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Ah, bugger it - I must admit I did expect it to do a little better than it did! And the buyer is a local guy so I won't even make a couple of quid on postage! Well, you win some, you lose some. Stew - you should've made me an offer! The other Franconia is medium-scale, as far as I can tell - and to be quite honest [size=1][color="#FFA500"]they're a bit sh!t[/color][/size] - I'd keep an eye on that rather nice-looking Columbus (270192460249) & see if you can talk the seller into posting it. J.

Sounds like you want a Pickguardian replacement: [url="http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/RICBridgePUPlate.html"]http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/R...dgePUPlate.html[/url] Or just knock up your own out of a bit of 3mm acrylic & silver card, like wot I done on my Rickenbugger: I'd happily gig that Pink Thing - I look enough of a twat anyway. J.

That ten-string looks to be strung with very light strings, maybe a 4-string bass set & a set of guitar strings - I'm pretty sure the top 3 look unwound. Probably why it hasn't snapped in half. Wonder where you get guitar strings as long as that? And how is that pickup wired, that it needs 2x volume & 3x tone controls? J.

Never seen one of those before! Thanks for posting that - first pink Rickenfaker I've ever seen. And yes - I definitely would gig with it! And it just gets better - it's called the "Sw***y Spider"! Brilliant! (btw why the fark is the autocensor upset by that? What a silly bunt.) Doesn't bear much relation to the "real" thing beyond the body shape - but that's probably enough to get uncle John Hall twisting his gusset in outrage! J.

[quote name='Musky' post='97192' date='Dec 1 2007, 12:44 PM']Though to be fair to the seller, he's not actually selling it as an Ibanez.[/quote] I'd hazard a guess that's because one or two people have pointed out to him that it isn't one. I can't think of any "Lawsuit" era J copies (except possibly Tokai) with a rosewood board & dots - they all seemed to copy the late 60s/70s types with block inlays. Later MIJ copies - non-export ones, like Feranandes, Yamaha, Greco etc featured dot boards - but I [i]really[/i] doubt if this is one! J.

[quote name='markytbass' post='97133' date='Dec 1 2007, 10:46 AM']Ive just seen this on ebay, he says its a Japanese. An Ibanez Jazz copy. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JAPAN-JAZZ-BASS-DEAL_W0QQitemZ200180036655QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JAPAN-JAZZ-BASS-DEAL...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] Nothing about that suggests it's anything other than a generic cheapo J copy with a period-incorrect Ibanez transfer slapped on it. Worth bearing in mind, [b]no[/b] Ibanez copy had that style of logo, ever. J.

That seller has some absolutely bonkers stuff - this one's comparatively sane: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-LEFT-HANEDED-DOUBLE-NECK-HEADLESS-BASS-5-4-FRETLESS_W0QQitemZ190122088384"]http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-LEFT-HANEDED-DOUBL...emZ190122088384[/url] If it was right-handed, with a lined fretless 5 & fretted four, and had the fretless neck on top, I'd be interested! As it is, I guess I'll just have to build my own! Jon.

Just when it looked like this once-vivacious thread had flatlined - A Shaftesbury 360-shaped semi, made by Eko, demonstrating its unsuitability for hammering in fenceposts: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280179422808"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280179422808[/url] Not exactly sure what you're meant to do with the jack socket. J.

A whole bunch of Westones today. The ubiquitous Thunder 1 - this time, in red: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300178066800"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=300178066800[/url] A Speccy: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260188879129"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260188879129[/url] And a Concord: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160186341269"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160186341269[/url] A surprisingly nice looking Columbus Jazz: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270192460249"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270192460249[/url] And some more tomorrow, I'd imagine. J.

If it were me, I'd feel inclined to bodge it with a bit of a matchstick, or suchlike. It sounds like it only needs something inserted against the flat face for the grub screw to bite upon. Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='96436' date='Nov 29 2007, 11:29 PM']Well, my 1974 MapleGlo Fretless 4001 came from the Bay, and I was VERY happy to pay the eBay price - seeing as it was rather less than half the bass's true value.[/quote] Excellent - pics in the porn thread? Occasionally one slips through - I've had a few steals where either the listing stayed inexplicably invisible, or the person didn't know what they had. Don't know if anything amongst tonight's lot fits that description, though: Odd/wrecked P/J thing, attracting attention because the neck looks like it's from an early Ibby Blazer / Cimar Stinger. Appears to have had a refin in boot polish: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320188787471"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=320188787471[/url] Back for a quick & cynical attempt to cash in, that electrically gutted Westy Thunder IIA from last week: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260187748382"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260187748382[/url] A very nice '83 Ibby "Roastar" II series". Must be hot stuff. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320189061506"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=320189061506[/url] An unbranded Gibson Grabber copy - actually I don't think this is JapCrap - I think it's an Italian Melody. Either way, it's trashed & the chancer still wants £125 for it. And it's an Ibanez, despite the fact they never made one: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140185202554"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140185202554[/url] A somewhat more honest Vantage project - not sure what this is (but it ain't a Westone!), might be a VS-695. If the neck's straight & the frets are decent it might be worth a punt as a fixer-upper: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140184613775"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140184613775[/url] A tidy-looking but overpriced Satellite P clone: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280178788467"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280178788467[/url] And one for Bloodaxe - more pointy than a barrel full of porcupines, it's an Aria ProII ZZB Deluxe: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120190530565"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120190530565[/url] Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='96175' date='Nov 29 2007, 03:20 PM']Oh it happens from time to time ...[/quote] What've you done, Jack? You can tell me.... J.

