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Well, here goes...didn't think I'd be selling this but I just prefer the sound of a Jazz. So here is my Limelight P Bass with a jazz width 'C' neck, this was made for me last year by Mark down at Classic & Cool Guitars. This one is in Charcoal Frost colour with a medium relic finish, lovely hand rolled edges, custom wound pickups and lightweight tuners. It weighs in at a very manageable 8.4lbs. Also comes with a hard case. There is a Limelight thread on the forum for further details about these, or have a look at the website www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk . Would prefer collection/meet and am prepared to travel up to an hour from Milton Keynes to meet if required. Trade Possibilities: Decent quality Jazz Cheers

Guitar now SOLD !, 26 Sep 2021 Thanks to all who've expressed interest 😉 Neck date of late Dec 1982 Fender Jazz Bass, 3 Colour Sunburst Finish (62 Vintage Model), serial V003173. Weighs in at 9.5lbs and is in nice condition apart from a few minor lacquer blemishes on the back of the neck. Comes with a hard case (not Fender) and was recently authenticated, tested and valued by Andertons in Guildford where I bought it from in the early 90s. It's hardly been used in the last 20 years due to increasing neuropathy in my left hand 🥵. It's priced to be mid range of the valuation given by Andertons, so no daft low bids please ! Also please expect extra £30+/- for courier to UK or £75 +/- for overseas. This is a private sale.

Now £200 including UK delivery. This is a version 1 Thunder (hence the 'script' logo) made at the Matsumoku factory Japan in 1982. As a consequence it is proudly displaying some battle scars! Not entirely original as it now has a Bartolini 8S pickup. This Thunder has an ash, maple & walnut laminate body (the solid colour models were solid maple), with a dark ash finish. There's a bit of the finish missing on the side of the body where you can see the laminate construction (see pic below). Other than the general wear to the body, there is a nick out of the edge of the fretboard at the 1st fret but it doesn't interfere with the string and in that respect is cosmetic only. The original pickups and electronics are truly hideous, so although the bass was in original condition when I got it, they got shown the inside of a bin and a Bartolini 8S was loaded. I use external pre-amps, so like all my passive basses the pickup is wired straight to the output jack. The pots and switches are original but they're not connected to anything. Other minor alterations; the knobs are from a jazz set (the originals were large brass) and I put in a neutrix locking jack. So, as the separate basschat thread asks, are Westone basses any good? Well, back in the day Matsumoku used to make the Aria pro ii series, so yes I think the craftsmanship is good but it does feel like a bass from the 80s. The neck is chunky (not necessarily a bad thing) and the thing is HEAVY! My first bass was a thunder so I like the neck shape, it's a sort of flat U shape near the nut and a rounded U shape the higher you go. Different to most modern basses. The electronics I thought always let it down but that's easily solved and I think the Bartolini has an organic sound that suits the Thunder. It does come with a hard case but to be honest it's knackered (the handle is missing and the finish is peeling). It'll do the job for postage but not much else. Collection or £20 postage in the UK.

PM’d.

Lovely American Special P bass, that was converted to fretless with a thick slab of ebony by a previous owner. Finish is the ‘hand-rubbed’ nitro satin honeyburst, that I believe there was only a short run of for Guitar Center in the US. The fretless mod was done (I think) by Brook guitars in Devon (that’s from memory - could be wrong). It was done really nicely, onto the original neck, even preserving the original nut. As well as that mod, I’ve done a bunch of upgrades, to try and get it close the Tony Franklin signature fretless. It now has a Hipshot Kickass bridge, Hipshot USA Ultralite tuners, a Jazz pickup, DiMarzio DP126 pickup set (that’s the Model P and Model J - Tony has the Model J in his original I think) and Dunlop strap locks. It has the original volume and tone (tone is Greasebucket as far as I know, which I really like), plus a 3 way switch for either pickup or both - again functionally the same as the 3 way slider on the TF. All work done by Chris McIntyre here in Edinburgh, so top quality. I don’t have the weight right now - will add later - but it’s not heavy. Around 9lbs I think. I’m told the body is 1.8” thinner than a usual P, plus obviously I have the Ultralites on there, which also means it balances perfectly on a strap now. Good opportunity to get something very close to the Tony Franklin signature fretless P bass, for a fraction of the price, in a great finish. It has a few little marks on the body (that finish makes it a bit easier for that to happen - can do closeups for anyone interested, plus a bit of wear and 1 scratch on the scratchplate (that is what they’re for eh?) - but condition excellent other than that. Neck is immaculate. Only selling as I have a case of GAS for something else. In an ideal world I’d have both!

Get thee behind me, Dave!

*Withdrawn - decided to keep them for the time being and give them another go. Thanks to everyone who got in touch. Here are a matched pair of the remarkable Barefaced ONE10 speakers bought from this forum a few years ago. These were a special order using a coating on the cabs to avoid the peeling tolex that these seem so susceptible to. - I've tried to capture it in the pics. These also have the funky retro silver grill cloth. I am lucky enough to own these and a pair of Bergs and despite the extra size and weight, the Bergs win. As a result these are virtually mint as they have seen about 3 gigs in the few years I've owned them. They come supplied with the Barefaced soft covers too. Happy to split at £300 each (which is what I paid for them) or I'll do the pair for £550. This is a massive saving on the new price (£499 with cover, each!) and thats without the lovely cabinet coating. Here is a review from the Barefaced website, that amusingly I wrote! banging on about how good these things are. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0088/3094/3290/files/BGM-One10-Two10-June2016.pdf?17982888344997180786 Demos very much welcome in London N21 Winchmore Hill. *Edit* Price does not include postage!