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They go to music-outlet-shop on ebay.

Apparently, some dude in Belfast has one. He's on Fucbook.

I want my old one back.

Hadn't been on there for a while so spent a bit of time on there this morning. Firstly, I noticed a lot of Fodera/Smith copies, more than I can ever recall, but also Alembic ones. This one caught my eye but I was alarmed by the state of the top veneer (and also that of the rear headstock), which looks like heavily stained burl maple. Also, no description of what the active circuit actually does. Then there's this Fodera-style Yin-Yang with its mis-matched 3-piece body with finish blemishes and stain leaching from the tip of the dark Yin section. Next, this Smith-style. Doesn't look to shabby but no control knobs(?), no explanation of the circuit and the appalling way the harness and battery clip just hanging loose. And check the baseball-bat depth of that neck! Finally, this little 'Ray copy. Looks ok, nice flame maple cap. Somebody took the chance and got a bass with no suspension springs and damage to the scratchplate. I've bought three necks off Ali and they have been good. But when it comes to a guitar or bass, I'd save my coin.

Sadly terminal.😉

Started in '72, mate.

First time I ever saw one would have been around 1975 in the window of the British Gas showroom in Edinburgh. Actually, there was a music shop - McLarens(?) - on the upper floor and they must have had an arrangement to display some stock in the street-level window. The Ripper had a cherryburst finish and I can remember the body looked huge compared to, say, a Fender. It lasted two weeks in there until one night the window got done in and the bass stolen.

'Tis the season to be jolly....😎

Fella here is selling something ripperesque.....

Is that the Peavey Quad 4 he's playing?

Aye, but that burst is severe. It reminds me of those Winfield guitars I used to see in Woolie's as a kid. And I thought they were shite.

Aahhh, what a doofus. I only saw the partial description on the ebay app. My bad. There are two others in amongst all that bric-a-brac. The centre laminates seem well made but the hardware looks like its just been eyeballed.

Do tell!

Blatant Ritter Roya Rip-off!

Initially, it was the ramp that caught my eye. But then I looked further and thought this might be a Squier VM with a reshaped headstock. Don't think it's that either as the black in the 'burst is too severe and looks more like the kit one sees on AliExpress. Anyone know of this builder? Custom Build

Someone's had a go at their Ma's old kitchen table. Love the seemingly random placement of the mono-rails and the G is still well off! And the A string isn't even in its nut slot! As for the fret-job.....🤨 Bass

I thought, when I saw them.....

Barts are way too dark for a Jazz IMO.

This clip epitomises JF for me: wild, funky, rocky. And Will Lee looks totally out of place up there. Chillis on Letterman

I followed the ones on MyLes Paul. Hankie J got some fkn stick! Did you read the Joe Bonamassa melt-down?

I would 'phone them up and politely tell them you've changed your mind. You are being used

Any luck, Bigwan?

Do you still have contact deets for this fella? Did the bass look like the OP's? Minus the Kahler and extra switches, of course.

That's where I bought mine in '79. There were a bunch of them, around eight, including two guitars. There was even a B100 that had a 6-band graphic built into it. I paid c£600 for that bass back then, on HP. My first major bass purchase.

Hang on....this seller is also selling what appears to be envelopes addressed to inmates in Scottish prisons. Surely this is illegal?