that's been hit with the [i]sparkly[/i] ugly stick:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Westone-Raider-1-Bass-Matsumoku-Japan-Rare-/260658990602?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb07c8e0a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-Westone-Raider-...=item3cb07c8e0a[/url]

Nice case, though.[/quote]

OOOOHHHH shiny thing make everthing better

Oh sorry, thats the iPhone :)

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