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[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1157311' date='Mar 10 2011, 09:54 PM']is the body on your one ply?[/quote]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1157491' date='Mar 11 2011, 12:02 AM']Sadly yes it was![/quote]

Surely one ply is good, it's when it's more than one ply that it's bad...

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[quote name='tauzero' post='1163857' date='Mar 15 2011, 11:05 PM']Surely one ply is good, it's when it's more than one ply that it's bad...

:)[/quote]
Does this constitute bad plywood? :lol:



This might polarise opinion among non-fans of playable furniture... :)

J.

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[quote name='Bassassin' post='1163890' date='Mar 15 2011, 11:55 PM']Does this constitute bad plywood? :)



This might polarise opinion among non-fans of playable furniture... :)

J.[/quote]

it constitutes wierd. what is it? theres at least 17 bits of wood there

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[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1163904' date='Mar 16 2011, 12:13 AM']it constitutes wierd. what is it? theres at least 17 bits of wood there[/quote]
If Jon owns it.weird it may be,profitable it WILL be.......this guy has the most interesting basement ive ever witnessed :)

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[quote name='Bassassin' post='1163890' date='Mar 15 2011, 11:55 PM']Does this constitute bad plywood? :)



This might polarise opinion among non-fans of playable furniture... :)

J.[/quote]

Love it! Never seen a 2 part bridge like that either. What is it? The knobs look Aria Pro II-ish

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[quote name='dougie' post='1163912' date='Mar 16 2011, 12:22 AM']If Jon owns it.weird it may be,profitable it WILL be.......this guy has the most interesting basement ive ever witnessed :)[/quote]

i found an old jap 6 string in a skip and when moving house offered it to jon, would have taken it round and everything in the brief chance of seeing the legendary basement.... but he had too much stuff to want it!
it's still in my old house if someone want me to fish it out, old old kay thing with a headstock break

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[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaki-Performer-Pro-Bass-Guitar-rare-early-70s-/250787357885?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a641764bd"]Yamaki Performer Pro Bass[/url] on aBay. Looks like an interesting p-bass copy - by Yamaki, so one of the better makers?

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[quote name='Paul S' post='1165905' date='Mar 17 2011, 03:47 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaki-Performer-Pro-Bass-Guitar-rare-early-70s-/250787357885?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a641764bd"]Yamaki Performer Pro Bass[/url] on aBay. Looks like an interesting p-bass copy - by Yamaki, so one of the better makers?[/quote]

I like, may have a punt...

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[quote name='Bassassin' post='1164370' date='Mar 16 2011, 01:26 PM']Not mine unfortunately - I think it's a custom job, I just did a Google image search for "hippie sandwich bass"! Have to say I've always loved this sort of plywood![/quote]
Found it. It is indeed a custom, using a Warmoth neck. Pictorial history of it being built is [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfcrea/sets/72157606940563012/"]here.[/url]

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1164874' date='Mar 16 2011, 07:50 PM']Wasn't this a massive bargain? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180634307347&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url][/quote]

:)

Understatement much?

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1168553' date='Mar 19 2011, 05:54 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Satellite-70s-Jazz-bass-MIJ-/320673293159?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa99e2367"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Satellite-70s-Jazz-b...=item4aa99e2367[/url]

I'm guessing that the claim to be MIJ is incorrect, and that this is Korean. Correct?[/quote]
Yep - I had one, ply body, fairly dodgy fretwork, plastic-button tuners - very basic cheapo J copy. The suggestion that these are "better than a Columbus or Squier" is really quite laughable.

J.

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[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1168768' date='Mar 19 2011, 08:25 PM']The same sellers other item.
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Hawkwind-Do-Rei-Mi-Thunduak-bass-Unique-/320673298709?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa99e3915#ht_902wt_934"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Hawkwind-Do-...15#ht_902wt_934[/url][/quote]
I might be wrong (I usually am in this thread :)) but if this is the .... ahem... bass I think it is, there should be a chunk missing from rear of the neck pocket.

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[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1169051' date='Mar 20 2011, 12:34 AM']do i recognise the headstock shape on this???
[url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1033631306/5dd19660.html"]http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adver...6/5dd19660.html[/url][/quote]
You might, if you saw [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127761"]this thread[/url].

People & facts, always a problem, innit? :)

J.

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