Bassassin

Quite a nice looking thing but I'd bet it's a budget-ish Ebay seller (or small dealer) import brand. Worth a look if it was about £150. Jon.

I suppose it must be because the Westbury brand had a phase a few years ago of selling for silly money - usually the guitars, but I have seen a Track 2 go for over £200. Standard guitar can still top that if you're lucky & the more rare Westy Deluxe & Customs will get £300+ - but they are scarce & genuinely collectable. Basses always get less money though - the Track IV (set neck, 2x P pups) is probably less common than any of the guitars, but a year or so ago there was one re-listed about 5 times, until the seller presumably gave up. Think it was about £200. Shame about the fret-rape on the Columbus, these can be quite decent. This one is MIJ, should say so on the neckplate. J.

Im afrayed tha Inglish langwij iz heddid for a braiv new fernetik fewcha. Dats tha intanet 4 ya. J.

This one for me, and the first bass line I ever learned: Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1129652' date='Feb 16 2011, 02:01 PM']Expensive Track 2 bass. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTBURY-TRACK-2-BASS-MATSUMOKU-WESTONE-ARIA-VANTAGE-/170603225075?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27b8be9ff3"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTBURY-TRACK-2-BAS...=item27b8be9ff3[/url][/quote] Has a "sustain bar" fitted at the rear of the bridge? Has a what? What he means is that the cheapsh!t bridge fitted to these was bending under string tension (as they all seem to) so someone jammed a bit of steel rod across the back to hold it straight! Bodged bridge aside, it does look tidy, as far as one can tell - but on recent form it wouldn't sell even if it was £100 cheaper. J.

I've had a lot of Behringer stuff & only had problems with one thing - that 300w Ashdown clone head they did, mine developed an intermittent & random cutting-out problem - pity because it was a great-sounding head. Everything else I've had (including the BDI21) has been great for the pittance it cost & problem-free. Admittedly I did see a Behringer headphone amp catch fire in a studio once... In my experience cables deteriorate over time & need to be replaced pretty regularly - even if you look after them they will always be being coiled & uncoiled, and in motion while you play, they are flexing constantly & eventually metal fatigue will take its toll. Pretty much all of mine are on their last legs! Jon.

I admit I haven't played covers for a crust for a long time, but my rock covers outfit in the mid 90s made a point of off-the-wall song choices & "songs you didn't know you knew", and had a successful & busy couple of years. The cheesiest stuff we did was probably Dire Straits (Sultans / Romeo & Juliet), but we did a pretty wide cross-section of 60s - 90s rock & pop/rock - The Who, Floyd, Big Country, Sex Pistols, Sabbath, REM, Green Day - even stuff like Rush & Metallica if we spotted some hairies at the back. We always went down well in a load of different places & always got repeat bookings, so we were obviously doing something right. If/when I I end up doing covers again, I'll take the same approach - I'd have to be paid a lot before I'd do stuff I hated. Jon.

There's still this "project" one with the iffy truss-rod: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180624624425"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=180624624425[/url] Might be worth a punt if it stays cheap - a couple of washers might sort it out. J.

Ok - here we go: [quote name='Pikeyguitars off of ThiefBay']Hi Jon, a number of people form various sources have detailed this. There's one on sale through Bass chat, exact model.... However, you can't pinpoint the exact year with Ibanez's apparently as the bodies are not numbered. I'm convinced. If you're unsure, please refrain from bidding. Thanks.[/quote] Seems we've all missed the genuine & verified "Ibanez Precision" currently for sale right here then. I'm not really sure how to respond to a message like this - the seller clearly lives in a sad little dream-world all of his own. J.

I strongly suspect he was doing what we car-boot gyppos (and our bin-diving pikey kinfolk) refer to as "lying". Jon.

[quote name='JMT3781' post='1129110' date='Feb 16 2011, 12:04 AM']i wonder where the neck ended up..[/quote] If it was up to me, I could think of somewhere... Looking forward to having it explained to me how he identifies this body as an "Ibanez" Two days ago he didn't seem to have a scooby what it was. J.

Looks like his bass has exploded. [url="http://musical-instruments.shop.ebay.co.uk/Musical-Instruments-/619/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_ssn=prestigeguitars&_trksid=p3911.c0.m282"]In a welter of bull$hit.[/url] J.

[quote name='karlfer' post='1128891' date='Feb 15 2011, 08:50 PM']Calling Jon, Glasgae's only half an hour . [url="http://glasgow.gumtree.com/glasgow/90/72872190.html"]http://glasgow.gumtree.com/glasgow/90/72872190.html[/url][/quote] What's going on with this then - Gherson tennis? Unfortunately Weegieland's a 120-odd mile round-trip for me, which is no laughing matter in a two-ton 2.8 turbodiesel 4x4 urban assault vehicle! That CSL's a a tiny bit closer though. And a bit more Japanese... J.

I have a sweet little Hohner B2A, weighs nothing, takes up no space at all and plays/sounds great. All these new threads about headless basses are really making me question how come I've only got one! Something has to be done... Oh, disadvantages? Well, they look unusual & unfamiliar - and as a couple of responses to this thread indicate, the unusual & unfamiliar can tend to provoke disdain & hostility in some people. Think you can live with that? Jon.

Sold an active pre to Gary, very easy and pleasant transaction, hope to do business again & will definitely catch Dressed To Kill when I get the chance! Jon.

That's the same as [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119103"]one being modded/restored by a BCer[/url]. Which reminds me - I have an old Jedson catalogue (this bass is a "Model 4457 Two-Pickup Bass" which cost £32.40 new!) and I'd promised ModMachine I'd scan it & stick it on his build thread. I think £200 is a tad steep for this - they usually go for well under a ton. J.

[quote name='steverickwood' post='1127534' date='Feb 14 2011, 08:00 PM']But, and hopefully Bassassin will back me up, I'm an outstanding pillar of the community and assure you it's no dodgy scammer from Shetland. [/quote] Well I dunno about that... But yes, I have known the good Mr Rickwood since he were knee-high to a grasshopper and as far as I know he's always conducted his dodgy scams from Kent rather than Shetland... J.

Always used to park mine between the edge of the scratchplate & the body - helps if a: you play a bass with a scratchplate & b: you don't mind the plate being warped! As I got more mature & sensible, pockets seemed to work best. These days I do have a mic stand thingy, because one song requires a quick change to pick in the middle... Jon.

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1127331' date='Feb 14 2011, 05:34 PM']seems to be quite a few new brand fakers hitting the market in the east now. Saw these the other day. The bridge just looks bizarre. [url="http://www.tradetang.com/for-sale/New-Arrival-Rickenbacker-4-Strings-electric-Bass-in-In-Natural/110566-2279012.html"]Rick Copy[/url][/quote] These really are the bum-end of vile Chinese tat, never seen one for real but one turned up on Ebay a year or so ago - the chancer was trying to fob it off as an Ibanez, presumably because of the pickups. J.