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[quote name='tino' post='973023' date='Sep 30 2010, 06:21 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180568722787&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url] Gawd blimey guvvna...that looks like a right beauty and at 55 quids its a steal [/quote] You might've stuck some strings on it! Cheapskate! J.

6 & half a dozen, really - there's every likelihood both brands are made in the same factories anyway. They both have an excellent reputation for top quality low & intermediate cost instruments, so realistically it's down to personal preference based on styling, sound & feel. Jon.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='972968' date='Sep 30 2010, 05:34 PM']if i described Rock music as mindless thrashing and loathsome and insubstantial i would expect a comment or two...[/quote] I'd be broadly inclined to agree, though! However if you applied the description to a specific band (like wot I did) and I happened to disagree with your assessment then we could have a proper argument! J.

[quote name='TimR' post='972454' date='Sep 30 2010, 10:37 AM']Well he is Canadian. You DO know his history don't you?[/quote] Yes I do, and I have read several of his dismal books, and I'm well aware of the fact he doesn't write them for Rush fans, because he has an incredibly low opinion of the people who buy his records, attend his gigs, and, (like it or not, Neil) buy his awful books. Especially if they're European. Shut up & play the drums, Purt, just shut up & play the drums. J.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='972275' date='Sep 30 2010, 01:09 AM']oh i do hate that term 'lift music'!!...its not open minded and a little sad, and lacking in a knowledge of music...[/quote] That's an awful lot you infer about me from my use of a common generalisation, about which you then say: [quote name='bubinga5' post='972275' date='Sep 30 2010, 01:09 AM']i understand the stigma attached to it...and what your refering to but [b]its such a blanket term for music like this[/b]...[/quote] I could have used any number of other descriptions - I described much of last weeks show as "sickly aural gloop", which would be ideal for Jay Kay & chums - but I don't particularly like to repeat myself. And by your own admission you know [i]exactly[/i] what I meant by "lift music". [quote name='bubinga5' post='972275' date='Sep 30 2010, 01:09 AM']you dont like it im sure but some of the "lift music" you refer too are some of the best musicians in the world..[/quote] Good & bad is subjective & personal, but you won't need me to tell you the best musicians don't necessarily make the "best" music. J.

I'll watch & cringe on Friday. Always found Jamiroquai, once you get past the good musicianship, to be purveyors of thoroughly loathsome & insubstantial lift music. I don't expect much has changed. Jon.

[quote]The Canadian trio will jet to London to pick up the accolade at the event[/quote] Schoolboy error - no they won't. Two of them will attend, while Peart stays home moping around and writing interminably dull, long-winded & self-important books about how much he hates this awful, awful job he has, and how much he prefers riding around on his motorbike. Jon.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='971051' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:29 PM']Tino is otherwise engaged at the moment so on his behalf I will say "Big poppa has corrupted the world with his snake oil and silly hair!" .I know im not as good at it as the man himself but in his absense thats all we have. 48 hours and counting Tino. [/quote] What's he done now? He mentioned the "b" word in a PM but I didn't like to ask! J.

[quote name='maxrossell' post='970510' date='Sep 28 2010, 11:40 AM']I just took delivery of a Les Paul, and after about two minutes on the strap, the top strap button popped out because the hole had stripped. As common a problem as this is, I've never actually had it before so I've never fixed one. What I did was take a couple of cocktail sticks and jam them into the whole, then add enough superglue to fill the hole almost to the top, then screwed the strap button in place and left it overnight. Seems pretty solid now, is this a decent enough fix?[/quote] That should work. If the glue was still liquid when you screwed the button back on, hope you never want to take it out again... Jon.

Just as long as they don't start making unverifiable claims beyond "it looks really pretty". Which it does. Jon.

Interesting, looks like yours has a sandwich body with front & back veneers, you find these on a lot of middle-range JapCraps. Mine was proper stripy, splintery plywood, but otherwise identical. I've turned my nose up at a good few of these because I assumed the bodies were rubbish! J.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='969923' date='Sep 27 2010, 07:37 PM']Edit: Weirdly modified Antoria. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTORIA-FENDER-JAZZ-68-REPLICA-FRETLESS-BASS-GUITAR-/110590613811?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19bfb6d933"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ANTORIA-FENDER-JAZZ-...=item19bfb6d933[/url][/quote] No evidence it's an Antoria at all, or even JapCrap, for that matter. Bit alarmed at the idea that to de-fret it rather than removing the frets & filling the slots, he prised the old fretboard off & replaced it with a mahogany one. Not a material commonly used for fretless boards, this and the general tone of his ad don't give me a lot of confidence that he knows a great deal about basses. String separator? J.

