Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting

[King Tut]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='84792' date='Nov 7 2007, 10:14 AM']No personal experience, but they have a good reputation. The Fenix brand was built by Young Chang in Korea, alongside some very similar Squiers they were building for Fender. Understandably, Fender got a bit pissed by this & shut down the Fenix brand, which I guess makes them latter day "lawsuit" instruments. As a result, they can fetch some not bad prices on Ebay, and by all accounts are pretty decent instruments.

Edit: A couple of Fenixes on t'Bay at the mo:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fenix-Precision-Style-Bass-Guitar-Maple-Neck_W0QQitemZ180175371966"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fenix-Precision-Styl...emZ180175371966"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fenix-Precision-Styl...emZ180175371966[/url][/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fenix-bass-jazz-copy_W0QQitemZ140176464179QQihZ004"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fenix-bass-jazz-copy...6464179QQihZ004"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fenix-bass-jazz-copy...6464179QQihZ004[/url][/url]


King Tut - sounds like a good score on the Asama (which according to one website, means "Fat Bottom" in Japanese! ) & looking forward to seeing some pics.

J.[/quote]

Here's the pics.....









Looks quite unique to me - some nice maple on the neck with a bit of birdseye in places - whaddya reckon peeps!!

Col

[Bassassin]

Blimey - never seen one of those before! Looks lovely - especially for £65. Nice one.

It does bear a little resemblance to a thing called a Quest Manhattan. These were Matsumokus, Quest being a sub-brand of Vantage. They had a similar Rick-ish top horn & the same sort of offset body - but realistically, the resemblance is likely coincidental. There are some pics here:

[url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/vantage/catalogs/atak-manhattan/pg5.html"]http://www.matsumoku.org/models/vantage/ca...hattan/pg5.html[/url]

Anyway, does it have any identifying marks/numbers/words, other than the name? It might be possible to determine a manufacturer, or its age.

Doctor_of_the_bass - really glad someone on here snapped that up - it took an effort of will for me not to bid, even though i'm the world's worst fretless player! Looking forward to some nice pics of that one (& its white fretted counterpart!) in Bass Porn.

Anyway - to business. A few more for your edification:

A somewhat modded Ibanez Roadstar RB630, tidy looking de-fret, runs out at 10am tomorrow & still at £60. Although the price is being held down somewhat by the utterly ludicrous £30 postage. Will they never learn?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170164774017"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=170164774017[/url]

A surprisingly similar (in some ways, at least) de-fretted Roadstar RB630. Bids starting at £250 and an undisclosed reserve. Will they never learn?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110189004249"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110189004249[/url]

Another nice old Matsumoku - an Aria Pro Laser Heritage. At least I assume that's what's under all that mess. Nice to see sellers make an [i]effort[/i], innit?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220169558323"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=220169558323[/url]

And next a few P copies, starting with a Maya:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230188596021"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230188596021[/url]

A Satellite which won't get any bids:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280170418088"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280170418088[/url]

A Kay ten-ton plank of death:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160177868564"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160177868564[/url]

Some Jazzes: here's a rarity - A Daion Jazz copy, sunburst/maple/black blocks, missing a scratchplate. Currently at a paltry £50.
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110190019515"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110190019515[/url]

A Satellite, with a Firepower pickup. Whatever that is:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320179199398"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=320179199398[/url]

And finally (probably shouldn't post it here, but wtf) for the first time in ages - a Rick copy, with a massive identity crisis:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300169558939"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=300169558939[/url]

More soon.

J.

[King Tut]

Nope - no identifying marks at all except for the logo. Nothing in the neck pocket/on the neck butt, nothing in the control cavity, the only place i haven't looked is under the pickups. Also, no serial number.

I'm prob gonna gig her on saturday night so i'll let you know how she cuts it live!

BTW, just ordered a new bridge and machines from Thomann to bring her up to the 21st century - the G tuner is pretty horrible, and the bridge is functional but v rusty and pitted.

