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[quote name='2x18' post='348553' date='Dec 8 2008, 01:11 PM']Cheap bolt on neck copy! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/70s-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Project-Poss-Hondo-Shaftesbury_W0QQitemZ260329101725QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/70s-Electric-Bass-Gu...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Will.[/quote] Not a bad price considering what these things have been known to go for on the Bay. Judging from the blank, elongated neck plate, it's a Hondo, an edge-view of the body would confirm it - it'll be ply. The chip off the back edge looks like it's the top veneer which would bear this out. J.

[quote name='Musky' post='348376' date='Dec 8 2008, 09:55 AM']An Aria Cardinal ended yesterday as well, a CSB Deluxe. I don't remember one of these coming up before and a I was sorely tempted especially as it was black. Didn't go for it in the end because of the pickup placement and the fact that I recently bought a CSB 380, but it only went for £99. Prices do seem to dropping a hell of a lot... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/80s-Aria-Cardinal-CSB-Deluxe-Bass-Guitar-Made-in-JAPAN_W0QQitemZ120342547483"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/80s-Aria-Cardinal-CS...emZ120342547483[/url][/quote] I dunno - I think people are being circumspect about bidding on stuff with relatively high start prices, like that APII. It sold for its start price, £99, while that other piece of broken crap started at a tenner and made it to £78! Which is outrageous considering it's incomplete, the neck & body are very probably from different instruments (ever seen a maple dot board on a JapCrap J? Me neither) and bloody Status Quo might have scrawled all over it! What's [i]wrong[/i] with people?? J.

[quote name='paul h' post='348212' date='Dec 7 2008, 10:59 PM']You sir are the absolute embodiment of this forum. You are like a version of me with more money or a more understanding wife. Possibly both. Paul.[/quote] I suspect a version of you with 1) significantly less money but a taste for cheap & idiosyncratic (ie repulsive to anyone with standards) crap that would be more at home burning in a skip, and 2) a partner who sings in my band & therefore allows me my little foibles. As for embodying this forum - I have to say right now I have never owned a Fender, MusicMan, Warwick, Shuker, Lakland, WAL, Status, Goodfellow, G&L, Pedulla or even a bloody SX - so I'm amazed they even let me come on here! :ph34r: J.

Just done a recount and despite having parted with (most of) the ones I intended to part with, it looks like the final total is approximately "all of them". This compulsive behaviour is actually starting to cause me stress & upset - and as a result I feel I'm slipping into a cycle of "Comfort GAS". I'll have to buy another bass to cheer myself up... J

Actually to his credit he has posted my comment and was quite gracious about it. So he may have been completely genuine in his description. This one's not ply - a lot of the solid wood JapCraps would still have a front & back veneer over a sandwich or butcher-block construction, hence the big black oversprays on 'bursts. The pic of the edge isn't clear enough to tell what sort of construction this one is but you can see it's not ply. I think it would seem less iffy if the neck was sold separately. I don't know if it's the real deal, but I doubt someone would go to the length of faking a convincing vintage neck & think no-one would notice that it was stuck on an old copy body. J.

No link! Had a quick look the ending soon & recently ended stuff & can't find it. Put us out of our misery, Musky! J.

Being the generally helpful fellow that I am, I've sent him this message: [quote name='Know-All JapCrap Smartarse']Hi - for your information, the body, pickups and hardware of this bass are from a 1970s Japanese copy, they are absolutely not Fender parts. I am no particular Fender expert so cannot say whether or not the neck is what it purports to be, however I collect & study vintage Japanese guitars, and the round-end pickups, matching body routes and 7-screw bridge are typical Japanese copy components. It's reasonable to assume the same is true of the control plate & electronics. This is a positive ID, not guesswork or speculation, and my advice would be that you amend your listing to include this information. Cheers - Jon[/quote] Ain't I nice? J.

Well spotted Oli. The pickups - and therefore the body, because the routs match the pups, are 70s JapCrap, whatever the rest of it might be. The 7-screw bridge is a bit of a giveaway too. He's very circumspect about everything but the neck, so I suspect he knows very well what it is. Jon.

This is kind of turning into a discussion about ramps rather than the viability of a business concept! Never tried one but I'd be interested in experimenting - however: I am an occasional pick player - in fact probably 25% - 50% of the time realistically. I'm also a heavy-handed fingers player - I like to dig in hard specifically to get the attack from doing so. I think a ramp would interfere with this. If I got curious enough, I'd make one myself (they're not exactly complicated) and fit it in an easily-removable way. Jon.

[quote name='4000' post='345796' date='Dec 4 2008, 06:42 PM']Guild B301 or B302. I'm not sure of the difference; it's possible that the 1 was 1 pickup and the 2 was 2 pickup. When you're as old as me you've seen several of these things in the flesh...and brand new!l[/quote] I don't ever remember seeing a new 'un but back in the 80s a little local music shop had a fretless version that would be in the window for a week, then disappear for a fortnight, and then be back again. I was never entirely sure what was going on there, but it was a strange little shop - the owner seemingly made more money from producing amateur porn (which he apparently participated in) than from flogging old guitars... J.

