Paul_C

having just had a nose through The Fender Bass book, it does look like a Precision Bass Plus Deluxe, except: the headstock logo doesn't look right (it looks more sci-fi in the book) and should have a serial number - right number of frets though (22) the tuners don't look right (both of which might just be that it's an earlier/later version than the one in the book) the bridge is missing the fine tuners (but is otherwise right) the pickups should be Lace Sensors and not EMGs

[quote name='nick' post='678190' date='Dec 8 2009, 05:08 PM']Aaah...don't do it!! Just out of interest & possibly a daft question; why did you have so many of them?[/quote] mostly because it was fun I bought the first one because I liked the shape, then a second one (yellow) to play in BEAD, then it all went a bit crazy. . I was trying to get one of every model and in all the colours before I realised just how many that meant (27) though eventually I settled on just trying to get one each of the four colours the vintage models (SB-2A SB-5A and SB-7A) came in. With that in mind the total came to 19, and I got to 16 before realising it was a bit mad - the failed attempt to buy an SB-2A from a Japanese shop was not the only long-distance discussion I had. One day someone pointed out that if I sold each one for £200 then it would come to £4K, and that did make me think So I sold them all off, but I have bought the pale blue one back since then (now defretted).

[quote name='nick' post='678066' date='Dec 8 2009, 03:53 PM']No worries mate - no harm done. I know I'm no photographer & the camera I have isn't the best in the World. Did think about taking some pics from the web & putting them up, but to be honest I sometimes feel that when sellers do that, they may actually have something to hide too. At least my bass exists, sh*te photos or otherwise! Wish I hadn't seen Paul_C's lovely photos other SBVs now, starting to regret selling this already - kind of inverse GAS(!?) Oh well....[/quote] they do look even better when there's more than one, that's for sure

[quote name='BigRedX' post='677748' date='Dec 8 2009, 12:07 PM']Argh!! GAS Thanks... I think?[/quote] You'll have to keep googling and see if one turns up at Ishibashi, etc. - I tried to buy a 60s SB from a shop in Japan and they refused to sell me it, even when I offered to pay them their price, the shipping, plus another £50 !

[quote name='BigRedX' post='677569' date='Dec 8 2009, 09:53 AM']Thanks! Is there any difference between that and the other P-J config SVBs other than the colour and fingerboard binding? Also I wonder why Miki Furukawa got a signature model when the other high profile user - Fumi from Polysics didn't? As I said in the other thread, if there was a 5-string version, I'd probably own one.[/quote] IIRC the pickups were different, along with all the hardware etc. There was a 5 string, only 50 made though, and I've only ever seen the following pics of it: a signature bass for a band called Terry (Takeshi Terauchi) and the Blue Jeans

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='677362' date='Dec 7 2009, 11:40 PM']Great tune, does anyone have a definitive way on how to pronounce her name, I always seem to run out of vowels?[/quote] "Named Michelle Lynn Johnson at birth, Ndegeocello has had numerous name changes. She adopted the surname Ndegeocello, which means "free like a bird". Meshell Ndegeocello is pronounced Mee-shell N-deh-gay-o-chel-o"

[quote name='pete.young' post='677203' date='Dec 7 2009, 09:07 PM']I think this is a very fine-looking and rather special guitar. The guitarseholes (thank you whoever came up with that gem) on MusicRadar have no idea.[/quote] can't you get a new one for £499 though ? *runs away*

it is an occasional source of amusement to think that if someone owns an SB/SBV that isn't one of the three colours sold in the UK, then there's a good chance it was once owned by me, as I bought most of those in from Japan or the US.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='677341' date='Dec 7 2009, 11:15 PM']Fantastic! Which one's the Miki Furukawa sig?[/quote] that was the most expensive iirc, at £500ish before shipping and duties

[quote name='pete.young' post='677199' date='Dec 7 2009, 09:05 PM']Like? I seem to recall you had about 14 of them, including the lovely Miki Furokawa sig. I had a blue SBV500 for a while, they're decent sounding well-made and unusual basses and this one looks as though it will go for next to nothing.[/quote] I had 16

[quote name='solo4652' post='677022' date='Dec 7 2009, 07:12 PM']Hi, I'm in the market for a silent-jack neutrik instrument lead. I've spotted on on the 'net which comes with this warning: "Please note: The signal will not be muted with active electric bass guitars which have a tip-ring-sleeve tap to activate the power supply." Errrr, what? I have a Stingray and a G&L Tribute, both of which are active. I'm not sure whether this lead will work with these basses. Can anybody enlighten me, please? Steve[/quote] it's telling you that the silent bit won't work with an active bass, and you have two active basses - what's not to to understand ? there is a switchable Planet Waves jack that works - [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=3892"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=3892[/url]

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I'd be surprised if it was particularly rare though, yellow was one of the three colours sold in the UK

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='676258' date='Dec 6 2009, 10:45 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-SBV500-SBV-500-Samurai-Bass-Reissue-Rare_W0QQitemZ160385140213QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2557b305f5"]Not sure if I like it or not.[/url][/quote] I like them . . .

[quote name='Major-Minor' post='675715' date='Dec 6 2009, 02:22 PM']That's brilliant ! Thanks so much for that SteveO. ♮𝄞♭𝄐𝄫𝄡𝄇♯ɰɣβ I had no idea these things were so readily available on my Mac. The Major☟☛➲➤⬆⇪⇲↷↷♬♪௹[/quote] bear in mind that not all of those show up on a PC

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Allparts stock them.

[quote name='orangepeelneil' post='674398' date='Dec 4 2009, 06:02 PM'][size=3]Hello everyone, Got some old bass tuners/machine heads that may be of use to someone:- -Three unused big clover leaf tuners with ferrules (no screws) - Two Japanese bass tuners with four odd covers (no screws or ferrules) Free to anyone , Couple of pounds via PayPal to cover postage. Cheers Neil [/size][/quote] I'll take them if no-one else is desperate to have them