Col

Edited November 8, 2007 by King Tut

[nick]

Nice looking Alembic-like Kawai here. Shipping seems cheap(?)

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Kawai-FIIB-Bass-Guitar-Zebrawood-Alembic-Copy_W0QQitemZ150179680149QQihZ005QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Kawai-FIIB-B...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Item 150179680149

[doctor_of_the_bass]

...anyone remember these? I had a fretted model but moved it on! Very good build quality!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-short-scale-thru-neck-Japanese-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ270185136852QQihZ017QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-short-scale...1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-short-scale...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]</a>

Mine was certainly a long scale bass - hard to tell from these shots but it actually looks like a long scale job! Perhaps its slightly detuned, hence lighter tension on the strings.


and this!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDO-II-VINTAGE-LAWSUIT-PRECISION-P-BASS_W0QQitemZ180178191210QQihZ008QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDO-II-VINTAGE-LAW...1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDO-II-VINTAGE-LAW...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]</a>

Looks as though the scratchplate may have been changed at some point - ?

Hows about this then! Looks like a DiMarzio p/up

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Vintage-Bass-CORT-Guitar-PROJECT-69-00_W0QQitemZ140177213589QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Vintage-Bass-CO...1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Vintage-Bass-CO...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]</a>

Another `orbital' bass! I always wanted one of these when I was around 10 years old as it looked like a Fender!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GUITAR-BASS-HAVE-A-LOOK_W0QQitemZ280171368573QQihZ018QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GUITAR-BASS-HAVE-A-L...1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GUITAR-BASS-HAVE-A-L...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/url]

They're coming thick and fast...

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electric-bass-guitar-avon-rose-morris_W0QQitemZ140176955264QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electric-bass-guitar...1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electric-bass-guitar...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/url]


Cheers


Nick

Edited November 9, 2007 by doctor_of_the_bass

[Bassassin]

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='85749' date='Nov 9 2007, 12:24 AM']...anyone remember these? I had a fretted model but moved it on! Very good build quality!

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-short-scale-thru-neck-Japanese-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ270185136852QQihZ017QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-short-scale...1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-short-scale...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/url]

Mine was certainly a long scale bass - hard to tell from these shots but it actually looks like a long scale job! Perhaps its slightly detuned, hence lighter tension on the strings.

Nick[/quote]
Good spot - certainly looks full-scale to me - the bridge would be further forward otherwise.

I remember these from back in the day - 1980, these appeared, and they cost a mere £99 in my local music shop. At the time it was quite amazing that such well-made & good looking instruments would be branded "Satellite"!

The price is why we can be absolutely certain they weren't Matsumokus, or anything else Japanese. Mats of an equivalent build cost about 3 times that amount back then - the Japanese builders were moving out of the cheapo market, and those instruments were starting to be predominantly sourced from the Korean factories. Top of the pile in Korea was Cort - and I'm 99% sure that's what this is.

And speaking of Cort, here's a slightly less salubrious product from the same era - this is similar to their early "X-Guitar" model - an X-Bass perhaps, easily identified buy the pretend through-neck transfer on the body:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140177213589"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140177213589[/url]

Considering the condition, it's ridiculously overpriced - I wouldn't pay more than about £25 for something that would need as much work as that. The proper neck-through version of this often appears branded as Kay in the UK (another nightmare brand trying to go upmarket ) - in fact I have one on the slab, down in the lab right at the moment...

Keeping it Korean, here's another horrorshow brand aiming for higher things - a mid-80s Hondo original design, coming on like a cross between an EB-0 and a P:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190171886502"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=190171886502[/url]

J.

[Bassassin]

Not much to report today, but this might get someone's GAS juices trickling (can I have salad with my metaphors, please? Thanks.) if they don't mind a bit of a project - a slightly abused & worse for wear Westone Thunder IIA:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230190306997"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230190306997[/url]

The original bridge has been (badly) replaced with a cheap & rusty Fender type, and just glancing at the state of the electronics fills me with deep horror - but if the rest of it's good & it doesn't go for much (the crap listing should help here) it might scrub up nice with a bit of fiddling.

