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[quote name='Kongo' timestamp='1354405360' post='1885721']Do any of the classic body BB's come with 24 frets?[/quote] Yes, BB-X24 (introduced at the same time as the 3000), as did the 1300.

Have suspended selling outside Japan at certain times, but still sell/ship internationally [url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/eng/howtoorder.html"]http://www.ishibashi...howtoorder.html[/url] Edit: Also worth noting the minimum order amount (Y50,000) is circa £380, and that the minimum excludes shipping charges.

Agree with Mr BRX, that unless what you're looking at isn't available in the UK/Europe then buying from Japan doesn't make economic sense these days. Back in 06/07 £1 would get you around Y250, these days it gets around Y130. It means that the used Yamaha BB1024 (priced at Y73,143, minus Japanese Sales Tax, which works out around £550/£560), including shipping, duties and VAT, works out around £830/£840. You can buy a new example here for around £700, and even the full list price is circa £890.

It's as if you've clicked the "navigate this site" button, instead of browsing the full-fat version.

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1352369652' post='1862174']Why turn a seven string into a six string?[/quote] He'll be converting five-string basses into four-strings next.

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1352332418' post='1861980']'Blademan_98' No photo no sale..... MB1. I'll second that emotion![/quote] Not like you to miss an 80s pun, Martin. "I'll second that emoticon" maybe? As for the OP's question: A stock photo tells me nothing about condition. If the seller won't, or can't, supply recent photos then I've no interest in their listing.

[quote name='mickthebass' timestamp='1352310837' post='1861483'][color=#000000]Talk about fake rickies[/color][/quote] Fake? There's a massive difference between Shine building a bass influenced by/borrowing from the styling of Rickenbacker and an individual pass off instrument "A" as instrument "B". In the first instance it is for Rickenbacker to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the relevant courts that it holds appropriate design protections in its designs in its own, and worldwide territories; and, the second, a matter for the criminal investigatory authorities, as passing off is a crime. It would also be wise of you to familiarise yourself with the laws of verbal injury/libel, as your comments could be regarded as defamatory of Shine.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1352115180' post='1858797']And claim he's set the locks in such a way the tuners still work.[/quote] Mostly as the string is sitting in the equivalent of the Mariana Trench. He's a muppet.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1351635811' post='1853652']i was wondering [/quote] Me also!

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1352110280' post='1858698']I think the story could well be true, it could also have been a practice board for a new sprayer (As stated in previous response), that was assembled and played later on, could be anything really.[/quote] Late 80s I saw something like this when I was in the States. It was a 60s era Telecaster. Didn't have as many colours - from memory, yellow/gold, blue, green, red. The story I was told was that it was a test/practice piece. Bodies/parts that had been rejected for some quality control issue were used.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1351796825' post='1855599']As a guide, this one was up for sale on this forum last year for £150 - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/135150-ibanez-rs940-sold/"]http://basschat.co.u...nez-rs940-sold/[/url][/quote] That example has a few issues. Prices more usually £300 to £400 for good examples, with original case.

[quote name='Si600' timestamp='1351774771' post='1855189'][W]onder what he'll do if he ever gets a guitar with a locking nut on it?[/quote] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trev-Wilkinson-classic-electric-USA-style-solid-guitar-variant-/190695956293?_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&si=P0pLGTFaCE7rySQ6p4vhidOEeCw%3D&orig_cvip=true

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1351343933' post='1850341']this says mahogany, I guess judas wood is facings. [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/anniversary/expansion.php?cat_id=34&now=3"]http://www.ibanez.co...cat_id=34&now=3[/url][/quote] Should click on the link being quoted - thought you were talking about the APII Cardinal.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1351331336' post='1850121'][B]ody wood on that model I would expect from memory to be mahogany.[/quote] Ash. Were all either ash or ash/alder sandwich.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1349362667' post='1825325']Yes I think you're right about the original series being made in Taiwan.[/quote] No, the original TRB models were all made in Japan. The first to appear was the TRBS. Officially first manufactured in '89, pre-production examples from '88 exist. The first TRB5 was developed in '90. This used the pickup design (P/J configuration) from the RBX series, paired with the original TRB circuit. The rest of the TRB story is pretty much covered elsewhere.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1350241461' post='1836268']Contrary to what some people think , it's not the case that Alan Spenner played on all the records and Gary Tibbs just played the live shows ; after he joined the band Gary played on a good proportion of the recorded work .[/quote] Alan Spenner and Neil Jason were the main bassists with Roxy Mk II (Manifesto, Flesh + Blood, and Avalon). Gary Tibbs played on either two or three studio tracks featured on Mk II albums. (Two versions of the Manifesto album exist, featuring different recordings of two tracks, so whether it's two or three depends on which version of that album you've been listening to all these years.) When you take into account Ferry played bass on one Mk II track, it's hard to argue Tibbs studio input was anything other than minimal. Tibbs main role was live performance. As for the tracks "Manifesto" and "Same Old Scene", both lines were played by Spenner.

[quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1349213963' post='1823530']All the steel and the nickel comes from ArcelorMittal.[/quote] While the number of metals/alloys manufacturers supplying wire manufacturers supplying musical string manufacturers is a short one, it's certainly longer than one. Nippon Steel/Shinnittetsu certainly supply specialist wire manufacturers in Japan. Seems likely that a few of the other 90 plus metals/alloys manufacturers will also be doing so.

"As with almost all the Japanese copies made in the sixties and seventies the body is laminated not a single piece of wood." Usual ill-informed b*ll*cks.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1348869774' post='1819465']I bet he was hacked off to find they would'nt all fit in a line so "trusting to his own beliefs and instincts" he bodged a fix.[/quote] It's not that the tuners wouldn't all have fitted in line, it's that the edge of the baseplate would have gone beyond the edge of the headstock, leaving the fixing hole on the very edge of the wood, if not over the edge. It's the classic mistake.

Buy a G&L Tribute L2000 and have the set.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1348393303' post='1812962'][W]hen you have the new string in the bridge & threaded onto the post at the other end; pull the string hand taught over the 12th fret & aim to get around 14cms between the string & the fingerboard. Put a slight kink in the string at the peg (to show you that correct point in case it slips) & start winding. Sounds a bit of a rigmarole but it works for most, you may have to adjust the "15cm" bit depending on the string gauge, machine post thickness, etc.[/quote] Sounds like a lot of hassle. For a standard post (Fender design) measure 4" passed the post, bend the string, then clip behind bend. For a mini post measure 3" passed the post, bend, clip.