Bassassin

Interesting. Is it a Japanese or Italian copy? The Italian ones seem more common. Jon.

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='131448' date='Jan 31 2008, 06:15 PM']...anything like [url="http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p101035/rbb-2-hb/"]this[/url]? It's set neck, not through neck though. They've got shedloads of basses on this site![/quote] That's not quite the same as the one they had before - it was pretty much a ringer for the Rick 4004, hardware-wise. That's still pretty nice, though!. PaulH - not sure about the P/J LP bass - but I'd be up for a Gibson Victory copy! Jon.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='131452' date='Jan 31 2008, 06:23 PM']Read very similar things on that American bass forum! What's the deal with Behringer, isn't it that the equipment is designed in Germany and made in China?[/quote] That's the case as far as I know - although "designed" is a bit charitable considering how "influenced" many of their products are. Anyway, as a confirmed cheapskate, I own one or two Behringer products and I have the BX3000 head, basically the same as the amp jonthebass is talking about, minus a testicle or two. It's basically an Ashdown MAG clone, right down to the sub-octave effect. It actually turns out that these were made in the same factory in China as the MAGs, with a lot of the same components. I suppose that's one of the advantages of making knock-offs of products which are manufactured outside the country... Anyway, I've had this for about 4 years, and it's a great sounding & versatile amp, and loud as f@ck, brilliant for the £120-odd I think it cost (can't remember!). It has developed a very intermittent cutting-out fault, but I'm pleased enough with it that I'll get it fixed, rather than consider replacing it. Jon.

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='131046' date='Jan 30 2008, 11:52 PM']One of [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peavey-T-40-T40-T-40-1978-bass-precision-made-VGC_W0QQitemZ190194485989QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]these[/url] is on t'bay again[/quote] The seller's website's linked from the listing - he's selling four other T-40s as well! I wondered where they'd all gone... [url="http://www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses.htm"]http://www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses.htm[/url] Jon.

Peter recently purchased a Hipshot Rick bridge from me - a most agreeable transaction & a top feller with great taste in basses. Jon.

Funny that he's only showing pics of the front of the guitar. If I was considering bidding on a guitar that started at a quarter of a million quid, I'd quite like a look at the headstock, the back, the neck, the electronics, the fretboard etc, etc, etc... Jon.

Interesting - only just noticed that the ones in the Swedish shop have correctly styled headstock & TRC, while the Ebay one doesn't. Wonder why that would be. I do like the way these have vintage-style (nearly) full-width inlays, they should've gone the whole hog & given them checker binding & a toaster pickup. I'd probably have gone & bought one if they did! J.

Here's a modern Shine copy - about as accurate as Rickalikes get these days - it even has Seymour Dunks & a bridge with proper intonation adjustment! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110219563355"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110219563355[/url] Funny listing - AFAIK Korean Ibanez are made by Cort & Epi by Samick, not Shine - or Saien, as the factory's called. Also these basses are not quite as rare as he thinks - especially in Sweden: [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] I really like that white one - although SEK5995 is about £470! Ouch! J.

[quote name='jono b' post='130308' date='Jan 29 2008, 09:44 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/60s-Japanese-Apollo-Hollow-Body-Bass-NICE_W0QQitemZ280196618990QQihZ018QQcategoryZ118984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Apollo Semi[/url][/quote] I'd [i]love[/i] to know who made these. One of my first basses was a LP shaped thing from the same place as this - it had the same wooden bridge, tailpiece, big split-diamond inlay, shield-shape neckplate. The pups on this will be really beefy humbuckers, in pressed metal surrounds. My bass had no identifying marks or brand - just "Made In Japan" on the neckplate. No idea who made it. J.

Good stuff! If you do decide to part with the see-thru Axl, give me a shout! I have a P project in mind that would be great with a transparent body... Jon.

