Bassassin

[quote name='ras52' post='1180161' date='Mar 28 2011, 10:10 PM']Re. licing, oops, I mean re. re-licing, surely the correct spelling would be RELICKING - c.f. panic => panicking, etc.[/quote] Correct in principle, I'd think - but this would engender considerable confusion should something (for example the avatar lady being discussed above), having been licked, require subsequent - indeed repeated - licking. As would very likely be the case. J.

I expect the original '51 P had a scratchplate so it would look consistent with the Fender Telecaster, which has a plate to suspend a pickup from, hide some routing & protect the lacquer from all that strummy guitarist nonsense. After that, I suppose it just became a tradition on most basses. Jon.

[quote name='tino' post='1179755' date='Mar 28 2011, 05:10 PM']On its way needs a signature,hopeful of delivery tomorrow tracking info on PP acct...............Enjoy[/quote] Splendid, will give you a shout once it arrives! J.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1179594' date='Mar 28 2011, 03:08 PM']Would an LP have a neck plate?[/quote] Not a real one - but he does call it LP style in the listing. Anyway this must be the next logical step after the MM roasted neck thing. J.

I asked if it had a flame top. /coat. Jon.

[quote name='uke' post='1179013' date='Mar 28 2011, 12:01 AM']My favourite is "Relicing"! A word that many feel exists, if it did wouldn't it mean replacing Lice? [/quote] I do wish this would go away - despite not existing it's impossible to express in any kind of semantically appropriate way; random apostrophes & hyphens don't make it read any better. Besides, it's completely redundant as the English language furnishes us with so many useful words & phrases which perfectly encapsulate the end result of this process: ruining, wrecking, f@cking up, making a total dog's arse of, destroying, cocking up, trashing, buggering up... So much choice - so little imagination. J.

[quote name='karlfer' post='1178702' date='Mar 27 2011, 08:33 PM']Ah, bring back Halo of Flies!!!!![/quote] And Gutter Cat vs The Jets, Blue Turk, Generation Landslide, Billion $ Babies... J.

[quote name='tino' post='1178749' date='Mar 27 2011, 09:01 PM']I heard the tight sod swims it to save a quid [/quote] ...says King of the Bin Divers! J.

I never consciously avoid open strings, unless an open note would ring over a subsequent note on a lower string - playing that note in a fretted position is usually simpler than muting an open one. I wouldn't say I notice any significant tonal differences between open & fretted notes, particularly in a band context. A good few years ago it occurred to me I was habitually playing a lot of parts unnecessarily clumsily, moving my hand up & down the board to get to notes rather than crossing & using open strings - this was particularly awkward when singing & playing. I ended up re-learning a lot of my lines using more logical positional playing & open strings where possible. This has stuck when composing or learning parts - I always try to work something out so I play it with the most economy of movement - one finger per fret, open strings, crossing strings etc. Jon.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1178696' date='Mar 27 2011, 08:27 PM']The trick is getting there before Bassassin.[/quote] How very dare you! Although the E serial MIJ Squier Strat I snagged last week will tidy up nicely when I get a minute. Think it's a keeper. £25's excellent for that Vester, although I hope some haggling took place - it is every decent pikey's duty. Jon.

Cheers - looking forward to it. It'll get its own thread on the builds board! J.

Very cool apart from the Rick trc - just looks stupid on an obvious copy. A Hipshot would need suitable holes drilled, as would any replacement bridge, but wouldn't be a problem apart from that. What do you intend doing with the old 'un if you get a Hippy? I could've made you a mirrored perspex surround to fit a J pup for a few quid. Admittedly you'd probably still be waiting for that too! Jon.

[quote name='tino' post='1178030' date='Mar 27 2011, 10:54 AM']might even be tempted myself if I hadn't just bought [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180641451274"]this[/url] off the lovely Mr Tino for £25! Don't know if he knows yet.... J. Of course he knows the "Maya29" was all the evidence required in solving the mystery,I love the way you got Mrs BA to pay the the bill. The relicing is free gratis....Fender Custom shop would have wanted paying for the distressing How do you do it????[/quote] If only I could persuade my better half to pay for my Ebay shenanigans! Anyway I'm genuinely really surprised it didn't get any other bids. Never fear though, I don't intend to profiteer on this one - I have a maple/blocks JapCrap neck I've had for literally years which should slot straight in. Not sure how severe this "distressing" is likely to be, but I'm sorely tempted to turn the bass into an unofficial Dennis Dunaway signature model anyway: J.