[quote name='tino' post='969767' date='Sep 27 2010, 05:49 PM']weighs a bloody tonne[/quote] I'll be surprised if that's not one of their Precision copies, then! If it is, they're halfway decent after a setup - but right bloody backbreakers. Can fetch £70 - £90ish on Thiefbay, too. J.

He's updated his listing now to reflect the fact that it's a bit (of) rubbish. Still very pretty from the back, though. J.

[quote name='tino' post='968854' date='Sep 26 2010, 09:30 PM']Lets hope that was £107 well spent then ....the pups look ropey....wonder what will end up in there??? She said """ Can it be done up in pink flock" to match her jukebox...lol[/quote] Good stuff! These pups - the square single-coil things with 2 rows of pole pieces like in your Rickenfaker - can be a mixed bag, so wait & see. You might get a pair of the 11k ones like in my Faker. J.

[quote name='tino' post='968540' date='Sep 26 2010, 04:49 PM']Jon....... any idea on this ebay item 270635291014,Im computer illiterate so cant do the link bit....my daughter fancies it though.. Cheers T[/quote] Here's the link: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270635291014"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270635291014[/url] Looks nice, obviously depending on condition. I think it's a Fujigen J copy, fairly early 70s going on the tuners, pickups & trc. It's had a headstock pin badge, which from the outline I'm fairly sure was Eros (compare it to the one on [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=31025502980"]this rather nice EB-3 copy[/url]), which would support the age & the Fujigen theory. Early Eros guitars were sourced form Fujigen & Matsumoku - I had a Fujigen Tele & Mat LP, and the EB-3 is a Mat. I think if you can get it for around the £100 mark it would be something of a bargain, assuming everything's OK. J.

[quote name='noelk27' post='968615' date='Sep 26 2010, 05:54 PM']If you're defining worth purely in monetary terms, sure. But the worth of early SB designs, to my mind, is more intrinsical than financial, hence the distinction.[/quote] Of course - I understand completely & concur. Realistically this is the basis of my obsession with vintage MIJ basses & guitars. J.

[quote name='noelk27' post='968028' date='Sep 25 2010, 10:38 PM']What it's worth and what it'll sell for are two different things.[/quote] Surely any secondhand instrument, rare or otherwise, is worth [i]precisely[/i] what a buyer will pay for it! J.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='967287' date='Sep 25 2010, 01:39 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-guitar-walnut-project-/180565950877?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a0a91c19d"]Oooh, a variation to break the monotony.[/url][/quote] Pretty sure I remember seeing that a few weeks back - not sure if this is a re-list after being pulled or the next buyer moving it on. I'm guessing it doesn't work, he claims he[quote]have not amp to check that this bass works[/quote]but I don't know if there's a particular mystical reason why he couldn't plug it into this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Orange-Crush-PiX-35LDX-Guitar-Combo-Amp-/180565957390"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Orange-Crush-PiX-35L...p-/180565957390[/url] Oh - but there's me trying to be rational and forgetting this is Ebay. [i]Ebay[/i]! Stupid me. J.

Horrifying posed mugshot warning: [attachment=59640:seethrough1.jpg] :ph34r: Jon.

[quote name='Jigster' post='967299' date='Sep 25 2010, 08:00 AM']great name for a band![/quote] It's got potential... Aural Gloop Consortium - prog supergroup? J.

Grinderman/Nick Cave was the best thing by a long way for me (although Scissor Sisters were occasionally fun) - the show needed something feral & demented to counterbalance the po-faced, sickly aural gloop that the rest of it was. Just awful. Jon.

Was mucking around with some covers in the practice room last night, basically my originals band & a different drummer. Red Barchetta Free Will Ghost Rider La Villa Strangiato (sort of!) YYZ Secret Touch And just as a theme was appearing we ended up playing Whole Lotta Rosie, which is quite odd with a female singer. It was f@cking excellent and we might have a new drummer. I bloody hope so. Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='966146' date='Sep 23 2010, 09:36 PM']Is it just me, or is there something fundamentally odd about this Maya. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-P-BASS-70s-BADASS-BRIDGE-SCHALLERS-MIJ-/330476397258?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cf1eda2ca"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-MAYA-P-BASS-...=item4cf1eda2ca[/url] The bridge seems a bit close to the end of the body. And the shape seems slightly off. Might be the angle of the photo, I dunno. Edit: After going through the photos, I think it's just the badass bridge being a bit bigger than a bent metal bridge that makes it look odd. 99p start price though.[/quote] Why on earth would someone stick a BAIII on a bit of crumbly plywood guff like that? And he's totally, utterly and absolutely lying about the "Lipstick Dano" (what?) pickup. 99p yes, undisclosed reserve - anyone's guess. J.