Bassassin Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name='chaypup' post='1155284' date='Mar 9 2011, 01:29 PM']Thanks Jon, fixed it now. By the way, It has the "Steel Adjustable Neck" plate that you mentioned.[/quote] Yep - that's a Matski alright - very close relative of the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=57034"]Epiphone ET280[/url], in fact the same bass with a different headstock & paintjob. These were also sold under the Aria brand, and they date to the early 70s. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1154906' date='Mar 9 2011, 08:35 AM']Tino, do you not feel that your eBay listing should mention that this is a shortscale bass?[/quote] It will in a minute..... However I think it likely that the winner will be the lad thats been looked and has placed his bids...he knows what it is... A Few minutes Passed and it was done... Tell me how many guitars do you see where the scale length is in the text.FEW.......I guess I just take it that a buyer either knows or does their homework... T Edited March 9, 2011 by tino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_B Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/52/75431452.html"]Westone Spectrum ST[/url] [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/32/75202132.html"]Tokai Fender Jazz[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name='tino' post='1155589' date='Mar 9 2011, 05:04 PM']Tell me how many guitars do you see where the scale length is in the text.FEW.......I guess I just take it that a buyer either knows or does their homework... T[/quote] Fair point but most basses are 34" - 30-inchers are uncommon (ooer missus etc) and it's sometimes not immediately obvious from pics. With a bass like yours it's a specific uncommon feature & worth a mention. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1155632' date='Mar 9 2011, 05:44 PM']Fair point but most basses are 34" - 30-inchers are uncommon (ooer missus etc) and it's sometimes not immediately obvious from pics. With a bass like yours it's a specific uncommon feature & worth a mention. J.[/quote] Cos I spend most of the time conversing with ones good self,I naturally assume everyone else knows everything also ITS ADDED AND IN LARGE PRINT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Antoria lefty Precision. Not sure where this was made. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Left-Handed-Bass-Guitar-ANTORIA-/260746743804?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb5b78ffc"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Left-Handed-Bass-Gui...=item3cb5b78ffc[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name='tino' post='1155589' date='Mar 9 2011, 05:04 PM']It will in a minute..... However I think it likely that the winner will be the lad thats been looked and has placed his bids...he knows what it is... A Few minutes Passed and it was done... Tell me how many guitars do you see where the scale length is in the text.FEW.......I guess I just take it that a buyer either knows or does their homework... T[/quote] You've sold many guitars then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 For future reference, the [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200582728172&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]LP Triumph copy[/url] finished on £240, with no signs of subterfuge. [attachment=74398:Triumph_copy1.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 look what i picked up yesterday, complete with the most evil bridge man has ever made cimar jazz bass 1908ash model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 hmm only half my card details there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_B Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Tasty - although you may want to take down the photo with your wallet in it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='LukeFRC' post='1156363' date='Mar 10 2011, 10:53 AM']look what i picked up yesterday, complete with the most evil bridge man has ever made cimar jazz bass 1908ash model.[/quote] How is it? My first guitar was a Cimar (still have most of it lying about here somewhere awaiting a revamp ) it was ropey at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Jerry_B' post='1156366' date='Mar 10 2011, 10:54 AM']Tasty - although you may want to take down the photo with your wallet in it... [/quote] done! and it is surprisingly good. I bought it in the end as it was funt to play, the neck is good. it has flats on at the moment and does the old school thumpy flats sound really well. surprisingly well really. it put rounds on it soon and see what its like. needs new bridge and tuners i think Edited March 10, 2011 by LukeFRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_B Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Needs a nice white or black pickguard too perhaps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='LukeFRC' post='1156363' date='Mar 10 2011, 10:53 AM']look what i picked up yesterday, complete with the most evil bridge man has ever made cimar jazz bass 1908 ash model.