I do believe that's a Guild B302. Actually I'm not 100% sure of the model number but it's a 70s Guild anyhow. What do I win? Jon.

I started out playing bass & it's always been my first instrument, but I got very interested in songwriting & home recording which means I have spent a lot of time playing guitar, and am fairly competent, in that I can play anything I think up. I'm the main composer & co-songwriter (with the vocalist) in my current band which means we record full demos which are given to the other guys to learn/interpret. Fortunately our guitarist is a very gifted & individual player but has no interest in writing - so I don't get any grief about that! Guitar's very much my main instrument for writing - I have seldom been fully satisfied with anything that started out as a bass part. Adding a guitar part always seems to sound forced & contrived, whereas it never does when I write a bass line to an existing guitar part. Never played it live (apart from one band in the 80s where we would swap instruments for one song - [i]bad[/i] idea!) and have no wish to - unless I really want to be a failed guitarist! Jon.

[quote name='jxljxl' post='343495' date='Dec 2 2008, 08:50 PM']Thanks for your support and the info, I didn't know that.[/quote] No problem. I know such things, being the Most Tragically Dull Man On Earth. J.

OK with me - it didn't say "Bass-Related Ebay Links Only" last time I looked, & plenty of other Gumtree stuff gets posted here too. I doubt it's habit -forming - not too many of us sell guitars anyway. This is quite interesting to the student of JapCrap - MIJ Charvels were made by Chushin Gakki - who aren't fantastically well-known beyond this franchise, but MIJ Charvas do have a great reputation. 1991 was the last year they were made, I think. The Strat-shaped headstock obviously makes me wonder if the same guitar was sold under different brands too. Bet it was. Jon.

PaisleyTastic!! I like it. And gay? Pink and green on red - I don't [i]think[/i] so, sweetie. Jon.

If it was me I'd keep them all. Anyway, he says Maya or Greco - based on the fact that they are known to have sold 4001S / 1999 copies, but it could also be a Kasuga. They sold one under their Heerby brand in Japan, and it was probably exported in different guises. From his choices I'd go for Maya, because Greco was never exported to the UK - never officially exported anywhere, for that matter. And he's wrong about Maya being "another importer brand" as any fule kno. J.

'Allo - just seen you (or rather, your bass) over on the Vintage Guitar board - and yes, I think I [i]do[/i] know what it is, or was... Looks like it'd clean up OK with a bit of turps. Jon.

[quote name='OldGit' post='341770' date='Dec 1 2008, 11:51 AM']Aw chere you're self up wiv th1s [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=300275194146"]1964 Yamaha Flying Samurai bass - eBay[/url][/quote] I might, it's only just down the road from me... :ph34r: Actually I already cheered myself up with that rant - and misreading "indignant" as "ignorant". J.

[quote name='SteveO' post='341722' date='Dec 1 2008, 11:16 AM']It cost me a tenner 5 years ago, havent played it for 2 years coz in my opinion it's a bag of sh*te. so either I [i]am [/i]a victim of hype and I didn't like it coz I'm thinking it's a cheap jap copy, or fender p's really are overhyped overpriced planks...[/quote] Maybe it just needs a decent setup. The mythology goes that Fender chose the Fujigen factory to build Squiers in the early 80s because the quality & consistency of the 70s copies coming from there (Ibanez, Greco etc) was massively higher than the US originals at the time. The first MIJ Fenders were Japan-market only, Squier was originally just the export brand - as far as I know quality was the same, the only real difference was the name. The 83/84 JVs & SQs are from this era. J.

[quote name='neepheid' post='341715' date='Dec 1 2008, 11:07 AM']Last time I pointed that out, I got pummelled by a gang of indignant dyslexics.[/quote] Bring 'em on. Way I feel right now I'll happily kcki thier slef-rghitoeus ltltel ctnus in. J.

Everything you need or want to know is on this site: [url="http://www.21frets.com"]http://www.21frets.com[/url] And I'm going to be pedantic here for a moment because a - I'm having a sh!t morning/life and am entitled to be intolerant and b - it irritates me profoundly every single time I see it - which is almost every single time I see it. [b]S Q U I E R[/b] - [u]NOT[/u] "Squire". They didn't get it wrong on the logo, OK? Jon.

[quote name='gareth' post='341497' date='Nov 30 2008, 10:40 PM']And on what experience do you base this opinion please?[/quote] I sell loads on Ebay. Plainly he's quite correct. J.

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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='341449' date='Nov 30 2008, 09:49 PM']Incidentally, I'm not a Fender fan and I don't much like sunburst finishes, but that is a truly beautiful bass. It may only say "Fender" in small letters on the headstock, but I reckon that's a pretty fair price.[/quote] With all due respect to the majesty of the hallowed JV, my SQ p!sses all over it aesthetically: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=31527"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=31527[/url] And curse me to hell & back but I think I'm going to have to let it go - 3 Ps is too many when you never gig the buggers. J.