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[quote name='thedarxide' post='182243' date='Apr 21 2008, 09:01 PM']You may continue mocking me now.... [/quote] Not at all! It's speculation really that it's a Hondo - unless the seller's got the original trc (I'd message them & ask for it to be included - as well as the one on the bass, if they have) they likely won't have a clue what brand it was. An added bonus will be if it's a real Rick trc - pretty unlikely, but it does happen. That'd be half your money back on that alone. Anyway, lots of pics when you get it please! J.

[quote name='thedarxide' post='181825' date='Apr 21 2008, 01:48 PM']I anticipate a bidding war with that Hondo. It keeps going up by a few quid and there's a good few hours to go yet. The Tokai went for BIN.[/quote] Utter madness - it went from £180 (which was bad enough) to £335 in the last 3 minutes. J.

[quote name='thedarxide' post='181814' date='Apr 21 2008, 01:37 PM']It's a different one isn't it? Tort plate, three knobs? Previous was black with two unless I skipped a post?[/quote] This is the original auction: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220214885649"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220214885649[/url] Paul posted a link to my auction for a Grabber copy (black plate & 2 knobs) from a month or so ago - so mebbe that's the one you saw! J.

The bodyshape was ever so slightly ripped off in the early 80s for this: Jon.

Not a lot to choose between those two P-alikes. And you might be right, some Grecos came from Matsumoku. The guy selling the Ripper, Ashdigits, is a dealer & it's no surprise to me he's put it up straight away, wouldn't read anything into it, just surprised he didn't go for a BIN. J.

[quote name='paul, the' post='174689' date='Apr 11 2008, 05:00 PM']Lusting for a [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/catalogs/1977_slick/77_slick_electrics.jpg.html"]PE200[/url][/quote] That Shaftesbury that sold last week's back already: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140225768621"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140225768621[/url] Same as that Yamaha in the Pete,Young's post - at least if I buy something cheap off Ebay I have the decency to wait until the old listing's expired before punting it back! No bloody manners!! J.

[quote name='nick' post='181324' date='Apr 20 2008, 08:44 PM']John Birch copy in my local freeads, described as 'a project requiring pick-ups & strings' : £50![/quote] x ∞ That motivated me to check Gumtree, really fast... And made me stop feeling so miffed about the old JapCrap Les Paul copy I missed by about 4 minutes at my local car boot this morning. J.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='181259' date='Apr 20 2008, 07:44 PM']But you're still wondering what the reserve is, right? [/quote] An enquiry has been made... I also asked him what he used for the "inlays" - I've got an old Squier P neck sitting 'round, just begging to be experimented on... :brow: J.

This, like many other of the ludicrous "instruments" this lot punt, is a rip-off of a similarly ludicrous one-off: [url="http://www.microphoneheaven.com/guitarbass/"]http://www.microphoneheaven.com/guitarbass/[/url] This was originally a topic of some bemusement, headshaking & hilarity back in the old BW days - and there are several threads devoted to its inbred, genetically challenged halfwit cousins in the Ebay forum! Jon.

That [i]almost[/i] works - if only he'd stuck to the refin & holes, and not tried to re-shape the body, it would have been great. The body just looks malproportioned & wrong. Shame. Jon.

[quote name='thedarxide' post='180683' date='Apr 19 2008, 07:57 PM']That's the one. There was one in Milton Keynes Sound Control up until recently. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I dont. The one I really want is Montezuma brown, but the one on ebay at the mo' is taking the p*ss. We shall see. But I've made my mind up. I've waited 15 years, no more. I will have one in my hands or on order by the end of the year...... (or a copy )[/quote] The only copy you'll find in Monty Brown (aka Sh!tglo) is a Jolana D - but those crazy Czechs went & put P/J pups in it rather than proper Ricky copy ones. What were they thinking? I'm still smarting over missing out on the one that went for £170 delivered, last October. J.

This one? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-4003-BlueBoy-w-Pickguardian-Appointments_W0QQitemZ320241452898"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-4003-Bl...emZ320241452898[/url] I think that's lovely - the BB isn't my favourite colour but it works really well with the pearl plate & surround. Fairly silly price for a ltd. ed. colour, too. That's about 3 miles down the road from me. J.