And from the same seller - an Avon brand P copy - which appears to have a bloody great split up the body - which the seller sums up thus: [quote]I mean there is nothing wrong with guitr just been used which is understandable I guess[/quote] Used for battering in fence posts, I guess:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ230190310149"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bass-Guitar_...emZ230190310149[/url]

A pity because late Avons like this were pretty decent quality, I think low-end Fujigen Gakki, judging from the similarities to Cimars.


[quote name='King Tut' post='85369' date='Nov 8 2007, 12:03 PM']BTW, just ordered a new bridge and machines from Thomann to bring her up to the 21st century - the G tuner is pretty horrible, and the bridge is functional but v rusty and pitted.

Col[/quote]

What are you thinking of doing with the old bits? I'll take 'em off your hands, for a modest but negotiable consideration - I can always use vintage JapCrap odds & sods for my various projects & Frankensteins.

J.

[beerdragon]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='86719' date='Nov 11 2007, 12:22 AM']and from the same seller - an Avon brand P copy - which appears to have a bloody great split up the body - which the seller sums up thus: Used for battering in fence posts, I guess:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ230190310149"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bass-Guitar_...emZ230190310149"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bass-Guitar_...emZ230190310149[/url][/url]

A pity because late Avons like this were pretty decent quality, I think low-end Fujigen Gakki, judging from the similarities to Cimars.

.[/quote]
you never know, he could be a Clash fan.

[url="http://imageshack.us"][/url]

[King Tut]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='86719' date='Nov 11 2007, 12:22 AM']What are you thinking of doing with the old bits? I'll take 'em off your hands, for a modest but negotiable consideration - I can always use vintage JapCrap odds & sods for my various projects & Frankensteins.

J.[/quote]

Jon - I think I'll keep the bits - you never know when that allen screw or bush will come in handy!

I gigged the Asama tonight and it was very nice. i used it in a classic rock trio, and it sounds very throaty, like a precision but more bottomy with less mid. New strings on a maple board made for some real nice clanking.

I intend to put a sound clip on, when I get the time.

Col

[Bassassin]

[quote name='King Tut' post='86748' date='Nov 11 2007, 02:07 AM']Jon - I think I'll keep the bits - you never know when that allen screw or bush will come in handy!

I gigged the Asama tonight and it was very nice. i used it in a classic rock trio, and it sounds very throaty, like a precision but more bottomy with less mid. New strings on a maple board made for some real nice clanking.

I intend to put a sound clip on, when I get the time.

Col[/quote]
The bass sounds like a fantastic score for what you paid - I'm really quite jealous!

Quite right about the parts - you can never have too many spares.

J.

[Bassassin]

Evenin' all.

And for tonight's update we bring you not one, not two, but yes - count 'em - [b]three[/b] Westone Thunder 1's!

First - the ludicrously overpriced:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200173225595"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200173225595[/url]

And the £75 start, reserve, no post:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260181842739"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260181842739[/url]

And the one that will sell - sensible £10 start, no reserve, £12 postage:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120182976899"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120182976899[/url]

Moving along, a Jazz copy, branded Avon. Possibly an early Fujigen, I once had a Cimar branded one, identical, apart from the pickups & badge:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250186793371"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=250186793371[/url]

And keeping it Jazzy, that Ibanez comedy cowboy bass, the Black Eagle, is back for another go. These are stupendously rare, but this one's constant presence on Ebay does suggest that happily, taste is still a factor:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230191382523"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230191382523[/url]

And finally, flinging taste bodily through a 20th storey plate glass window, while pausing only to chainsaw a passing priest & deflower a virgin or two, the delightfully restrained & demure Aria Pro ZZB Custom:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280172585724"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280172585724[/url]

I want that Aria.

