Bassassin

[quote name='bassman2790' post='759016' date='Feb 27 2010, 12:12 PM']Which City is this? [/quote] Edinburgh. I could possibly check it out for you, but the problem is I'm away for a week, starting next week, so there's not much of a chance right now! If it's still there when I come back I could drop the guy a note, if you're interested. J.

[quote name='jude_b' post='759067' date='Feb 27 2010, 01:20 PM']Whilst a clear and open ad will encourage buyers, I can understand why people may be reticent about giving out their location to all and sundry.[/quote] Why, though? How would letting people know the town they're in realistically make them more prone to being robbed?* I really don't think that's why people don't - it's much simpler than that! *Mind you, if I do embark on a new career as a bass gear thief, I'm off to Brizzle. J.

[quote name='discreet' post='758993' date='Feb 27 2010, 11:55 AM']Eww... [/quote] You looked, didn't you? J.

[quote name='discreet' post='758967' date='Feb 27 2010, 11:21 AM']Points taken! It's really because I don't like the idea of you being behind my sofa... [/quote] You'd like it even less if you knew what I was doing there... :brow: J.

That's a lovely bass. Hard to be specific about price but there's an '84 RB750 - which is essentially the same bass only black with red binding & 21 frets - up for £175 on my local ScumTree & not shifting. I think things might be a bit different on Ebay, which is full of JapCrap hounds, but I haven't seen an Ibby of this spec/era on there for a while, so I couldn't really guess what it might do. FWIW I hope someone buys that RB750 soon - before I start to convince myself I can afford / justify it... J.

[quote name='discreet' post='758791' date='Feb 27 2010, 01:53 AM']Am I missing something? What about just putting your actual location after 'From:' in your profile? Instead of 'In the shed' or 'Up your mum' or similar stupid carp? Or 'Up your mum in the shed'. Whatever.[/quote] I suppose - but lots of people don't/haven't and this forum currently has 8744 members, each of whom would have to be bothered to edit their existing profile. It's only going to be a tiny percentage of them who want to use BC to sell bulky, unpostable items. For the record, I haven't sold very much on BC but have been happy to post everything I have sold - as are most people selling basses, effects & parts. This question really only relates to amps & cabs which are heavy & bulky and therefore difficult, inconvenient & very expensive to package and post. I haven't sold anything like that here but if I did I'd force myself to endure the hardship of putting my location in the subtitle field, so anyone scanning the Amps & Cabs For Sale page would be able to see at a glance how far away from Bristol it was. Crazy idea, I know. :ph34r: J.

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='758643' date='Feb 26 2010, 09:24 PM']Glad to see it`s back. Are you bidding on it Captain J?[/quote] Nah. Love the neck, but I have too many bitsa projects that will probably never get finished already. This has got off to a good start now he's seen sense, and will probably sell for something like the value of the good bits - unless he's shillin' like a villain, which all this secret bidder stuff makes me suspect. Crap/anonymous listing and already up to £77 with 8 days to go? Actually I think he's at it. J.

[quote name='davidmpires' post='758665' date='Feb 26 2010, 09:46 PM']Bassassin what you suggested was the location on the tittle and that was what people didn't agree on[/quote] No-one was able or willing to articulate a [b]reason[/b] why it was such a bad idea to put their location in the sub-heading. I can only guess it was because there are more letters in "can't be arsed" than in "Bristol" - because typing that in a box was plainly too much effort. J.

I tried to get him to split it & sell me the bass (Fujigen-built slothead longscale EB - rare as a rare thing) separately, as I have no use for half a PA! No luck though. Jon.

I think I have to have this - none of my other basses feature fantastic prics. Jon.

Pics please - there was more than one sort of Roadstar and there were changes over the life of the model. All I know with any certainty about yours is the age - it was made in February 1984. This is a vintage Japanese bass & values equate very specifically to what any one individual is willing to pay at a given time - but having said that, £450 seems a tad on the wildly optimistic side. So let's see it, eh? Jon.

And it's back, presumably following a reality check: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260559243524"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260559243524[/url] Or maybe he's been reading our pearls of wisdom - no mention of a Hondo body now. 99p / no reserve is the way to go so I'm watching with a degree of interest... wonder if he'll pull the auction [s]when[/s] if it doesn't make a grand. J.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='757801' date='Feb 26 2010, 02:19 AM']I think you can get a bit more specific than that. If JoeGarcia hadn't just carted 5 basses and 6 amps off to the studio it would all be within 20 feet of me right now.[/quote] QED. Let me know when Joe's back, I'll jump in the van & pop down to rob you. J.

