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    RickenFakers

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Here's a bolt neck Ibby 2388 with an interesting Badass mod, over in the Land Of The Free:

    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230175149727"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230175149727[/url]

    J.

    1972 Fender Jazz!! 250!!

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    The "too good to be true" thing does happen - a week or two ago a 1977 Ibanez Les Paul Custom copy, left handed (incredibly rare) one owner from new, not played in 20+ years, original case - appeared on my local Gumtree for £50. These things will see the better side of £500 on Ebay these days.

    I missed it by about 5 minutes. :)

    Jon

    Feedback for five-string.co.uk

    in Feedback

    Posted

    Just purchased a cheap but delightful bass ("Flying" brand Warwick Fortress Flashback lookey-likey) from Five-string, AKA Greg. Very happy with the bass, the transaction, post charges, packing & delivery time.

    Buy from this gentleman with confidence! :)

    Jon.

    RickenFakers

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='dangerboy' post='65407' date='Sep 25 2007, 04:01 PM']Guaranteed not be pulled[/quote]

    Sadly not true, Dangerboy - if Rickenbacker became aware of it, BC would get threats of legal action. I [i]think[/i] they might ask you nicely to take it away.

    J.

    RickenFakers

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='warwickhunt' post='63728' date='Sep 21 2007, 06:09 PM']How long till this gets pulled? He even says 'NOT Rickenbacker' in the title. Now that is a quick way for the Rik Police to get on your case!

    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-NOT-RICKENBACKER_W0QQitemZ250167630686QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-NOT-RICKENBAC...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote]

    Last time I noticed this listing it had about an hour and a half left to run & had reached £450. Now it's pulled.

    The same thing happened to one last week - looks like a new tactic to rub the seller's nose in it. What lovely people. :)

    J.

    Electra Ric Copy SOLD PENDING...

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    Nice - this is a Fujigen Gakki bass, same as the early Ibanez Rick copies, apart from the more individual finish. I know a guy in the US who collects Electra copies & he has at least one the same as this, so I'm 99.9% sure it is an Electra. Very unusual to see one over here - Electras were never officially imported into the UK.

    Don't think it's a Rick bridge, unfortunately - yours has chrome saddles, they're always unplated alloy on the real deal. The other way to tell is the holes the strings pass through behind the saddles - they're oval on real ones, round on copies. Irrelevant, really - the copy bridges are functionally identical - and actually seem a lot less prone to bending under string tension (the dreaded "tail-lift") than the real thing!

    Jon.

    Nice bit of 'Jap Crap'

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [quote name='nick' post='64455' date='Sep 23 2007, 07:29 PM']Yes that's mine. A lovely guitar, but running out of space. Plus, I'm a bassplayer.
    I understood that [i]Kasuga manufactured guitars for Tokai[/i] as well as other suppliers(?)
    That is according to several sources including vintageguitar.com, & even the Tokai forum.[/quote]

    Yes - they did - some Tokai branded guitars were built by Kasuga, in the Kasuga factory. This is plainly quantifiably different - but all's fair in love, war & Fleabay! :huh: :huh:

    And I take it you're a happy boy with the final price? :)

    J.

    Nice bit of 'Jap Crap'

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [quote name='nick' post='64424' date='Sep 23 2007, 05:31 PM']That's quite true actually. That Rick copy did go quite cheap, considering prices seen in the past months for similar basses.
    You could have ended up with a matching pair of Kasugas there!

    Talking of which my Kasuga ES-175 ends today, though I'm not too unhappy with it's current price...[/quote]

    That Rickalike wasn't a Kasuga - everything about it (apart from the dual rods) says Matsumoku to me.

    Blimey - didn't know that was your ES-175! Not a bad price atm, still time for some eleventh-hour Ebay madness.

    And you do know that Kasugas [i]weren't[/i] made in the Tokai factory, don't you? :)

    J.

    Which Rush songs to listen to??

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='bnt' post='64317' date='Sep 23 2007, 12:02 PM']In my experience, you can roughly generalise Rush fans in to two categories: those who think Rush stopped doing anything worthwhile in 1981 (with [i]Exit Stage Left[/i]), and those who think they've been doing good stuff all along...[/quote]

    That's so very true - I'd put myself firmly in the latter camp too - although I've always felt their output was incredibly uneven - the fact they've always experimented stylistically means they miss the mark a lot, to my ears. However, their moments of brilliance are transcendent, and outweigh everything that doesn't quite work.

