Bassassin

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.

please do you let me know how much is shipping in estonia thankyou. i make pay with international money order.

[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.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='341160' date='Nov 30 2008, 02:48 PM']I don’t get the attraction of old Squires? I’d think long and hard about paying half that for a Squire.[/quote] What would you pay for a MIJ Fender of similar vintage? That's what the Squier brand originally was - not cheapo starter tat. Jon.

The wood does look a bit messy for a natural-finish Rick - however the only thing that would make me suspect is that it might have been a solid finish originally. Again this has features you just don't see on copies: black binding, no skunk stripe, 1" pickup gap etc. The bridge is a recent Hipshot and he's providing the original (black) one with the bass. The pic shows it's the mid-80s 7-screw type too. As for why it's that cheap - either he needs the cash really urgently, or he's wildly out of touch with current Rick pricing. Academic anyway now cos it's gorn. Expect to see it back in a month or so starting at £1200. :ph34r: J.

[b]*Real Rick Content Warning*[/b] An '86 4003, mapleglo with black hardware/binding - and if it's as good as it looks, a silly-cheap price at current values: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130272472843"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=130272472843[/url] F@cking gorgeous. Why do these always come up when I don't have a spare £775? J.

I've seen a couple of Profiles go through Ebay, sold OK-ish on the "MIJ-Ibanez-Lawsuit" pitch. There really seems to be very little out there about these, & my tattered [i]Guru's Guitar Guide[/i] just tells us they were good-quality Japanese copies, produced between 1984 - 86. It also gives a guide price of £100 - £150, if it still happens to be 1990 where you are. I would expect, like most brands Profile's an importer's name, meaning it's anyone's guess who actually made them. Seems the brand wasn't around for long, unsurprising since they missed the whole "copy era" by a decade, & in the mid-80s would have found themselves competing with established Japanese replica-ists like Tokai & Fernandes. That & the fact that people back then had an annoying tendency to want to play new & contemporary designs, rather than what were seen as superannuated 60s & 70s relics. How times change... Jon.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='338919' date='Nov 27 2008, 09:01 PM']You can see that your bass is modeled on an ibanez soundgear...[/quote] Can we just pause & remember at this point that the Ibanez Soundgear range is an unashamed knock-off of the Tune Bass Maniac design, which dates back to 1984? Ibanez copies aren't all "lawsuits". I think this is a fine-looking bass, right pretty bit of wood too. If it plays & sounds great, what does it matter what name's on the end & what it cost? Indie have been around for 6 or 7 years, I think and admittedly some of their pricing seems a bit eye-watering - particularly their not-great Rick copy & the active Jazz copy, but they're presumably doing something right or they wouldn't have lasted this long. Jon.

[quote name='noelk27' post='337999' date='Nov 27 2008, 02:31 AM']Oh, I'm liking that Ibanez.[/quote] Me too - and luckily I've got one. Great-sounding & lovely to play, weighs a ton though... Jon.

I got some new (old) JapCrap a couple of weeks back - it was sitting at £25 or so, with 2 hours left, I put on a suitably satanic top bid of £66.66 and cleared off to a gig - with absolutely no expectation of winning it! When I came back I'd got a Kawai Sleekline for £64. Jon.

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='335905' date='Nov 24 2008, 10:41 PM']I saw the tour in Glasgow- missed most of Cynic's set cos I had to work late but Opeth were phenomenal- that's the fourth time I've seen them and I think that was the best yet. Heavy! Is there any chance Cynic will do a headline tour at some point? They seemed to go down very well and I would love to see them properly.[/quote] I was at that gig too - probably my fifth or sixth Opeth show, they really were exceptional. Cynic were excellent - a band I somehow missed out on first time round, would love to see them again in their own right. Jon.