basslowdown Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/P-bass-by-Kay-Guitars-MIJ-and-believed-to-be-1968-/190730721369?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c686fd859&_uhb=1#ht_596wt_1220"]http://www.ebay.co.u...1#ht_596wt_1220[/url] Can only think he's been inspired by Warwick angling the heads back!!! Taken to new levels of course and it's good to know that the age old art of 'honing' jack sockets is still alive and well. Alas, no pictures of Mr Phillips or his bright red van this time!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Oh dear he's changed his title again [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]Mark D Phillips....... (guitar converter and improver)[/size][/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 'Fender' tuners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4lve Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 (edited) [b] Item specifics[/b] non functional attic state?: No, repaired and set up to gig standard Edited September 27, 2012 by V4lve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydentaku Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 solid sh*t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Dear Lord...... he makes a point of how vintage it is ( 1968) then sticks on brand new elephant ears tuners and one at a jaunty angle to boot. 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. The only surprise, given his total lack of awareness around what he does and says about the instruments he " works" on, is that he didn't boast about the naffness of it! P.S. The usual spurious guff about tone and action are omniprescent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I am now convinced that this poor man is mentally ill. If there are any doctors on here can someone please assist him in finding the help he needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) [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. Edited September 29, 2012 by noelk27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 [quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1348944044' post='1820055'] 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. [/quote] The bottom line is he used too large a footprint tuners on his "vintage bass" and consequently had to spin one around. This has, to use his own title " improved it". Still don't understand how he "honed" the jack socket, surely that would make it larger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 We should go round his house and shave his beard off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushers Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1348961695' post='1820252'] We should go round his house and shave his beard off. [/quote] give it a going over with a bastard file or rasp and list it on ebay for a tidy profit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 The headstock has an SX quality to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1348878837' post='1819516'] I am now convinced that this poor man is mentally ill. If there are any doctors on here can someone please assist him in finding the help he needs. [/quote] Ive resisted the temptation to comment on the various threads dedicated to this legend but Im actually inclined to agree with you. There is definatley something up with him! Hes definatley a fantasist who is in his own little delusioned world. He is at once entertainment, a disgrace and pathetic. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 What a pile of sh*t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 What a fkn mess that neck is and I'm convinced I see the work of Nitro-mors. He has clearly not reshaped the neck nor sanded it as there seems to be an unintentional V-profile to it. And as for the thumb-rest placement........ I love spotting his stuff, either on here or ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wriggers Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 The table has quite a good finish compared to the bass. I might put in a bid for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1967 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=3]"I wonder if it might have had a re fret somewhere down the decades as the quality of the fret wires is just so perfect"[/size][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=3]More likely that it was (and still is) an unplayable piece of crap - so one one did. [/size][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=3]Gotta love the break angle created by the string retainer.... [/size][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=3]I'm torn... I love the entertainment this guy provides... but it's a shame that innocent buyers can't be protected from such bollocks.[/size][/font] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 maybe if he had used the correct handed tuners he wouldnt have had that problem, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassPimp66 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I don't know what's the funniest, the pics and narrative (as usual) or the fact that the guy manages to sell his s**t . I wonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Looks like a stratocaster (copy) string tree too - nice 'hourglass' effect on the D and G strings on the headstock. Dafuq? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4lve Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) [quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1349212939' post='1823512'] maybe if he had used the correct handed tuners he wouldnt have had that problem, [/quote] Ha ha. You can see the vacant holes. "Doh! bought the wrong ones. Ah well, I'll just fit them the other way round, no one will notice ........pause...................Doh!" Edited October 3, 2012 by V4lve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I wonder if there's a valid compo claim there for having your left thumb mauled after a nice big slide down to the F? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Jesus wept! [quote] Dear mdphillips1956, Is there a specific reason why you tried to get left handed tuners to fit this bass or did you just fail to realise there was a difference when you bought them? - jean-luc-pickguard [/quote] [quote] Dear jean-luc-pickguard, Hi Jean, That is really astute to spot that; no they were bought from Ireland and maybe they don't differentiate there! Mind you all four go the same way so it quickly feels natural that way, which is much better than most double sided guitars that have two going one way and two the other. Thanks, Mark.............. - mdphillips1956 [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Water off a ducks back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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