Sunday night roundup - quite a few, some of them are even interesting! Let's do the Kay P bass copies first, shall we? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110217245951"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110217245951[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330207692836"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=330207692836[/url] Westy Thundahs: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160202289401"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160202289401[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150210586005"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150210586005[/url] Hofner copies: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300194265956"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=300194265956[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290201996904"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=290201996904[/url] A couple of Matsumokus, an Aria Cardinal: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230216767652"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230216767652[/url] And a Westone Concord: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310017653447"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=310017653447[/url] A very white Washboard B20 with a Kahler w@nk bar: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140202439812"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140202439812[/url] Ibanez Musician MC924 - no reserve & nondescript listing, bargain? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200195440343"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200195440343[/url] Ibanez Axstar headless weirdo: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200193352709"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200193352709[/url] Antoria P bass hybrid - looks like an old (small tuners, r/wood board) Antoria/Fujigen neck on a Hammerited P body - the 6-bolt neck plate leads me to suspect it's another Kay under the paint: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230216442400"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230216442400[/url] Nice looking through-neck/brass hardware Cort, Korean, probably branded Kay, no postage: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120216053300"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120216053300[/url] And not at all Oriental, but a curiosity all the same, a Jolana Diamant LP bass, from Czechoslovakia: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330207675934"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=330207675934[/url] Happy JapCrapping J.

[quote name='barneythedog' post='128945' date='Jan 27 2008, 09:57 PM']If you do decide to turn it for a "small" profit let me know [/quote] Oi - I spotted it - I get first refusal if Sean decides to move it on! The rest of you can bugger off & wait your turn! J.

Him: [quote]Dude i have told you now actualy pay atention to this i swaped an alto sax for it 3 yers back it was up for sale at £1300 all bar one of the pics you have asked for the peices in them are exactly the same thats why i havent senjt you them BECAUSE YOU ARE A WAIST OF MY TIME![/quote] Me: [quote]You might want to accept the possibility that you were ripped off. I'm offering to help you, not 'waist' your time. I doubt you'll find Rickenbacker's lawyers quite so willing to help. But it's your choice, obviously.[/quote] I think I'll leave it at that. On his head be it. J.

I've asked a couple of times for some pics, and he's just blanked me. I'm still rattling his cage in a constructive way: [quote]Hi - I've asked a couple of times for some photos that could identify whether or not this bass is a genuine Rickenbacker. Personally, I think it's a 70s Japanese copy, but the pictures I asked for in my previous communications would clear this up once and for all. If this bass does turn out to be a copy, you could potentially find yourself in a lot of trouble for passing it off as the real thing - Rickenbacker International Corp are very aggressive in protecting their trademarks, and will take legal action against vendors of counterfeit goods - and that's as well as any action a buyer might take. If you know these instruments well, it's very easy to tell the difference between a copy & the real thing. The copies themselves are collectable, and will fetch a good price. I'd suggest that you confirm whether or not this bass is a Rickenbacker, and if it's not, re-list it as a copy.[/quote] If that doesn't work I'll set the RickResource wolfpack on him! J

[quote name='Sean' post='128514' date='Jan 27 2008, 01:29 AM']Cheers for the heads up on that one, Jon. I've just bought it. £95 + £15 for shipping? It has to be worth a look. It's worth double that all day long with a decent listing and nice photos.[/quote]My thoughts exactly - my first thought was to buy & resell - but I'm such a sucker for a nice bass I know I'd just have ended up keeping the bloody thing! Anyway, great score, & I'm just chuffed it went to a BCer rather than an Ebay dealer. Make sure you post some piccies when it turns up. J.

Give me a slap for not knowing my JapCrap - but I don't think this is one of the re-issues. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-ATK-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ320212269313"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-ATK-Bass-Guit...emZ320212269313[/url] I'm so tempted to just pull the trigger on this - but I don't, [i]really[/i] don't, need another bass. One of you lot can go get it. Now. Jon

[quote name='ARGH' post='127895' date='Jan 25 2008, 05:35 PM']Come and watch me in 6 months time... SERIOUSLY. I WILL SLAUGHTER!!! \m/[/quote] That's the point, though, isn't it? I daresay there are any number of exciting players, with bags of attitude on here - trouble is, we care about our playing & performance, we want to be the best we can be - and modern, high-profile & marketed music is [b]not[/b] a meritocracy. Jon.

I do like that - I'd quite like a bass in the LP/singlecut style, I don't have anything like that at the moment. Bit new - and expensive - for the likes of me though - I'd prefer [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/catalogs/78_pb1500_slick/78_pb1500_slick.jpg.html"]this[/url], or even [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fujigen-Greco-Lespaul-custom-Bass-LGP-90_W0QQitemZ300193411129"]this.[/url] Jon.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='127384' date='Jan 24 2008, 10:39 PM']Seeing as tis thread is just never going to go away I've pinned it as it seems remarkably popular...[/quote] Good plan, Bob. I somehow don't think JapCrap's going anywhere in a hurry, either. J.