Annoying Twit Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 If that was local to me, I'd buy it at that price. Even though I don't need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Likewise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 We discussed Lincoln basses on here some years ago. Looks nice, but not worth £500 I think. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Rare-Bass-Guitar-/301211595720?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item46219c33c8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Ibanez Roadster 2 Jazz variant. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321427072497&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:3160"]http://cgi.ebay.co.u...ME:B:SS:GB:3160[/url] This is near to me. The same seller has some 1980s Hohners for sale. Edited June 11, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1402441840' post='2473655'] We discussed Lincoln basses on here some years ago. Looks nice, but not worth £500 I think. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Rare-Bass-Guitar-/301211595720?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item46219c33c8"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item46219c33c8[/url] [/quote] Very ambitious! Yep, these turn up with a few different names, (Asama's pretty common) and seem to be variations on a design made by Kawai, who I somehow pinned down as a manufacturer for Fernandes - who also had a version or two of this. Lincolns all seem to be in the UK, making his US brand claim as probable as his Matsumoku assertion. But - it's stripy, it MUST be a Matsumoku! Oh - and while we're on the subject of wildly ambitious pricing: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kapa-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Japan-/251555552366"]http://www.ebay.co.u...n-/251555552366[/url] I do like the offset position markers, but that aside unbranded & Jedson-branded versions of this don't tend to fetch more than £70 - £100 or so on a good day. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1402475938' post='2473815'] The same seller has some 1980s Hohners for sale. [/quote] The same seller has a 1980s Hohner he bought from me for £64 and listed starting at £150 on the day he got it! Cheeky git, but at least he took his own pics! J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Re: The Lincoln. I was starry eyed by the purty pictures and then gobsmacked by the price. I can't remember, but I thought these went in about the £150-160 range or thereabouts. I didn't actually read the listing properly and didn't notice all the misinformation. [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1402486572' post='2473998'] The same seller has a 1980s Hohner he bought from me for £64 and listed starting at £150 on the day he got it! Cheeky git, but at least he took his own pics! J [/quote] I'm following this seller, so see everything he puts up. He hasn't had that much luck selling. I think a MIJ Westone, though a less fancied Spectrum, went for £75 or something. So if he makes a bit of ££££ on a bass, that might balance things up a bit. Ibstock seems to be a poor location to sell basses from. If I remember correctly, that was where the MIJ Bass Collection five string that I came second in the bids for was, that sold for £115. There's a [url="http://www.theguitarworkshoponline.co.uk/"]proper guitar shop[/url] there though. Did you sell the Hohner on ebay? ... search search search ... I've found your ebay id and am now following you as a seller. Edited June 11, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Yep - sold the Hohner on Ebay, his listing is the 4th time it's been on this year. I made a couple of quid on the deal, but have done a fair bit of work to it to make it as nice as possible. I didn't buy it to flip, though, I thought it looked interesting & wondered if it was related to the Washburn Force series. Turned out to be an OK but not-fantastic copy. Anyway only sold it as part of my pre-house move clearout, along with a pretty but ratty Satellite LP copy that was my daughter's. Next on Ebay will probably be an MIJ J copy I bought late last year, interesting but the neck's not great. Decent stuff will go on BC, once push comes to shove... J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Scotland located reasonably priced Westone Thunder 1. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-Thunder-1-Bass-Guitar-Used-/281359224776?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4182510fc8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Can't believe he's asking £150 for that Hohner. There was one sold beginning of the month for £64. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/121347417252?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&clk_rvr_id=648657162201&afsrc=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 [quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1402524159' post='2474521'] Can't believe he's asking £150 for that Hohner. There was one sold beginning of the month for £64. [url="http://www.ebay.ca/itm/121347417252?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&clk_rvr_id=648657162201&afsrc=1"]http://www.ebay.ca/i...7162201&afsrc=1[/url] [/quote] http://basschat.co.uk/topic/7473-japcrap-spotting/page__view__findpost__p__2473998 Do try & keep up! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Do try & keep up! [/font][/color] I really must try harder. Sorry J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1402441840' post='2473655'] We discussed Lincoln basses on here some years ago. Looks nice, but not worth £500 I think. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Rare-Bass-Guitar-/301211595720?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item46219c33c8"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item46219c33c8[/url] [/quote] Blimey! Don't see many of them! I have one and it has a surprisingly deep, full tone. Nice to play - as with most of these shapes, a bit of a diver but nothing too extreme. Don't think I would have paid 500 sheets for it!! Ouch! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) We haven't seen one for a while, but a few of them turned up one moderately soon after another a couple of years ago. They look really nice and I note your comment about them having a surprisingly deep, full, tone. However, I've never seen a fretless one and unless I found something exceptional, my next bass will be a fretless when I have the ££££ budget. Edit: It'll be a few more months wait if I was to go for, e.g. a WestoneThunder fretless. In the meantime I have to resist the temptationn to fall into my standard trap of buying [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Infinity-6-String-Fretless-Bass-/171356627651?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27e5a6a2c3"]something that in the cold light of hindsight won't be the most suitable instrument for me.[/url] Edited June 12, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Jedson LP bass with bolt-on neck. Quite detailed list of what's wrong with it, which doesn't seem to add up to all that much. Except, what's that bolt on the heel of the neck? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/jedson-bass-/171360230376?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27e5dd9be8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1402942979' post='2478157'] Jedson LP bass with bolt-on neck. Quite detailed list of what's wrong with it, which doesn't seem to add up to all that much. Except, what's that bolt on the heel of the neck? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/jedson-bass-/171360230376?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27e5dd9be8 [/quote] It's a strap button probably to give it a better balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1402942979' post='2478157'] Jedson LP bass with bolt-on neck. Quite detailed list of what's wrong with it, which doesn't seem to add up to all that much. Except, what's that bolt on the heel of the neck? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/jedson-bass-/171360230376?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27e5dd9be8"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27e5dd9be8[/url] [/quote] Had one of these (identical but unbranded) when I was 16! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Possibly overpriced but very very nice Aria Pro II Fretless - not often I like a P copy! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Pro-ii-1978-vintage-fretless-bass-guitar-with-leather-bag-/291174113976?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43cb5462b8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) This might be from the wrong decade, but IMHO this Bass Collection SB310 is very reasonably priced if shipping is included. If it was fretless, it would be mine. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111389715134&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:3160"]http://cgi.ebay.co.u...ME:B:SS:GB:3160[/url] Edited June 24, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Bloody hell! That's a deal and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Saw that last night & was sorely tempted - pretty sure you could easily sort out the unsightly neck lacquer wear, if you wanted. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Seller is a BC member, same name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 [url=http://store.ishibashi.co.jp/ec/pro/disp/1/11-326647402]Pointy Greco with 4 J-type pickups on Ishibashi[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Shaftesbury Les Paul style bass. If I was less lazy I'd compare the shape to the Jedson posted a few posts further up, and therefore by implication to Jon's unbranded bass. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-SHAFTESBURY-LES-PAUL-TYPE-BASS-MIJ-JAPAN-70s-WORKING-RIPE-TO-RESTORE-/321442695774?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4ad77a4a5e Said to be 'ripe' to restore. But it looks OK to me, just old. Reasonable starting bid and reasonable postage means that it'll make its true value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1403640005' post='2484900'] Seller is a BC member, same name. [/quote] It was at this point that my memory finally started functioning: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/237501-cheap-but-worn-mij-bass-collection/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/237501-cheap-but-worn-mij-bass-collection[/url] Edited June 25, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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