tazza1 Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-Bag-Lead-/140419916272?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20b1ade1f0"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass-Gui...=item20b1ade1f0[/url] erm..... no I don't think so unless anyone here knows different - I'm not a Fender expert? Quote
Bassassin Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 I hope this just is a case of genuine ignorance on the part of the seller! Anyway it's a low-end Jap jazz copy. This probably had a tin "Avon" badge nailed to it once. Under the black rattlecan paintjob it will have a 3-colour burst, and under that there will be genuine vintage plywood. This is typical of early/mid 70s MIJ cheapos - it would have had chrome ashtrays originally, so for pups they just used whatever was lying around, in this case chrome single-coils intended for Telecaster copies. These pups do actually sound OK though. In Telecasters. Here's one of these that I picked up a couple of years ago, for about £30: [attachment=52989:avonjazz.jpg] Jon. Quote
discreet Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 Great Caesar's Ghost!!?? Original pickups? And what's that 50s bridge doing there? This has depressed me now - I'm off to die in a ditch. Quote
OldGit Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='discreet' post='877273' date='Jun 25 2010, 11:50 AM']Great Caesar's Ghost!!?? Original pickups? And what's that 50s bridge doing there? This has depressed me now - I'm off to die in a ditch.[/quote] No!! Could you buy Sid first? Ah yeah! I remember that Avon from the last time you showed it.... Quote
Bassassin Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 I sent the seller a polite little note to explain what it is, & suggest they change the title of the listing. I probably should've said that the start price was ever-so-slightly ambitious, considering... J. Quote
discreet Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='877294' date='Jun 25 2010, 12:15 PM']I sent the seller a polite little note to explain what it is, & suggest they change the title of the listing.[/quote] Your sense of justice and civic responsibility toward the bass-playing community is highly laudable. Quote
OldGit Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='877294' date='Jun 25 2010, 12:15 PM']I sent the seller a polite little note to explain what it is, & suggest they change the title of the listing. I probably should've said that the start price was ever-so-slightly ambitious, considering... J.[/quote] Ah ta saves me doing the same Quote
Bassassin Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='discreet' post='877312' date='Jun 25 2010, 12:38 PM']Your sense of justice and civic responsibility toward the bass-playing community is highly laudable. [/quote] Yes, I am, as you can clearly tell, awesome. Plus, all the time they want £180 for it, there's no chance at all of being able to snag it for £25, strip off the rattlecan refin, nail on an Avon badge (there are two in my junk drawer) and gyppo-flip it as the honest JapCrap copy it truly is. J. Quote
discreet Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='877385' date='Jun 25 2010, 01:57 PM']Plus, all the time they want £180 for it, there's no chance at all of being able to snag it for £25, strip off the rattlecan refin, nail on an Avon badge (there are two in my junk drawer) and gyppo-flip it as the honest JapCrap copy it truly is.[/quote] I bow to the master of Nipponese firewood. Gyppo-flip? Ha, ha! Quote
Bassassin Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='discreet' post='877407' date='Jun 25 2010, 02:11 PM']Gyppo-flip? Ha, ha![/quote] That I can't take credit for - blame Mr Foxen for that one. J. Quote
OldGit Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='discreet' post='877407' date='Jun 25 2010, 02:11 PM'] I bow to the master of Nipponese firewood. Gyppo-flip? Ha, ha![/quote] A Skip Raider classic phrase Quote
discreet Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='877412' date='Jun 25 2010, 02:13 PM']That I can't take credit for - blame Mr Foxen for that one. [/quote] I will - I'll add it to his blame list. Quote
tazza1 Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='877272' date='Jun 25 2010, 11:50 AM']I hope this just is a case of genuine ignorance on the part of the seller! Anyway it's a low-end Jap jazz copy. This probably had a tin "Avon" badge nailed to it once. Under the black rattlecan paintjob it will have a 3-colour burst, and under that there will be genuine vintage plywood. This is typical of early/mid 70s MIJ cheapos - it would have had chrome ashtrays originally, so for pups they just used whatever was lying around, in this case chrome single-coils intended for Telecaster copies. These pups do actually sound OK though. In Telecasters. Here's one of these that I picked up a couple of years ago, for about £30: [attachment=52989:avonjazz.jpg] Jon.[/quote] I was 99% certain that was the case. I've got a similar Jap one in pieces in my garage at the moment awaiting refurb. It's got Jazz style pickups though & the tuners are not the elephant ear ones. I've had it since around 1980 & I think it must be early 70's. I'm glad that someone has contacted the seller so that they have the chance to amend the listing (hopefully they will). Quote
Bassassin Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='tazza1' post='877438' date='Jun 25 2010, 02:34 PM']I was 99% certain that was the case. I've got a similar Jap one in pieces in my garage at the moment awaiting refurb. It's got Jazz style pickups though & the tuners are not the elephant ear ones. I've had it since around 1980 & I think it must be early 70's.[/quote] Stick some pics up & let's try & ID it. J. Quote
tazza1 Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='Bassassin' post='877444' date='Jun 25 2010, 02:48 PM']Stick some pics up & let's try & ID it. J.[/quote] I'm just about to go on holiday for a few days but I'll try to get some pics up on this thread when I come back. The logo had been removed when I bought it but I was in a recording studio a few years ago & the owner had two identical basses (one fretted & one de-fretted) - they were badged Columbus. I've tried rubbing a pencil lightly over some thin paper on top of the logo but the impression it left wasn't clear enough. Quote
Bassassin Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 [quote name='tazza1' post='877495' date='Jun 25 2010, 03:48 PM']I'm just about to go on holiday for a few days but I'll try to get some pics up on this thread when I come back. The logo had been removed when I bought it but I was in a recording studio a few years ago & the owner had two identical basses (one fretted & one de-fretted) - they were badged Columbus. I've tried rubbing a pencil lightly over some thin paper on top of the logo but the impression it left wasn't clear enough.[/quote] Columbus is quite likely - they had proper J pickups and are pretty common. If it has little enclosed tuners with cast buttons, a big chrome TRC and plywood body construction, then I suspect we have an ID already! Post some pics when you're back from your hols anyway. J. Quote
discreet Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) Didn't sell for some reason... Edited June 25, 2010 by discreet Quote
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