Bassassin

[quote name='Bassclef' post='931359' date='Aug 20 2010, 08:37 PM']Well, I like eBay, Jon. Sad, I know but I use it a lot and am guaranteed a sale on a convenient day. Their fees are not that high surely? PM'd you about something else.[/quote] The last thing I sold on Ebay went for £95 - the total fees & charges on that amounted to £14.40 s0 it's an approximation but a fairly close one! For the record that was 99p, no reserve meaning no insertion fee, & 90p for a "picture pack" of 6 hi-res (well, 800x800! ) images - everything else was final value & PayPal fees. As far as being guaranteed a sale, I know what you mean, but recently I've had 3 non-payers - plus the item above was paid for but the next day the guy messaged me asking for his money back because he'd decided he couldn't afford it! Tough really because I'd already posted it, but basically there's no comeback for buyers who act like arseholes - so that's exactly what they do. I prefer to sell decent stuff on here but I do still sell a few things on Ebay that I wouldn't inflict on BC, usually guitars. Replied to your PM J.

[quote name='Johnston' post='931639' date='Aug 21 2010, 08:59 AM']Surely the ebay police will have that pulled for the ricky TRC and use of rickenbacker in the title.[/quote] Very likely. I do like the white front/black back/checked binding on that one. :brow: J.

[quote name='fux' post='931363' date='Aug 20 2010, 08:40 PM']Oh i am sorry my bad. I'll fix it The owner said that the thing is still working. So i don't know maybe i should give it a test drive ??[/quote] Only if you can haggle him down to €20-€30. J.

Haven't heard all of these, but those I have really serve to demonstrate that a great band is much more than the sum of its parts, if you get my drift. Jon.

Just curious - why put it on Ebay with its 15% fees rather than sell it here? Jon.

He'll get banned. He plainly thinks he's being a smartarse & dodging fees by doing this, he's something of a newb to selling and it hasn't occurred to him that Ebay might have encountered this sort of stunt before. Those mental Chinese sellers from a few years ago used to do this all the time. Jon.

Yep, that's an early 70s Japanese copy, probably looked like this one when new: [url="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/lorse/bellcatalogue/26.jpg"]http://personal.inet.fi/surf/lorse/bellcatalogue/26.jpg[/url] (top right) That would be a major restoration - I've done a few and would think twice about taking that on. Just out of curiosity, how much does he want? Jon.

[quote name='Machines' post='929447' date='Aug 19 2010, 09:59 AM']The topic should remain factual and avoid personal attacks.[/quote] As long as we can still have lame puns on already-silly names. Sterling Scrotum. J.

Agree with the OP & like many replies have said, the reasons are down to the current economic climate. Most of what I sell & buy is elderly JapCrap, it was interesting a year or so ago to see that it was weathering the recession well - it appeared that people were still willing to feed their GAS but lowering their sights a little. That's really changed this year, and I've even lost money on a few Ebay sales for the first time - and that's not even taking the 15% combined fees into account. Definitely a good time to buy in theory - but my catch-22 is that I need to sell to finance buying. So bugger, then. Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='929191' date='Aug 18 2010, 10:40 PM']Ta Jon. I was thinking after I posted that the post made it look like I thought the bass wasn't worth £150, but I didn't get around to editing the post. I was guestimating (wildly) that it might sell for £200, but with the high start, I wouldn't be surprised to see it sell for £150 with one bid. Over in the for sale section £150 gets you this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=54995"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=54995[/url] I must admit I was tempted as I played a Korean Jackson, and thought it very nice indeed. But there is only a certain amount of money in my instrument purchasing budget and too many instruments to buy. (Though I did PM the guy selling the CMI Rickenfakerfor £50 immediately I saw it, but too late).[/quote] CMI Rickenfaker for £50? Was I asleep? Quite like the Charvel but even after all these years I have a gag reaction when I see those incongruous droopy/pointy headstocks! Interesting thing, not sure who made these, it might have been Chushin, who definitely made the bridge. Apart from the logo, it's the same as the one on my new-to-me Washburn SB40, which has Chushin embossed underneath. J.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='929069' date='Aug 18 2010, 08:59 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antoria-Les-Paul-Bass-Vintage-Made-Japan-early-70s-/270623895445?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]Antoria LP Bass[/url] How much are these worth? £150 seems a moderately high starting price.[/quote] Well yeah, but I think anything over 99p is a high starting price. These don't come up too often (and you never see the identical Ibby version) and I'd expect it to get £150+, so he's just guaranteeing he gets that, I suppose. This one's a bit grimy & rusty-looking, but complete - you don't often see them with the scratchplate still on. Those black-button tuners suggest it's very early - maybe 71 or 72. J.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='927509' date='Aug 17 2010, 01:20 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antoria-jazz-bass-copy-1970s-dimarzio-pickups-case-/120610298532?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]BIN Anoria with dimarzios apparently[/url][/quote] That was a quick turnaround: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150474677665"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150474677665[/url] Nice pickups, rest of the bass is a bit of a mess. Looks like it probably originally had those square chrome single-coils with the double row of poles. J.