J.

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='87689' date='Nov 13 2007, 01:06 AM']Evenin' all.

And finally, flinging taste bodily through a 20th storey plate glass window, while pausing only to chainsaw a passing priest & deflower a virgin or two, the delightfully restrained & demure Aria Pro ZZB Custom:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280172585724"][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280172585724"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280172585724[/url][/url]

I want that Aria.

J.[/quote]

Typical!

I've just shelled out a wadload getting mine from the US & now this fetches up!

%&$^%$%($%!

Go on Jon - you know you ought to...

The lowdown on these... (well, mine anyway)

Bridge - Weird. No screw adjusters, but a pair of grub screws that clamp the saddles against the frame. Intonation is set by hand & then you clamp the lot up. Fine tuners work really well.

Neck - As slim as a slim Jazz but only a 32" scale - very, very fast. String spacing quite Fenderesque.

Balance - Superb - not a trace of neck dive, although it does want to flop forward - I keep mine penned in by draping the strap over the face of the top wing. Works well sat down.

Weight - Not a lot.

Sound - Aggressive to say the least. I have to wind the tone right back to bring it into line with my tastes. Wide open I think it could give a Rick a run for its money!

Downsides - It's bloody long! 52" from tip to tip & there's a lot of space behind the bridge which tends to shift the neck over to the left giving you the feeling you're playing a 36" scale or more (the SB series do this as well). Finding a stand is a pain (I eventually sourced a "Dixon" brand stand in Macari's for £18), & a gigbag seems to be a custom only option (although I'm still looking). Oh, & it needs a very long strap.

I'll watch this one with interest, should go up a bit with that paint job & its original branded hard case. The last one I saw on the 'bay was a caseless standard ZZB in turquoise 'burst that topped out at a mere £140, so maybe it won't.

Pete.

[nick]

Satellite Jazz copy:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LATE-60-s-70-s-SATELITE-JAZZ-BASS-ELECTRIC-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ200173618505QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LATE-60-s-70-s-SATEL...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Item 200173618505

[Bassassin]

[quote name='nick' post='88111' date='Nov 13 2007, 10:00 PM']Satellite Jazz copy:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LATE-60-s-70-s-SATELITE-JAZZ-BASS-ELECTRIC-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ200173618505QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LATE-60-s-70-s-SATEL...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Item 200173618505[/quote]

Notice the way the seller tells us that the Satellite logo's rubbed off. Like it was a bad thing.

Bloodaxe - wish I could go for the ZZB - but I really have a lot of clearing out to do! Also there would be the little matter of having to stomach the fact that the seller would be screwing £25 profit out of me on postage. Ouch.

J

[Bloodaxe]

And now for some international weirdness...

A [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-the-Rail-fretless-headless-Matsumoku-80s_W0QQitemZ320181161881QQihZ011QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Fretless Westone Rail[/url]

Can't for the life of me see why these never caught on.

[Happy Jack]

I may just have to mosey over that there Atlantic Ocean and place a bid on the Westone Rail.

If anyone else is thinking of bidding, I suggest we exchange PMs first so that we don't bid up the price artificially.

[Bassassin]

Not much.

Another Westy Thunder One - really, these are so common, they should just give 'em away & be done with it. I'll have one. I suppose it shows how good/durable they are, that there's so many still in circulation:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250188137540"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=250188137540[/url]

Epiphone ET-280, Matsumoku, 1974-ish:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320182811278"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=320182811278[/url]

And an unidentified (crap pics) Rickencopy - on an inevitably short-lived listing:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150183675535"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150183675535[/url]

And if there's anything else out there - I missed it.

J.

[stewblack]

There's something about that Epiphone... wish he hadn't balanced it on the wall to photograph like that though!

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='88397' date='Nov 14 2007, 01:40 PM']I may just have to mosey over that there Atlantic Ocean and place a bid on the Westone Rail.[/quote]

Outbid ... but not by much. Probably just as well.