[quote name='thedarxide' post='180494' date='Apr 19 2008, 02:22 PM']Although, I'm strongly considering ordering one, and paying for it in installments. Reidy's are doing them for £999. It'll be paid for by the time it arrives... [/quote] I take it we're talking [i]real[/i] Ricks here - if so, that's a great price, however long it takes. Did you know the current production run for 4003s has full-width inlays, for the first time since 1973? Order & be damned!! Although I'd have been happy to sell my gizzard & gonads to medical science for this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250235946235"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=250235946235[/url] :wub: :wub: :wub: Jon.

The 70s copies are far more convincing-looking than the current, rather limited, crop - plus they have more collectability, exclusivity, genuine vintage appeal, and will increase in value because of these factors, unlike the current ones. Of the current ones, the Shine makes the best job of looking the part, as well as having a bit of flair about them: [url="http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2525"]http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2525[/url] [url="http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2523"]http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2523[/url] [url="http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2522"]http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2522[/url] [url="http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2524"]http://www.tiptop.se/cgi-bin/multipage.cgi?id=2524[/url] Still not exactly cheap, though - those prices are the wrong side of £500! J.

It had a £499 BIN, which sensibly vanished when someone took a punt! Hondos were Korean made, plywood, & generally the bum-end of 70s Rickenfakers, and really should go for less than half what people tend to pay for Matsumoku, Fujigen, Rokkomann etc products. Considering the current buoyancy of the Rickenfaker market, sub - £200 would be OK for this. The Hondo looks very tidy, (considering), I think Nick's talking about the catalogue classic held together with sticky tape! J.

The seller has chosen not to respond to my message telling [i]them[/i] it's a Hondo & nothing to do with Vox - and that it's Korean, not MIJ. Hope no-one buys it at that price - that's [b]real[/b] expensive plywood. :ph34r: J.

Massive fan - loved his sound, style & whole textural approach. He lives up here in Edinburgh these days - and seeing this thread has just reminded me that he's doing a one-off gig at the Voodoo Rooms on May 3rd! Jon.

[quote name='jono b' post='179060' date='Apr 17 2008, 05:26 PM']Man, if I had £400... I'd probably have to spend it on rent and bills.[/quote] 400 sovs is just a bit pricey for that, I think. These do come up occasionally & usually go for less than half that - in fact I've seen a project one (one pickup & other bits missing) go for well under a ton, nearly went for it myself. The Epi ET series were Matsumoku built - there were Aria versions of some which were identical apart from the headstock shape. Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='178390' date='Apr 16 2008, 10:44 PM']Can this REALLY be worth £499? And does it REALLY say "Vox" on the headstock? The word there seems to be a bit longer ...[/quote] Maybe it says "Hoooonnnndddooooo". Five hundred quid? Five hundred quid? Five hundred quid? Five hundred quid? *dies* J.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='178394' date='Apr 16 2008, 10:47 PM']If [i]the scale length is 30"[/i] then he didn't do an awfully good job of tracing the body. Either that, or he's fitted the neck from a short-scale bass ...[/quote] We do all realise this is a Kay KB-20, out of your Mum's Marshall-Ward catalogue, circa 1975, don't we? The seller only thinks it's hand-made because it beggars belief that a factory could manufacture something so utterly sh!t. J.

[quote name='tauzero' post='177979' date='Apr 16 2008, 03:57 PM']An interesting piece - looks as if it could be made something of.[/quote] Perhaps. Not a bass, though. Back to a semblance of reality - be quick & have a look at Matey-boy's Matsumoku copy, I found this in 2 seperate posts on RickResource - so it's probably being nuked from orbit as I type: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110243946968"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110243946968[/url] Funny - before a couple of weeks back, I'd never seen a checker-bound Mat copy. Wish mine was... :ph34r: J.

Outrageous. Everyone, but everyone, who has ever wielded a bass in the name of Rock owes the most massive debt to this man. And we are all in his shadow, no exceptions. Jon.

Just keepin' the dream alive: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-guitar-project-spares-repair_W0QQitemZ110243100083"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-guitar-project-...emZ110243100083[/url] J.