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  1. My first ever electric was one of these! I got it for my 15th or 16th birthday in the mid seventies, from a secondhand/junk shop in Bishop Auckland for £30. I had no idea how to play and no way to learn, but my schoolmates (more Wishbone Ash fans/wannabees lol) thought it was pretty good. It had a top cavity for the pots and switches, and a floating pickguard (like a late 60s/early 70s Deluxe). Defo in the "wish I'd kept it" box, along with my first Antoria J Bass
  2. Aaah pity. I was hoping to replace my hideous elephant ear jobbies on my Epi EB-3 when (and if) the right set come along ...
  3. In the late 70s I was a teenager growing up in the North-east, where punk didn't really happen - not first time around, anyway: - nobody listened to Radio 1 as the reception was crap, especially after dark, and we had these wonderful local stations that actually talked about the towns and cities where we lived. - Johnny Rotten was just another cockney gobsh*te - how was he any different to Steve Harley? - social commentary, ok, rebellion against authority, fine, but Alan Hull and Lindisfarne had done all that 4 or 5 years previously - The Pistols may have made history in Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, but on our side of the country they only got as far as Northallerton - this would be like playing your only Southern gig in a place like Abingdon or Hertford. - Maybe it was because we didn't have the big impersonal stadium gigs, but we didn't really get the "alienation from dinosaur bands" thing. Personally I was happy to sit at home and listened to records, and if I did want to go out and see bands in the flesh,there was still a thriving pub rock / folk scene going on, which didn't need punk to re-invigorate. Punk was fine when it came along and no doubt a lot of bands made it that wouldn't have done so otherwise. What really p*ssed me off though was the whole "reign of terror" which meant that bands had to suddenly become something that they weren't, otherwise they would be labelled "boring old farts" and committed to musical oblivion. And the lie that rock music was dying on its feet before punk came along and saved it. B*llocks. There were good bands like Man and Budgie around that were on the cusp of making it, but never got the recognition they deserved because their hair was too long. It annoys me that the BBC are still perpetuating this myth about punk. Punk was another one of those movements that, like goth today, is characterised by people who "want to look different" and as a result all end up looking the same. I kept my long hair till the New Romantics came along (and I was dragged kicking and screaming into the job market ) and suffered endless p*ss-taking by my fellow students (I had moved down South by this time) but honestly, bandwagon-jumpers the lot of 'em. Kudos to the afore-mentioned Stranglers and JJ however, sneaking "Down in the sewer" onto the Rattus Norvegicus album - showed they could do stuff with musical gravitas if they wanted . . . .
  4. I have an old Maxon pickup that is not working very well. Output is very low and the DC resistance is about 70 ohms. Reseach suggests the resistance should be 7000-8000 ohms. This suggests to me that somebody has had a go re-winding it, but they've used wire that's too thick, and not enough turns. I'm wondering if anybody knows what gauge wire is normally used for pickup coil windings, and how many turns are typical? Is PU rewinding something that can be done by hand, or does it need a machine to do it properly/ at a practical speed? Cheers
  5. [quote name='madanglian' post='1348256' date='Aug 22 2011, 07:05 PM']WHYEEEEEE ? (as they used to say on Kenan and Kel)[/quote] Well having had a bit of a look around, they're apparently trying to copy the look of the 1967 Gibson EB-3. See wikipedia article [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_EB-3"]here[/url] . I expect that suffered with neck dive as well? I see from earlier in this thread that the Gibson SG basses are ok in this respect. Is that to do with the wood? Mahogany rather than maple? That surprises me as I thought mahogany was heavy compared to other woods. My Epi EB-3 weighs in at around 3.7 kg. How does that compare to the Gibson SG bass? Or other Epis for that matter?
  6. [quote name='Gust0o' post='1348281' date='Aug 22 2011, 07:22 PM']Does the ESP Viper count, too?[/quote] Only if you're standing on the side of a hill while you're playing it
  7. [quote name='Delberthot' post='1348173' date='Aug 22 2011, 05:27 PM']The EB-3 that I have up for trade here would have it if you used a cheap and nasty slippy strap coated in Mazola but even with a simple suede Levys strap it still sits with the headstock slightly higher than horizontal.[/quote] LOL that was gonna be my next question. What do people do about neck dive? Just got a "Custom Shop" Epi EB-3 (30.5" scale) and she dives, boy, she dives ....... ! [attachment=87632:100_2078a.jpg] A quick comparison with my genuine 70s "Japcrap" Columbus shows why. - neck join at 17th fret (15th fret on Columbus) means the neck is about 2 inches longer - much bigger headstock - cloverleaf tuners also quite hefty (as well as being butt ugly) WHYEEEEEE ? (as they used to say on Kenan and Kel)
  8. [quote name='Bassassin' post='1076979' date='Jan 4 2011, 02:24 AM']I presently have an Antoria EB3 copy waiting (very patiently!) for me to put it back together. More news when I've done that, then. Jon.[/quote] And did indeed put in on the 'bay, [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antoria-EB3-copy-Japan-MIJ-vintage-lawsuit-70s-Ibanez-/120756143160?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1da08438"]here[/url] Had a pop myself, being an old Antoria fan, but it went way out of my range I also saw a slot-headed Ibby on there yesterday, 10-day listing, got about 8 bids in the first 24 hours. What price a reputation, eh?
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  11. Does it have "Crafted In Japan" near the base of the neck Harvey? The kenji-cij blogspot thingy site shows A0+5 digit serial numbers for CIJ instruments made between 1997-8. My CIJ '75RI Jazz has a serial number P0+5digits which (correctly I assume) shows manufacture between 1999-2002. Apparently the Marcus Miller and Geddy Lee sig versions had more random serial numbers but not the RI's. I am trying to find out whether my '75 RI was made by Dyna or Tokai but none of these sites seem to know. The site which was linked to in the OP reckoned Fuji made mine which I don't believe as the whole rationale for calling them "Crafted" was an agreement with Fuji, basically meaning "Made in Japan but not by Fuji"
  12. 1st - Antoria Jazz Bass Copy - tried to learn on. Unsuccessfully. Sold, along with a couple of 6-strings, to get an electro-acoustic. About 15 years later, 2nd - Antoria Jazz Bass Copy - bought with horrible paint job, non-funzionne pickups, and 1st fret action about 80 thou..... Had great fun bashing it about and ended up with something quite playable .... 3rd - MIJ Squier P - bought because I needed one in a hurry, not too impressed. Probably would have been great with new strings but I was still a bit of a newbie at this point. 4th - CIJ '75 RI Fender J, natural (Ash) with white scratchplate and pearl block inlays on the neck. Blonde on blonde. Bought from Ishibashi when the pound was still strong. She's so luvverly ....... 5th - Columbus EB-0. The most recent object of my destructive tendencies. Bought because I fancied having a go with a short-scaler. Tried to take the neck off, one of the bolts sheared. It now has 2 small neckplates which is probably an improvement as it has bags of sustain. The bridge was a horrible copy of the already horrible 2-point Gibbo design, intonation all over the place, so I replaced it with 4 individual bridge/tail pieces (string spacing 15-16 mm, no standard designs fit). Intonation still not 100% and anything above 10th fret, forget it. Why do I persist? All my mates in the church band say it sounds better than my J ........... ! Did I mention the screechy microphonic pick-up? Hoping my local luthier has sorted that. Still have 4th and 5th. No space or money for owt else, but may sell both to get an SG bass at some point ......
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