Link it. If they want to sign up here & get stroppy - let 'em. I'm off to sharpen my razor wit. J.

Me neither - has Sterling Testicle had them deleted? J.

[quote name='51m0n' post='928103' date='Aug 17 2010, 10:22 PM']I also have a 'Japcrap' Vester, which is also a blinding bass[/quote] I think you'll find that one's KoreaDiarrhoea! Excellent basses & quite sought-after too. Anyway no - despite having a taste for esoterica I'm actually perfectly happy with a good Jazz. Love a nice P as well, but the tone doesn't really suit my music. The faintly depressing truth is that the old boy got it spot-on 59 years ago. Everything else since has been little more than tweaking and it's moot whether or not much of it's even been that beneficial, never mind necessary! This doesn't stop the GAS or stop me lusting after peculiar and unusual basses as well as their more conventional siblings. I'd love to have the money to get a design of my own put together - and it wouldn't look a whole lot like a Fender. Jon.

[quote name='bh2' post='927558' date='Aug 17 2010, 01:54 PM']Tokai?[/quote] No - it would say "Tokai" on it if it was. Moos3h is right - it's just a no-brand far-eastern copy, clearly a perfectly decent Jazz but it will have originated from one of any number of guitar factories with unpronounceable names in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia etc. It's not an anything! He's right about the value too - that's about £100's worth. Jon.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='927209' date='Aug 17 2010, 09:14 AM']Nearly all the Japanese copies from the early to mid 70s had bolt-on necks irrespective of whether the original did or not. Which is why I tend to equate bolt-on neck with not very good instrument. I had a friend who had one of these violin basses except it said "Grant" on the headstock. Pretty much the most horrible bass I have ever played.[/quote] I'd expect this to be OK quality - Grant & Antoria were never sourced from the same factory, so the similarity's likely to be because they were copies of the same thing. 70s MIJ Antorias came from Fujigen Gakki (they were identical to the equivalent Ibanez range) and were as good as JapCrap quality got, certainly in the early 70s when this bass would have been made. Most of them (apart from Fender clones, obviously) were made in set-neck or bolt-neck flavours, & plainly set-necks were more expensive which is why bolt-ons are more common. J.

I've just read through both threads - you really do have to see how all the exchanges go, right up to Sterling Bollock's IBTL [i]coup de grace[/i]! That DudePit guy at one point claims he knows both Ball & John Hall personally, and claims "John Hall's no Sterling Ball". He's quite right - Hall might be arrogant, hostile & condescending, but Ball is simply a complete and utter c@nt. Incredible. J.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HAND-MADE-ELECRIC-TWIN-ARM-BASS-GUITAR-/130421327776"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HAND-MADE-ELECRIC-TW...R-/130421327776[/url] Not familiar with either Nightingale of Niel (sic) Mack - but this is an amazing-looking thing and pretty close to my fantasy Prog Nightmare twin neck. If only the fretless was a 5er! Jon.

Awful, awful news. I really don't know what to say. Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='925578' date='Aug 15 2010, 02:01 PM']It looks extremely similar to my Cimar.[/quote] I think Shafties & Cimars may have been from the same factory. No idea which one, though. J.