steviedee

Just bought the Cazpar 4p fretless that was for sale in the forum. Knocked out by it, amazing bass and my first short scale!

I love that bass.

9 hours ago, Bassassin said:

Update o'clock:

Posted the pics on my fave MIJ FB group and after lots of (occasionally heated & fractious) discussion, it's been established that the serial number & neckplate style is a dead-on match for Tokai. This is from a 1980 JB-65N:

This seems to be the standard format Tokai used on their replica-level Fender copies & it's interesting to find that they were presumably building slightly more modestly-specced off-brand instruments simultaneously.

There aren't any other 100% match components as far as I can see, although the tuners (which I'd say have distinctively large backplates) are quite similar. Here's the link to the full listing:

https://reverb.com/item/3703632-1980-tokai-jazz-sound-bass-very-rare-natural-finish-birdseye-maple-neck-custom-shop-quality

so @steviedee, looks like you got a vintage Tokai for £75. Not jealous or anything...

 

 

 

Wow that's great thanks so much for looking into it. I'm totally over the moon about it I was humming an hawing on whether to to get it down to the guitar tech for a set up but I definitely will now. Thanks again!

Well it’s cleaned up rather well and looks really quite good and not heavy but I thought I had a spare set of strings knocking about but I don’t so I can’t give it a go which is annoying!

6 hours ago, Bassassin said:

Good to see some pics - that's interesting, a couple of things I wouldn't expect on an MIJ bass of this era. It's definitely a bit different to SH73's Jazz.

First - the neckplate - not seen one like this on a 70s MIJ before, s/n looks sequential & a low number. The body looks like mahogany, from the grain, the natural ones are usually sen ash on this sort of thing.

Did a bit of searching for Yasuki & was interested to see that many of the results are guitars with built-in effects. These are pretty common branded as Fresher, and this is a brand strongly associated with Chushin Gakki.

Looks like a one-piece neck with an unbound fretboard. Quite unusual too.

If it's OK, I might steal your pics & put them on the FB Vintage MIJ page I use, see if anyone there knows about Yasuki.

Thanks again for the info and by all means use the pics. I googled Yasuki and noticed the built in effects guitars. I’m now checking out Chushin Gakki!

I just picked up what I take to be a 70s/80s Japanese Jazz. It’s badged as Yasuki which I can find almost zero information on. I dropped Bassassin a mail before I bought it just for some tips and he pointed me to SH73’s post about his unbranded Jazz. This bass has similar rounded pickups, it’s a dark natural colour and has a serial number on the neckplate. I plugged it in and other than the action being terrible and the strings very old, it’s sounded like a Jazz. It’s heavy but not outrageously so.

I noticed with the truss rod is at the base of the neck but unlike SH73’s bass I cant see it unless I take off the scratchplate, maybe not the original? I don’t know much about Jazz basses never mind old Japanese ones.

It was very cheap but is filthy and one of the scratchplate screws is completely unscrewable so I’ll have to work out how to  get it out!

Any info would be much appreciated!

Sold a compressor to Bas, very smooth transaction. Lots of comms and general bass related chat. Excellent guy.

Well everyone loving the Helix so far, the sounds are excellent but I'm just knocked out by the ease of use. Not doing anything wacky simply just assigning sounds to switches and using the amp models etc but in the limited time I've had to play with it I've created some really usable presets. I can easily see it replacing my current set up and there is the added bonus of being useful for the guitar.

Updated the firmware, I'll deffo have questions. The amp sims sound excellent to me. Initially it will be getting to know the interface, then building a preset, organising your sounds and then onto more complex things like the dual signal path. But great and seems a real quality thing.

Thanks guys looks great even packaging is nice.

Picking up my Helix LT this evening..... quite excited.... sad I know!

I've just preordered a Helix LT! Really looking forward to getting it!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1503050785' post='3355311']
One of the things that is making me pause at the moment is that Line6 don't have the best reputation for keeping up with Mac OS X updates.
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Can't comment not the Helix software but the IOS app for the Firehawk was really great. Certainly one of the best mobile apps for music devices I've come across. Potentially Line 6 being owned by Yamaha might give them a bit more resources when developing software.

I'm pretty much moving to in ears (deafness!) and the band have an X32 desk so it looks ideal. And the option of being able to have a two output channels looks really cool. I used to have a Sansamp RPI and RPM into a power amp with separate outs which I loved but was just too heavy.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1502782014' post='3353405']
Very.

There's no internal differences between full fat Nd LT.

Usual rules apply as for every preset based item: bin the presets and make your tone from scratch
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I think the LT would be more than enough for me. I love my pedals and I have some classics but the board is huge and it's a pain in the arse! I bought a Firehawk for messing about in the house and was frankly quite impressed by that.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1502294225' post='3350527']
They would be liable for duty because they are a modification - not a repair from the manufacturer.
custom inearmonitors use inearz for their reshells.
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Thanks for the info much appreciated!

I'm (as we say up here) a bawhair away from buying a Helix LT are people happy with them?

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1501586221' post='3345663']
These guys here supplied my UE11 phones - they also do reshells, highly recommended:

[url="http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk/"]http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk/[/url]
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Thanks!

Hi folks and apologies for being lazy but this is a monster thread! I just bought a pair of Ultimate ear Triple Fi 10s, the drummer in my band had his re-shelled in Florida by https://www.inearz.com and they have done an awesome job, I was thinking of using them. I reckon there should be no duty as it's a repair (maybe). But is there anyone in the UK who you would recommend to re-shell? Thanks!

Thanks Anzoid for the detailed reply!

Hi I bought a Westfield p bass a while back and I'm just about to upgrade it for a bit for fun, I don't suppose anyone knows if a standard P Bass scratchplate will fit?

[quote name='whizzzy' timestamp='1486555856' post='3232693']
Have you checked all of the fuses?
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Fuses or valves were what I was hoping, I've not opened it up yet.

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1486554770' post='3232670']
Mine did that and it was the end, that's how I ended up with my Rumble 500 which I have to say I'm very happy with.
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Was it knackered?

[quote name='whizzzy' timestamp='1486552212' post='3232645']
If you can't hear any hiss noise then check the speaker and associated wiring first.
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Hi Whizzzy thanks for that, i didn't hear any audible hiss but I'm pretty deaf! I did put a set of cans into the headphone out and nothing, I dunno if that helps with the diagnosis.