    I think [i]Snakes & Arrows[/i] is generally excellent - the best work they've done in many years, by a long way, and the tour setlist is great from a fan's perspective - lots of new material & lots of stuff they've seldom played live before. Very confident & forward-looking for a band that's been around for 33 years.

    Your comments about the TNMS forum are spot on. It's largely populated by middle-aged (hark at me! :) ) heavy rock fans with the same taste & attitude now that they probably had when they were at school. They felt betrayed the first time Rush experimented with a reggae feel (that little break in [i]Spirit Of Radio[/i], probably :huh:) and it's all been downhill from there...

    J.

    The Armoury Show / Russell Webb

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    That's an Aria Pro II PB-1500 our Russ is playing. :)

    Fine player, he was. The Armoury Show were one of the great "should have been" bands from the 80s, for me. I saw them once, at the old Town & Country Club (now Kentish Town Forum) - if I remember right, he played that Aria Pro & a Status. The [i]Waiting For The Floods[/i] album (the only album The Armoury Show made) is great - although the production sounds horribly squeaky & overprocessed these days!

    Webb was in The Skids prior to TAS - he played on [i]The Absolute Game[/i] and [i]Joy[/i]. He wasn't involved in the recent Skids 30th anniversary reunion thing - in fact I think I remember reading somewhere that he's involved in videogame design these days.

    John McGeoch's death was tragic - such an inventive & original player.

    Jon.

    Aria STB-GT5 Precision/MM hybrid

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted · Edited by Bassassin

    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140159458511"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140159458511[/url]

    The Aria STB-GTs attracted a bit of GAS & drool back in the BW days, and I snagged a 4-string version of this bass a few months back.

    The pics on the listing really don't do it justice, they really are gorgeous - bookmatched flamed top, bound body, maple board & pearl block inlays. Decent hardware & an active circuit too.

    I think list is about £250 - £300 for this.

    I'm half-tempted myself, but for the fact I have no use for another 5er!

    Jon.

    Which Rush songs to listen to??

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Bassassin

    Let me be the first to say - you lucky, lucky barsteward! :huh: Some of us had to [b]pay[/b] for our tickets!! :)

    Anyway, as Rush play a marathon 3-hour set on this tour (not bad for old codgers in their 50s) I thought it would be an idea to post the entire set list that they've being playing to date:

    [i]The black bars are spoiler tags, for the sake of anyone who doesn't want to see the setlist before the gig - click & drag to highlight them & you'll be able to read the text.[/i]

    [spoiler]Set 1:

    Video Intro

    01. Limelight
    02. Digital Man
    03. Entre Nous
    04. Mission
    05. Freewill
    06. The Main Monkey Business
    07. The Larger Bowl
    08. Secret Touch
    09. Circumstances
    10. Between The Wheels
    11. Dreamline

    Intermission

    Set 2:

    Video Intro

    12. Far Cry
    13. Workin' Them Angels
    14. Armor And Sword
    15. Spindrift
    16. The Way The Wind Blows
    17. Subdivisions
    18. Natural Science
    19. Witch Hunt
    20. Malignant Narcissism
    21. Drum Solo
    22. Hope
    23. Summertime Blues [i]or[/i] Distant Early Warning
    24. The Spirit Of Radio
    25. Tom Sawyer

    Encore:

    26. One Little Victory
    27. A Passage to Bangkok
    28. YYZ[/spoiler]

    So, you've got a bit of homework to do! :huh:

    And when you get to meet old Bignose, give him the address of this place & suggest he pops 'round!

    Jon.

    Ibanez 2369 Precision Special

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    Glad to hear it, Jack. :)

    I [i]would[/i] believe a flamed board - my Ibanez P copy has a gorgeous fretboard & marvellous neck.

    Shame the pups don't pass muster, but they're not original anyway, so in my view it just gives you free rein to put whatever you want in to it!

    So - any chance of some good pics (the listing ones were terrible!) and if you ever decide to move it on, bags first refusal! :huh:

    Jon.

    RickenFakers

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='warwickhunt' post='63728' date='Sep 21 2007, 06:09 PM']How long till this gets pulled? He even says 'NOT Rickenbacker' in the title. Now that is a quick way for the Rik Police to get on your case!

    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-NOT-RICKENBACKER_W0QQitemZ250167630686QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBANEZ-NOT-RICKENBAC...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote]

    And for once it is an Ibby - a 2388DX, if I'm not mistaken.

    Really don't like the look of the big cracks between the through-neck & body wings visible on the back. These are notorious for having an action you could barrel-roll an Airbus A380 under - and that ain't going to help.

    J.

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