[/quote] Much as I liked the 1908 Cimars, they'd improved a lot by 1912. They could have been great if World War One hadn't started ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Good score Luke, that will scrub up nicely. It's identical to the one I had apart from the finish: [attachment=74442:fullF.jpg] [quote]Much as I liked the 1908 Cimars, they'd improved a lot by 1912. They could have been great if World War One hadn't started ...[/quote] Most people tend to assume that the years between the start of the Great War & the end of the Second World War actually brought about the demise of Cimar. The truth is that while they never regained the prestige of the pre-war era, the company continued - as a Workers' Co-operative, in the hands of a small but passionately dedicated team of craftsmen & militant Trotskyites. [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/anniversary/14/6.jpg"]It's widely accepted that they reached the peak of their output by the mid 1960s.[/url] J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) [quote name='LukeFRC' post='1156363' date='Mar 10 2011, 10:53 AM']look what i picked up yesterday, complete with the most evil bridge man has ever made cimar jazz bass 1908ash model.[/quote] Nice score. I had a 1908 too, up until a short while ago. They're nice jazz basses. Swapped the bridge on mine out for one of those no-name high mass ones & changed the pickups for some cheap Seymour Duncan designed JB-1's from a Squier VMJ, which were an improvement. Have a love/hate thing for jazz basses, so sold it to a German guy for a good price, though wish I still had it sometimes - it was a cracking bass! [attachment=74464:Jazzm_008.JPG] [attachment=74465:Jazzm_007.JPG] Edited March 10, 2011 by nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tino Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='nick' post='1155876' date='Mar 9 2011, 09:28 PM']You've sold many guitars then? [/quote] Somewhere between 1 and infinity Unfortunately MrsT has decided my studio AKA the loft will double up very nicely to provide a larger sleeping area with ensuite,I would rather she kipped in the shed though Anywayguitars. after much deliberation we are agreed I can keep a maximum of 20 ..... Ive opted for 2012 a number she fails to comprehend or recognise,wont someone please tell her this is an actual recognised number and not me being greedy Shes even started on my amps to and half of them live in a lock up.................WILL IT EVER END Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1156646' date='Mar 10 2011, 02:13 PM']Good score Luke, that will scrub up nicely. It's identical to the one I had apart from the finish: [attachment=74442:fullF.jpg] Most people tend to assume that the years between the start of the Great War & the end of the Second World War actually brought about the demise of Cimar. The truth is that while they never regained the prestige of the pre-war era, the company continued - as a Workers' Co-operative, in the hands of a small but passionately dedicated team of craftsmen & militant Trotskyites. [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/anniversary/14/6.jpg"]It's widely accepted that they reached the peak of their output by the mid 1960s.[/url] J.[/quote] is the body on your one ply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) Billy Sheehan's favourite [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Matsumoku-Vox-Custom-Bass-Project-Spares-Repair-/320669563833?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa9653bb9"]Vox[/url] A Teisco that might actually be one: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-guitar-Top-Twenty-1970s-Teisco-/280642299111?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item415795a4e7"]Top Twenty[/url] And a proper [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ibanez-Roadster-Bass-Series-Guitar-/170613815793?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27b96039f1"]Ibanez Roadster[/url]. Much nicer than the Ibenez copy. Edited March 10, 2011 by spinynorman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='spinynorman' post='1157344' date='Mar 10 2011, 10:25 PM']Billy Sheehan's favourite [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Matsumoku-Vox-Custom-Bass-Project-Spares-Repair-/320669563833?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa9653bb9"]Vox[/url][/quote] "Also it is magical and used to belong to James Bond." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurcatovium Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thanks guys, you made my day in this thread today :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I like the marketing of this Commodore [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ORIGINAL-VINTAGE-1970s-COMMODORE-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-/280642226977?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4157948b21"]Giving Waste a Second Chance[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1157357' date='Mar 10 2011, 10:34 PM']"Also it is magical and used to belong to James Bond." [/quote] OH EM GEE, ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 [quote name='LukeFRC' post='1157311' date='Mar 10 2011, 09:54 PM']is the body on your one ply?[/quote] Sadly yes it was! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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