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 27 2011, 12:29 AM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] It's not shame. It's loathing bordering on homicidal rage. J.

[quote name='dougie' post='1177608' date='Mar 26 2011, 08:24 PM']useless ifo,stems from the doles old name"the beurau of employment".....i know that berau is misspelled but tired n last thing i can be arsed looking at is some smartarse spell check.[/quote] Makes sense - I've seen it written as "the burroo". Always wondered where that came from, cheers D. J.

Buy one & find out! Get a used one & if you find you don't get on with it, I seriously doubt you'd lose any money. Jon.

[quote name='Johnston' post='1177359' date='Mar 26 2011, 04:01 PM']Never on the Doll, just on the Dole or as it is over here the Brew.[/quote] "Doll" is plainly a phoneticisation of dole, I just found it bizarre that so many people had either never seen it spelled correctly or never given a moment's thought to what the phrase actually meant. It gets called the brew in Scotland as well, think it's mostly a west coast thing here. J.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1177174' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:09 PM']It 's the whole bought/brought thing with me. I can help switching off to people that do it. It's just plain ig'nant.[/quote] I encountered a new one (to me, at least) yesterday on a different forum - various different people in the thread referring to unemployment as "on the doll". Anyone else seen this? I'm convinced in 20 years' time written/typed English will be 90% phonetic. Or rather, fanetik. J.

[quote name='Mr H' post='1177085' date='Mar 26 2011, 11:53 AM']D'oh! I need a bit more time here, don't I? Apologies.[/quote] No apology necessary! FWIW that particular grammatical cock-up is top of my personal red-mist list, and when eventually it becomes the accepted way of expressing this particular phrase (as it inevitably will) I'll pick up my chainsaw, don my easy-wipe goggles & go out and kill, indiscriminately & relentlessly. That'll make it better. J.

Haven't ploughed through the text yet but from my (somewhat limited) knowledge of 60s JapCrap, I think it actually is a Teisco for a change - those fretboard edge position markers are supposedly unique to Teisco, according to those who claim to know! Pretty damn cool old bass though, shame about the Dulux refin but that should come off easily enough. In other matters, the CSL Jazz is quite interesting - it's the same as mine (and one owned by Waldemar, of this parish) except it has the later & more common Ibby Blazer-shaped headstock. The Sumbro J looks very appealing for £99 - might even be tempted myself if I hadn't just bought [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180641451274"]this[/url] off the lovely Mr Tino for £25! Don't know if he knows yet.... J.

[quote name='Mr H' post='1176793' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:10 AM']"Who would [b]HAVE[/b] thought it?" I'll give you "mutilate the language"! [/quote] Irony fail. I give up! J.

Just spotted that & jumped on here to post it myself. It prompted me to wonder about a person as delusional as this seller plainly is. Are they just a harmless and oddly charming eccentric who can sometimes momentarily make the world a brighter place with their amusing whimsical fantasies, or should they be locked up, kept subdued and closely monitored, for the sake of their own safety & that of the community? I just don't know. Jon.

They're also very rare bits of horrid firewood and have genuinely become collectors' items. I doubt people paying this sort of money (as they seem to do) will have much interest in using them as instruments, & the red Watkins that's currently at £511 does look in exceptional condition for a mid-60s bass. I picked up a Rapier guitar at a car boot - paid £12 for it along with a wrecked Strat copy - I tidied it up as much as possible but it was still pretty tired-looking when I sold it. I was pretty amazed someone was willing to pay £250-odd for it, but being a collector is clearly a weird thing. Jon.

Just when you think you've seen the lot - fretts, frettles, knecks, knuts, turners, humbuggers (that's right, [i]humbuggers[/i]) - just goes to show there will always be new ways to creatively mutilate the language. Who would of thought it? Jon.