Most of 'em are, though! I did mean to post it in there as well, forgot, and then it ran out... I think the Rickenfaker thread was better as a discussion of all things Rick-shaped & a bit shonky, rather than just being for Ebay listings - they're way too few & far between. Doubt if anyone on here would pay Ebay prices anyway. J.

And tonight we have: Blimey - it's a Rick copy! Where the hell did that come from? Japan, obviously. The little generic JapCrap tuners combined with through neck suggests a product from the Rokkoman/Maya concern. Yours for an eye-watering £445 or higher. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120187827708"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120187827708[/url] And a couple of EB-0 copies., one in bits, and the other to be kicked to bits if anyone's dumb enough to pay the £80 fine: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290186147497"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=290186147497[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140184268323"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140184268323[/url] And a nice (but a little spoiled) rarity for the Matsuholics among us - a Vantage VS or VP something-or-other (there's not much info out there), defretted, bridge changed (should be a Gibbo 3 point type) and it looks like the finish stripped. Still very lovely, and the seller assures us it's made of [i]actual wood[/i]! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200178207220"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200178207220[/url] Next, a rather delicious Ibanez MC924 Musician: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140184150915"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140184150915[/url] An early 80s Hondo H1015 original design - two parts EB-0 and one part P: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220177129548"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220177129548[/url] And here's a piece of history in a couple of different ways - a 60s Yamaha SB7A. I think this was once one of PaulC/Arrowhead's massive SBV collection, I think I remember him getting a vintage one with Jazz pups & tidying it up somewhat: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220177429661"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220177429661[/url] And finally, conspicuous by its absence over the last few days - a Wetone Thunder 1, only this time with a cunning difference - it's black. Making it a Thunder Jet, I believe. Don't know if the "hardcase" part of the item description means you better hadn't look at it funny or spill its pint: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110199292474"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110199292474[/url] J. Edit - what the [i]hell[/i] does this board do to your links when you edit a post?

[b]"CURSE YOU, RED BARON!!!"[/b] J.

Amazing how something so incredibly expensive can look so much like an occasional table with strings on. Jon.

Bit quiet on the Bay of Fleas for a Sunday night. Hang on - I'm sure I said that last week. A Maya Jazz - not exactly pristine, original, well-photographed or indeed described in any recognizable dialect: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330192725012"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=330192725012[/url] A Columbus "Base" - which looks identical to the Grant-branded horror with which I began my bassing life, back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth & Ronnie James Dio was in his 40s. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150187819990"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150187819990[/url] And well, I'm not exactly sure what this thing is, or was - but the optimism's kinda touching: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110198627546"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110198627546[/url] J.

Wot - no Mark King? JJ Burnel Peter Steele Tom Araya & I've done it meself in a couple of bands... Jon.

[quote name='grosa' post='94155' date='Nov 25 2007, 03:54 PM']fact what were they thinking with that headstock? otherwise i like it and the statue in the background[/quote] I particularly like the novelty stand the one on the front of the [url="http://www.laurus.it/"]manufacturer's website[/url] is displayed upon. I'd quite like one of those for each of my basses. J.

It's a later Hondo (post "lawsuit" headstock) & they'd improved quality a bit by the end of the70s, so it might be OK. Hondos are actually a very mixed bunch - most were Korean, and the early ones were pretty poor quality. Some later ones were Japanese, although it's hard to tell which without a hands-on look. The hardware's often junk, wherever they're from, although some of them did have US-made DiMarzios fitted. The Ebay one's quite pretty, nice looking neck & non-original scratchplate. As to whether it's a potential bargain, that depends whether his reserve is £40 - once you add £17 postage in, it's not exactly bargain-basement for this sort of thing, imo. If you're after a 70s MIJ P, keep an eye on the JapCrap thread, they come up quite often (a couple of times a week, usually) and they'll get posted on there if they get spotted. Jon.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='94037' date='Nov 25 2007, 08:58 AM']Remember that thread some time ago about artificially "distressing" a Jazz bass? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JAZZ-BASS-REPLICA_W0QQitemZ110197678142"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JAZZ-BASS-REPLICA_W0...emZ110197678142[/url] [/quote] Distressed? That must've scared 17 shades of sh!t out of it. J.

[quote name='Musky' post='94051' date='Nov 25 2007, 10:12 AM']That one's yours I take it then Jon?[/quote] Only for another 7 days, 7 hours & 47 minutes. I generally prefer not to pimp my Ebay junk on BC, but if you insist... Here's a link that should work: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120187555479"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120187555479[/url] I usually find deleting everything after the item number means the link works OK. J.

Not much tonight - but this is worth a mention: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170172728575"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170172728575[/url] Ibanez RS924 Roadster - I have one of these & it's a gorgeous (if somewhat hefty) thing. Can't help thinking the price is a tad on the hefty side, too - wonder if anyone 'll shell out £400 for it? Nah. BTW whoever's selling that Franconia's a know-all gobsh!te, ain't they? J.