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[quote name='karlfer' post='1361066' date='Sep 3 2011, 04:24 PM']Cheers warwickhunt, just didn't feel right. Karl.[/quote] I contacted him after it ended, he said it was a refin, the scratchplate was a custom job but everything else was original, he said it weighed 5kgs - I'd say about right for a 70s P. Shame he didn't include this in the ad as I think it put many of us off! Sounded a decent enough chap he said he would accept the start price if interested....going to give it a miss as I already have a 70s P bass.

[quote name='karlfer' post='1362250' date='Sep 4 2011, 09:22 PM']Good luck Ash and keep us in the loop please?[/quote] Will do!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1361338' date='Sep 3 2011, 09:20 PM']Would like to have a go at sorting that. Even though I haven't actually finished sorting the one I have (got a new plate and nut to go on).[/quote] Have contacted him and am going to have a look as I live quite near. Looks like it will be a fun winter project for me if I go for it....which I am!

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1348690' date='Aug 23 2011, 08:47 AM']At our first metting he told me he got sick of seeing so many Les Pauls around, so he bought one & cut another cutway into it to balance the look - and that's where he got the idea for the J1. There was a guitar shop in Blackpool that had a "Not For Sale" JB Strat on the wall, thru' neck. The owner said he'd been offered £10k (which I took with a pinch of salt) & he'd rejected the offer. Some time in the past hour; & yet still the cheap copies are up there. Definitely a pattern there.[/quote] Damn shame! I think everyone should have a fair go - despite the high pricing this was a lovely bass - seems that the private sellers are now getting a hammering from eBay and the Rickenwaffe.....sort of echoing what's happening in Britain at the moment....where big business and those supposedly representing our best interests are exempt from the 'rules'.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250877637733?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250877637733?ssP...984.m1423.l2649[/url] I wonder how long it will last before the Rickenwaffe snipe it? I do think the pricing is a wee bit optimistic in the current economic market. Nice example though, about 600 less and I'd be tempted!

[quote name='solo4652' post='1342907' date='Aug 17 2011, 11:19 AM']See: [url="http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1034281429/c7e66d5f.html"]http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adver...9/c7e66d5f.html[/url][/quote] I contacted the seller who sent me some pics, I noticed the headstock logo didn't match the backplate - the plate should have a serial number if its original and there is only an F stamped on it and a black plastic 'cushion' (which doesn't match the earlier decal in any case). To be fair as soon as I pointed this out to him he amended the ad.

I just sold a Grabber body a week ago, the chap who bought it said he used this site.......I'm actually tempted as grabber bodies come up quite frequently, what a bloody shame though.