William James Easton Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1970s-COLUMBUS-SG-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ370084282012QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20080907?IMSfp=TL080907128002r26363"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1970s-COLUMB...907128002r26363[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Probably best re-posted on the JapCrap sticky. As to the bass, it looks all original (apart from the ghastly finger rest, which is at least in keeping with the nonsense that used to go on) and the vendor has superb feedback. What was your concern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William James Easton Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 no concern just thought it would look nice on my bedroom wall!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 [quote name='Rusty Shackleford' post='279723' date='Sep 8 2008, 02:23 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1970s-COLUMBUS-SG-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ370084282012QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20080907?IMSfp=TL080907128002r26363"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-1970s-COLUMB...907128002r26363[/url][/quote] Leave well alone, too risky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Looks tidy enough to me. Don't expect to nail it for £25, though! Bear in mind the bridges on these are awful - have a look at the string height in the 3rd pic, I'd be prepared to bet that's down to the crap bridge & probably non - height-adjustable mudbucker. If you lower the bridges on these by much, the strings tend to foul the front edge of the plate, so getting a playable action is a balancing act between bridge height & shimming the neck pocket. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find a slack truss rod & a neck like a banana, too - not an issue if the rod's in good working order. It's probably possible to make it play OK, I'd expect to find a decent fret job on this, & going on the general condition (for a 35 year-old plank) I wouldn't expect much fret wear. The "unplayable straight out of the box" setup will have discouraged its various owners over the past 3 decades, which will have helped keep it in good nick. In case you hadn't guessed already, I've owned one such as this. Some folks might be interested to know it was probably (along with other Columbii) made by Maya/Rokkomann. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I picked one up off eBay for about £100 and it wasn't in as good nick as the one you are looking at. It plays OK though, I was just curious to try a short scale bass, all the epi ones seemed to be going for slightly high prices. This is what I got: As ever Jon (Bassassin) was a fountain of common sense and useful info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 One thing I'll add in favour of those basses is that at least they labelled the controls! Why manufacturers are so reluctant to put a V or T on knobs is quite beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_the_bassist Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 It's 5mins away from my gaff so I'll save £15 on postage...definately if I were you I would leave well alone! It'd look much better on [i]my[/i] wall next to my rickenfaker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='279883' date='Sep 8 2008, 06:12 PM']One thing I'll add in favour of those basses is that at least they labelled the controls! Why manufacturers are so reluctant to put a V or T on knobs is quite beyond me.[/quote] Short term memory problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Too many basses - and the controls do different things on each of 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='282326' date='Sep 12 2008, 08:37 AM']Too many basses - and the controls do different things on each of 'em. [/quote] ha ha I see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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