Apparently it's a really f*cking stupid idea. I started a thread in the Amps For Sale bit a few weeks ago, suggesting that the topic sub-heading would be a good place to put your location, since it usually just gets left blank (or the title gets repeated for some reason). I'm in Edinburgh, which is a long way away from most of the amps & cabs for sale, most people won't consider posting something that big, so I thought it would be useful to be able to see at a glance where things were. The consensus appeared to be that it was a stupid idea - and it plainly was because no-one's done it. Maybe I was just being a bit dim asking, having been here for a while I should realise by now that pretty much everything's in Bristol. Jon.

Dennis Dunaway has this mod on his 72 Jazz: [attachment=43552:dunaway_jazz.jpg] Amongst others... Jon.

Rob Green >> Green Machine Technology >> Status. So - Status graphite neck, Schaller 3D bridge, possibly a DiMarzio in the bridge position plus some free hardware, electronics & a body. Has this been on before? Looks familiar. Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='755778' date='Feb 24 2010, 08:00 AM']Ta Jon. BTW: What does the multi-position switch on an SB1000 do? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-11-SB-1000-Vintage-1980-Bass_W0QQitemZ190375482876QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2c534355fc"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-11-SB-1000-...=item2c534355fc[/url][/quote] Sorry - having managed to live this long but never had an SB series Aria, I can't really help. That's a question for Noelk27 or Bloodaxe, they know their stuff with SBs. J.

[quote name='numptydumpty' post='755283' date='Feb 23 2010, 06:10 PM']Main issue with the body is that someone has removed neck pickup and fitted some anonymous jazz pickup and lost the pickguard.But might the neck be worth the money? [/quote] If it's not actually damaged & it just has missing/changed parts, £100 doesn't sound too bad - obviously I'd have to see it to be doing anything other than guessing, but from what you describe, I think it'd fetch more than a ton on Ebay. If you do go for it - don't change the headstock logo - that will immediately destroy a big part of its resale value. J.

If he wants to part it out I'll give him £25 for the neck, no sweat. J.

[quote name='numptydumpty' post='754181' date='Feb 22 2010, 06:32 PM']I suppose if it is worth that much and if I could fit it without damaging,I could resell it later and not lose anything.I hear Kasuga was a respected brand on a par with Tokai?[/quote] They were. Kasuga actually built replica-standard guitars for Tokai, when Tokai's own factory couldn't meet demand. For my money the ones I've seen (and I own a Kasuga Rick copy) are built to as high a standard as Matsumokus & Fujigens of the era, & if anything, attention to detail's better. How hacked-up is the £100 Jazz? Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='754806' date='Feb 23 2010, 11:03 AM']I wants me a bargain like this. Must check when the big car boot sales open up.[/quote] Mine was off Ebay surprisingly - bad listing and a bit of a basket case when it arrived so it needed a fair bit of TLC. If you do find a Track 2 (or the set-neck 2-pup Track 4) watch out for the bridges - they're Gibson 3-point types & the originals fitted seem to be generally pretty poor quality - soft, thin metal that bends & splits under string tension. This was my original: [attachment=43377:trackbridge.jpg] From what I've seen this appears to be fairly common on Westbury basses, and 3-point replacements aren't that common - although apparently Epiphone ones will fit. I managed to get a replacement baseplate & a couple of saddles from The Bass Doc (Howard) who had an old MIJ one in his parts box. Car bootin's definitely best for bargains - and you'll pay a lot less than the lowest Ebay prices as well - as my Westone Thunder guitar indicates! Be prepared to haggle - but also be prepared to walk away. If Matey wants £80 for that beat-up Hondo Les Paul with the cracked neck, he's not going to let you have it for £20 - but be persistent & go back every week, because by the time he's carted it back & forth every Sunday for a month, he probably will let you have it for £20, just to be shot of it. J.

Wouldn't mind if I was asked first & they didn't have a huge, spiky belt buckle. But my basses are all cheap JapCrap without fancy names - so no-one ever asks! Jon.

Schaller 3D. Better looking, better made, more adjustable and more compact than a BAII and you can pick them up used for £25 or less. You will have to drill 3 new holes, but the base plate has pilot holes which match the 2 of original Fender ones, to line it up precisely. Edit - 3Ds aren't string-through. Sorry! :blush: Jon.

Interesting Shaftesbury long-scale/slot head EB copy, if you're in Wiltshire - comes with what appears to be half a PA system, too! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110495706446"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110495706446[/url] As far as I can make out slot-head EB copies were only made by Fujigen Gakki, so this is the same bass as the Ibanez 2354LB: [url="http://www.ibanez.ru/info/catalog/1971/16.jpg"]http://www.ibanez.ru/info/catalog/1971/16.jpg[/url] Very interested in this & I've asked the guy if he'd be willing to sell the bass separately & post it, but assume no reply means no. No bids on this so far - so if anyone local to him fancies having a punt on this & re-selling the bass to me, you'd end up with a free/very cheap monolithic 70s bass rig! J.