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So go on then, whats the story? whats that fellas excuse for behaving in such a way?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='329464' date='Nov 14 2008, 11:02 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDO-2-1970-S-PRECISION-BASS-GUITAR-H830S-HUMBUCKER_W0QQitemZ250325749950QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item250325749950&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318"]250325749950[/url] Hondo p with 'humbucker', and telltale plywood covering sunburst.[/quote] I might have a punt on this. Is it just me or does the nut look poorly glued in?

Ben bought 2 books off me, was a smooth easy transaction, enjoy mate!

A fine person to deal with! Traded some Hipshot tuners for his Gotoh's, all went smooth, cheers mate!

I think its a mahogony bodied copy of a warwick

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, easy peasy and you can rock hard to it \m/

Looks very "reggae" to me, someone in a reggae band might see it and buy it

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='318665' date='Oct 30 2008, 09:18 PM']I f*cking hate Feedme music with the bigest amount of passion possible they are c*nts seriously c*nts if they ever offer you a gig tell them to f*ck off because they are c*nts /rant[/quote] \ Hmmm, interesting, but what sort of people are they?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='317805' date='Oct 29 2008, 06:03 PM']Looks like a job for Captain JapCrap... Cimar. Depends on the bass - got any pics or anything? Cimar was associated with Ibanez in the late 70s & 80s, but the official line is that the "copy era" Cimars weren't connected to Hoshino (Ibanez's parent company) - and by the looks of them came from a different factory. I had a 70s Cimar J, it was OK but not great, plywood body, quite a nice neck, round-end pups, 2 saddle bridge. It couldn't compete with my CSL Jazz (more on that later) so it went - as it happens a long-ago Bassworld member who went by the name of Bonzo ended up with it, he's still using it as a test-bed for various projects & modifications so it must have something! Anyway, like most Jap brands from this era, they sold different spec versions of each instrument, so there will have been more "upmarket" variations available at the same time. The CSL Jazz I have is identical to later Cimar Jazzes from about 1980, built at Fujigen Gakki, after Hoshino/Ibanez started using the brand: [attachment=15345:cimarflyer.jpg] Notice the Ibanez Blazer-shaped headstocks. If the Cimar you're looking at is one of these - go for it. My CSL Jazz is, I think, the one bass I'd rescue from a burning house - and that's a [u]lot[/u] of other basses going up in smoke! Jon.[/quote] Cheers John!I knew I could rely upon your wisdom. The one I've spotted is overpriced but I'll take it on if I can ge the seller to drop a few quid from it. Its a real fixer upper so Im just buying it to keep me entertained in the evenings so I can tinker with it and try and restore it to its former glory, watch this space.

Hello ladies and gents, any of you here have any experiencwith cimar jazz basses? What are they like? Any good?

Would you pay this much? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1963-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Tuning-Pegs-String-tree_W0QQitemZ130264141920QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130264141920&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1963-Fender-...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

Quite possibly the nicest Maya bass ever made? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maya-electric-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ320311848161QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320311848161&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maya-electric-bass-g...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

Right, so as some of you may know, I scored this little number for 50 quid [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110301756434"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110301756434[/url] Picked it up this morning, took the neck off, gave it all a good clean and then put the neck back on. Its turned out to be a nice clean tidy bass, there are 2 cracks to the body however,one by the bridge, and one inbetween the bridge and the bridge pup, so I took the bridge and bridge pup off and thankfully the cracks arent deep and looks as though its just a deep crack in the paint work. The sound is great! The neck pup is really chunky and the bridge pup nice and barky, the toggle switch between the two and the tone control lets me dial in some decent tones, all the electrics work fine, no crackles or hiss and the slap sound is awesome! The neck is straight and the action is nice and low and it plays very nicely indeed. The neck feels like a jazz bass neck. This one is going to be my main workhorse for a while, all in all, great value for 50 quid Will post up pics soon

[quote name='Bassassin' post='314231' date='Oct 24 2008, 11:07 PM']£52? Excellent! Pics when you get it, right? J.[/quote] Naturally Out of interest, and because I have no idea, I presume I picked up a bargain here, how much do these usually sell for?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='314176' date='Oct 24 2008, 09:44 PM']More chance of getting a nosh off of the pope.[/quote] Hahaha, that made me laugh a good'un! But that Pbass is waaaaaaaayyyy over priced, but it sure is pretty.

[quote name='Musky' post='314139' date='Oct 24 2008, 08:46 PM']BAAAARGIN!!! You can't really go wrong with those Mats.[/quote] To be honest Ive always fancied one, but I have no idea what to expect in terms of sound, I presume its a p+j sound, Im thinking vintage and a bit wooly?