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Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting


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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1089819' date='Jan 14 2011, 08:38 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-Ibanez-Roadster-Bass-VINTAGE-/120671862647?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c189a7f77"]Ibanez Roadster restoration project.[/url][/quote]

I quite fancy that. I think the starting price is bloody stupid though.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1094526' date='Jan 18 2011, 09:57 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SG-STYLE-BASS-GUITAR-HARDCASE-MIJ-JEDSON-/110637757061?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c2863285"]Odd looking SG bass[/url][/quote]

I'm old enough to remember when Jedson were considered sh*te. The daft Telecaster shaped bass was a hideous thing to play IMO.
This guy also has a Kay HideousBacker, which I'll be watching. If it doesn't go stupid, I will have a punt just to get the machine heads.
Karl.

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[quote name='karlfer' post='1094747' date='Jan 19 2011, 05:15 AM']I'm old enough to remember when Jedson were considered sh*te. The daft Telecaster shaped bass was a hideous thing to play IMO.
This guy also has a Kay HideousBacker, which I'll be watching. If it doesn't go stupid, I will have a punt just to get the machine heads.
Karl.[/quote]
Early Jedsons, like the one you mention, were cheap & nasty but the later & higher-end ones were decent quality. There are Jedson geeks who will pay a fortune for the Matsumoku-built Les Paul copies, the "proper" Telecaster clones & some of the acoustics.

This bass was sold branded as Jedson & a few other names but most were unbranded. They're pretty well-made as it happens & I'd quite like one to match my guitar version of the same thing!

J.

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[quote name='Bassassin' post='1095013' date='Jan 19 2011, 12:28 PM']Early Jedsons, like the one you mention, were cheap & nasty but the later & higher-end ones were decent quality. There are Jedson geeks who will pay a fortune for the Matsumoku-built Les Paul copies, the "proper" Telecaster clones & some of the acoustics.

This bass was sold branded as Jedson & a few other names but most were unbranded. They're pretty well-made as it happens & I'd quite like one to match my guitar version of the same thing!

J.[/quote]

OK, sloping back to the corner I should be in :) .
Please tell me I'm right with Kay HideousBacker though?
Karl.

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[quote name='karlfer' post='1095985' date='Jan 20 2011, 09:06 AM']OK, sloping back to the corner I should be in :) .
Please tell me I'm right with Kay HideousBacker though?
Karl.[/quote]
You're quite right that the Jedson Tele things (made by Guyatone) were horrid!

And that Kay? Taiwanese garbage, not even fit for firewood. And that includes the tuners! :)

J.

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[quote name='Jerry_B' post='1096914' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:23 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SG-Kay-Teisco-1960s-Vintage-Japanese-Bass-WOW-/260721278263?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb432fd37"]SG Kay/Teisco[/url][/quote]
Kay, yes - Teisco/Japanese - no.

Taiwanese rubbish, personally I've never seen a confirmed MIJ Kay.

J.

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Columbus, accompanied by a full-on BS merchant:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-precision-Bass-1970s-/290525868491?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43a4b0f1cb"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-precision-B...=item43a4b0f1cb[/url]

[color="#0000FF"][i]I have had this for 30 or so years and it's been an absolute gem.. now i am refurbing the studio and need to have a clearout!
all electrics ok and plays as good as any fender precision i have played in the past.[/i][/color]

Really? 30 years? And you never noticed that it had two single-coil pickups and a 3-knob alloy control plate? :)

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Yes & he's fitted an [b]18"[/b] replacement speaker to his Bass Baby too!
Bloody hell - that must have taken some cabinet modification to fit that in, it's a good job though 'cos you can't see the joins.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1099122' date='Jan 22 2011, 10:10 PM']Columbus, accompanied by a full-on BS merchant:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-precision-Bass-1970s-/290525868491?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43a4b0f1cb"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-precision-B...=item43a4b0f1cb[/url]

[color="#0000FF"][i]I have had this for 30 or so years and it's been an absolute gem.. now i am refurbing the studio and need to have a clearout!
all electrics ok and plays as good as any fender precision i have played in the past.[/i][/color]

Really? 30 years? And you never noticed that it had two single-coil pickups and a 3-knob alloy control plate? :)[/quote]

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1100104' date='Jan 23 2011, 08:54 PM']Ibanez Roadster with hard case. And someone bid £1 on it :) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-Ibanez-Roadster-RS-924BS-bass-Alembic-preamp-/170594254836?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27b835bff4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-Ibanez-Roadster...=item27b835bff4[/url][/quote]

Was there a BIN on it?

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1100917' date='Jan 24 2011, 03:25 PM']I don't know. It was £1.20 when I first saw it.[/quote]

I thought it may have been one of those that had a silly low BIN and then someone starts bidding....

Having said that, I'm after this!

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There's a Westone Thunder III on eBay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220727014659&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]here[/url] finishing in 12 hrs, bidding currently at £165. I was having a little think about this myself but changed my mind. The Thunder IIIs have been going for around £350 just lately so it will be interesting to see where this ends up.

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[quote name='Paul S' post='1101826' date='Jan 25 2011, 10:27 AM']There's a Westone Thunder III on eBay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220727014659&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]here[/url] finishing in 12 hrs, bidding currently at £165. I was having a little think about this myself but changed my mind. The Thunder IIIs have been going for around £350 just lately so it will be interesting to see where this ends up.[/quote]

O wow.... :) :)

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I'd say this is worth about £350. I made an offer of considerably less, which was turned down within seconds. If anyone is thinking of buying it, hopefully my lowball offer may have prodded the seller a few millimetres towards reality.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260727468767"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260727468767[/url]

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