stingrayfan Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 "Morris Hurricane" bass. Nope, me neither. Apparently "rare vintage" [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260414182113&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ME:B:SS:GB:1123[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 couldnt care less about its history, i like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Morris as in Rose Morris, of Shaftesbury fame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='494505' date='May 21 2009, 05:41 PM']Morris as in Rose Morris, of Shaftesbury fame?[/quote] Morris as in house-brand of [url="http://www.kiwi-us.com/~mmi/"]Moridaira Musical Instruments[/url]. Pretty acoustics & distribution these days, but back in the day Morris/Moridaira gave the world some pretty decent JapCrap, although I don't think the Hurricane brand was their top stuff. This looks like an OK late 70s/early 80s P copy, the guy says it was a project & I'm guessing that involved fitting the Dimarzio pup, which doesn't exactly fit the scratchplate. Plainly the project didn't extend to realigning the bridge. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='495303' date='May 22 2009, 04:08 PM']Morris as in house-brand of [url="http://www.kiwi-us.com/~mmi/"]Moridaira Musical Instruments[/url]. Pretty acoustics & distribution these days, but back in the day Morris/Moridaira gave the world some pretty decent JapCrap, although I don't think the Hurricane brand was their top stuff. This looks like an OK late 70s/early 80s P copy, the guy says it was a project & I'm guessing that involved fitting the Dimarzio pup, which doesn't exactly fit the scratchplate. Plainly the project didn't extend to realigning the bridge. Jon.[/quote] I recall an advert for an Hurricane guitar (in Guitar Player mag circa '84) - their tagline was `Watch out Kramer, the Hurricane is here'! That bass looks good and bad at the same time! Good quality Tokai style machine heads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='495303' date='May 22 2009, 04:08 PM']Morris as in house-brand of [url="http://www.kiwi-us.com/~mmi/"]Moridaira Musical Instruments[/url]. Pretty acoustics & distribution these days, but back in the day Morris/Moridaira gave the world some pretty decent JapCrap, although I don't think the Hurricane brand was their top stuff. This looks like an OK late 70s/early 80s P copy, the guy says it was a project & I'm guessing that involved fitting the Dimarzio pup, which doesn't exactly fit the scratchplate. Plainly the project didn't extend to realigning the bridge. Jon.[/quote] I emailed the guy about the Dimarzio pups, and he said he didn't know anything about them. I got the impression he didn't install them, not too sure what the guy did to the bass as he said it was a restoration project! All seems a bit fishy to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Quite likely it's not really a DiMarzio, then, loads of Jap basses & guitars from this era used pups with cream covers & hex poles and this is quite likely just what came on the bass. Doesn't mean it's a crap pickup, though, the Ibanez Blazers & Roadsters from this era have no-name Japanese DiMarzio copies which sound great. These are probably Maxons or Gotohs, and there's every chance this is the same. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Is anyone on here having a bid on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I'm sitting this one out - too many projects (most of them P's for some reason) too little time... J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Up to £50 plus £20 P+P so I'm out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='497399' date='May 25 2009, 05:22 PM']Up to £50 plus £20 P+P so I'm out [/quote] Me too, may get a bit silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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