[neepheid]

[quote name='stewblack' post='89222' date='Nov 16 2007, 07:35 AM']There's something about that Epiphone... wish he hadn't balanced it on the wall to photograph like that though![/quote]

Yeah, I'm just thinking that I would slap someone silly if they put any of my babies down on top of a brick/concrete block wall. Mmm, abrasive. Christ, was there nowhere better? Couldn't you have found a towel or something to lay down first?

I want to rescue it like it's an abused animal.

[stewblack]

[quote name='neepheid' post='89267' date='Nov 16 2007, 12:17 PM']Yeah, I'm just thinking that I would slap someone silly if they put any of my babies down on top of a brick/concrete block wall. Mmm, abrasive. Christ, was there nowhere better? Couldn't you have found a towel or something to lay down first?

I want to rescue it like it's an abused animal.[/quote]
Glad it wasn't just me that cringed!

[nick]

Nice looking unidentified T-Bird
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-bass-guitar-a-gibson-T-Bird-copy_W0QQitemZ270188295687QQihZ017QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fretless-bass-guitar...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

And a couple of Columbus'
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-1970s-Bass-Made-In-Japan_W0QQitemZ170169966056QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-1970s-Bass-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ160181525515QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-Jazz-Bass_W...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Edited November 18, 2007 by nick

[Bassassin]

A couple of Westones, both in hard cases & very short lisings:

A Spectrum, with a highly inappropriate jazz ashtray slapped on it. Have some people got [i]no[/i] aesthetic sensibilities?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTONE-SPECTRUM-ST-BASS-4-STRING-1980s-JAPANESE-MADE_W0QQitemZ320184086433"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTONE-SPECTRUM-ST-...emZ320184086433[/url]

And - [i]another[/i] Thunder I! Hasn't everybody already got one? Lovely bit of wood, though.
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTONE-THUNDER-1-BASS-GUITAR-WITH-HARD-CASE-VGC-LOOK_W0QQitemZ290182376473"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTONE-THUNDER-1-BA...emZ290182376473[/url]

More later, I expect...

J.

[Bassassin]

It's now later, so here's a few more.

A couple of southpaws, a Hondo P:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200175276950"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200175276950[/url]

And a Westone Thunder 1. No,[i] really[/i]
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260184089210"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=260184089210[/url]

Edit: [i]three[/i] lefties - another Westone, this time a Speccy:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ270188551239"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-bass-guitar_...emZ270188551239[/url]

And the T-bird copy Nick posted presumably got pulled for having an unambiguous listing - so now it's relisted so nobody has a fecking clue what it is. Except us lot, of course:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270188516192"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270188516192[/url]

That's actually quite interesting. The serial number's consistent with Fujigen Gakki's numbering - which would make it a '77. However, I've no idea what it might be - never seen a factory fretless before, and the bridge & pickups - plus the pickup positioning - are quite different to the Fujigen T-Birds I've seen.

Moving on - if my band's guitarist had his way, he'd have me playing something like this:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130175582713"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=130175582713[/url]

Prog behemoth or what?

Jon.

Edited November 19, 2007 by Bassassin

[nick]

And the T-bird copy Nick posted presumably got pulled for having an unambiguous listing - so now it's relisted so nobody has a fecking clue what it is. Except us lot, of course:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270188516192"]<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270188516192" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=270188516192[/url]</a>

That's actually quite interesting. The serial number's consistent with Fujigen Gakki's numbering - which would make it a '77. However, I've no idea what it might be - never seen a factory fretless before, and the bridge & pickups - plus the pickup positioning - are quite different to the Fujigen T-Birds I've seen.



Prog behemoth or what?

Jon.
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The T-Bird has been knocking around for quite a while in my local free ads paper. Seller's been after £300. Would be interested myself if it was cheaper & fretted - unfortunately have no need for a fretless.
Nice looking bass though, & as you say 'interesting'