Soloshchenko

Lovely bass you have there. The tone of these things is huge.

I stripped and refinished one a few years back. The body wasnt made of solid wood and most of the hardware was cheap. I'd say the squire or mim jazzes are definitely better options.

Oh. My. God.

I've only ever played the low end models in shops but I've always been impressed by them every time. Im not sure why they are so uncommon but i I guess it's simply down to the fact these do a similar job to the more popular fender models

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1365675378' post='2042611'] You can see the attraction for copycat makers, make your own Korean bass and sell it for what its worth £99, or copy a respected brand with a poor immitation and get £500. But who pays £500 for a copy. If you are going to kid yourself and stand on stage and kid everyone else, £500 buys a Fender. Ricks are expensive, pick one up and you will soon see why. [/quote] I've owned quite a few fakers, ranging from the sublime to the awful. Having owned a gorgeous CMI bought for 350 quid I can testify some fakers are absolutely amazing. My band mates were absolutely blown away by the sound of the thing. I actually can't remember why I sold it!

I took a wander down Denmark street in central London while on a trip there yesterday. Plenty of lovely rockinbetters knocking about for the £400-500 mark.

[quote name='ash' timestamp='1357056823' post='1916875'] It's a bit steep for a plywood job though isn't it? Good luck to him though if it doesn't get spotted by the Rickenwaffe. [/quote] Did you ever do anything with the Hondo project I sold you in Preston mate?

I've been thinking of putting together a guitar exclusively for slide playing but didn't want it to cost a fortune. I set myself a budget of 50-60 quid and wanted to create a workhorse strat that wouldn't take much or time or effort to put together. At the same time I wanted it to be "giggable" quality. I found this on the basschat ebay section after much (quite justified) guffawing at the finish. The bloke was selling it as a "textured custom finish". Yeah right! I thought it looked like someone had eaten too many sweets. Anyway, it was 11 quid and came with all the annoying bits I couldn't be bothered buying like a scratchplate and volume/tone knobs. Bargain. When I got it,it was worse than first imagined. The botch job finish was THICK and uneven and just generally very horrible indeed. It took some serious sanding work but I was encouraged by some nice looking grain underneath. I bagged a very nice Squier neck (with decent machine heads) for 16 quid. While sanding this purple/pink crap off I managed to score a Fender Tex Mex neck pickupfor 11 quid and a weird hotrails style thing from a decent looking strat copy whose name currently escapes me. Finished and really pleased with the results. I went for a tung oil finish on the body. I'm still tweaking the set up but the sound is fantastic. The blade pickup isn't as aggressive as it looks and actually has a lovely smooth sound. Certainly sounds more than 50 quid worth of guitar anyway!

I love cheap projects. That looks awesome mate, like an expensive bass.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1347189596' post='1797770'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Guitar-/150896776545?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2322261561"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2322261561[/url] [/quote] Looks nice and his ad is well worded but a nine day auction? He'll be lucky!