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*sensible offers considered* *hilarious offers welcome* *no trades* *I have dropped the price to £1500 as I need the cash slightly more urgently* *on a long enough time-line, I will eventually pay you to take it away* Ad begins here... WOW! A Custom, Shorter, Shuker Jazz with chambered body?!🤩 Would anybody like to buy it? I have a Shuker P bass which has become my work-horse, so this one barely gets used. It still smells of new paint when I open the case! Included is a Hiscox hard case. It’s the thicker version of their already tough case. Courier can be arranged for delivery, or collection in person. I’m in Norwich, NR7, or I’m willing to meet somewhere along the M11 like Bishop Stortford/Birchanger Services, but message me to chat about how the transaction might take place. If you would like to use a courier, I have used Direct Courier Solutions in the past who are very efficient and seem to act as a specific high value item insurer and then use DPD for the collection and delivery. You can arrange this, or any other courier, at your own cost once I have received the funds. I will also include 2 spare, spangly pick guards along with the black one that is currently installed. Here be the specs of the bass… 33”scale 20 frets 38.5mm nut width 19mm string spacing 20.5mm neck depth at 1st fret 22.5mm at 12th gentle C carve maple neck fender style headstock rosewood fretboard block pearloid markers from 1st fret white board binding two way truss rod carbon fibre reinforcement medium stainless steel fret wire bone nut Schaller BM lites Headstock sprayed to match body Alder body chambered body polyester basecoat colour tbc colour coat gloss topcoat chrome control plate chrome hardware Gotoh bridge J pickup set, custom overwound Mojo Passive vol, vol, tone Thanks for looking. Get in touch by text/WhatsApp/call if you have any questions. Joe 0775233291012 points
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So this came up, and having sold mine a few years back and regretted it, I took the plunge. The 5ers are very rare as I think they were about 50 units out of the total of 300 worldwide. I’d forgotten what a good “P Bass” sound you get from the front pickup, and also how user-friendly the 3 band MEC EQ is with active/passive switching and coil tap on the “twin-jazz” bridge pickup. More importantly for me, the bass, mid, treble sweeps make it easy to get what you want. Oh and like all Dirty Blondes it’s pretty light at 8lb 2oz with no chambering! Condition really good for a 17 year old bass, set up pretty good (only slight tweaks to the “just a nut” and 3d locking bridge needed. Frets and fretboard could do with a good clean but I’ve not done that before ?!?! Looking forward to getting it on stage! Downside is I’m going to have to let my recently acquired Squier P bass go! Look out for the ad soon!8 points
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So… I treated myself to this a couple of weeks ago. After an initial wobble where I was tempted to move it on I have decided it is likely a keeper. Super lightweight at just over 3 kg and just about the best neck I have ever had the pleasure of playing. It does quite a nice P bass impression with the neck pickup and a decent Stingray impression with a little bridge pickup rolled in… And as for the wood choices… ♥️♥️7 points
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Having just succumbed to lowregisterhead’s AB1 on here this is now up for sale! Excellent condition with no marks or dings, this is a Canadian built Dingwall with swamp ash body and maple neck with passive controls (volume/pickup selector/tone) and also signed off/inspected by Sheldon himself I will put an accurate weight up when I take it to work (I think it’s around 3.8kgs) Comes with a TGI Extreme gig bag Price includes U.K. mainland shipping fully insured or you can come and collect if you wish and I’ll knock £50 off 😀6 points
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Big Price reduction Until Monday 24/04 £850 for this lovely mint Jazz I have for sale this 2005 Fender Jazz bass with the S1 switch The bass is in mint condition, Hiscox hard case included Strap lock's installed Weight is 4.4 kg's Price includes delivery to IK addresses The price is firm and not looking for trades as I am in the process of selling off several basses No fret wear and everything works as it should If you need any more pics or info please fire away5 points
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Great sounding Precision Bass with a good fat tone. Google it for the positive reviews. Love the Candy Apple Red colour and some of the more obvious road worn chips have been touched up with, I understand, matching nail varnish. Made in Mexico 2016. Based on a 1970’s P bass with an ash body, a nitro cellulose finish, Fender HiMass Bridge, Rosewood finger board, Seymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound Split Single-Coil Precision Bass, Slim C neck shape with a Nut Width of 1.615" (41.02 mm) which is slightly narrower than the usual P bass neck Second Owner and comes with original gig bag and case candy as shown including Foo Fighters optional neck plate. Looking to sell as I prefer my 1996 P Bass and jazz basses. Retail at circa £1,350 on some retail websites. Not really interested in trades at the moment as trying to reduce herd. I am unable to post and live near Loughborough so could meet up a M1 local junction although you may prefer to try before you buy. Looking for £750. Now reduced to £700.5 points
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I have posted about this before but will repeat. An acoustic bass will not generally keep up with an acoustic guitar unless it has a large body and you play loud. I have a Tenson Jumbo which was easily the loudest instrument in the room in a folk outfit I was part of, but I am quite a heavy hitter. Also has more than held its own around campfires and the like. However... The OP hasn't mentioned anything but home practice, so most of the opinions espoused are pretty much irrelevant. Folks need to chill out a bit and read properly 👍5 points
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I have a 1972 bridge on which one of the saddles collapsed. I changed the bridge on the bass and so have a 3 string bridge spare. I would be inclined to keep the 3 remaining screws etc (as spares for one of my other old basses) but I can send you the bridge plate if you want one without the drill holes. I guess you could (with care) swap the screws etc and maintain the string length/height etc. The bass it came off is a bit of a hotch potch of bits (combo of 1968/1972 parts) so I'm not sacrificing a fortune in resale value. Drop me a message if you want me to send it to you.5 points
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I just purchased a mint condition Metro Express. Going by the serial number I think it's an early one. I'm a tinkerer and am totally out of control, so I've installed Dunlop straplocks, TI Jazz Flats, Hipshot USA Ultralite tuners including a Detuner, and I dressed the fret ends and rolled the edge of the fingerboard. It weighs 8.3 lbs and plays like a dream. I may install a VTC but don't seem to need it at the moment. I'll see after a few gigs.4 points
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Ok, so after some deliberation, I can join in here. To me they’re tools. I have no love for most of my basses…. I like them, but circumstances have always forced me to move them on in the past. I’ve had a bunch of regrets in terms of selling the ones I really loved…. a Kinal MK5, Overwater Progress 5, ‘78 P bass etc…. But this one is different. A recent gift from my ailing mum… AND it’s bloody perfect in all respects. For those reasons it’s the only one I can guarantee is going nowhere: 2013 Reverend Justice4 points
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Absolutely correct - apart from the tiny detail that no lawsuit ever took place. Gibson/Norlin issued their notification of intended legal action against Elger Hoshino in June 1977, presumably oblivious to the fact that Ibanez headstock shapes on their Gibson copies had been changed to be non-infringing a year earlier. None of the other US manufacturers took legal action (Fender would have been on iffy ground, having piched their best-known headstock design from Bigsby), and in fact there's an arguable case that Hoshino have more of a claim to Rickenbacker's designs than Rickenbacker themselves... I've heard of most 70s & 80s Japanese brands, but strangely, not 'Fairytale'. Could be an incredibly obscure Japan-only marque, or perhaps the clue's in the name. Edit - Done a quick bit of digging & Fairytale was a brand owned by Swiss dealer Musik Kuhn in Zurich. This comes from a 2006 forum discussion & MIJ knowledge has expanded somewhat since then, but the suggestion was they were either Matsumoku or Fujigen. Moving on, I found this, which is neither: https://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Fairytale-Jazz-Bass-70s-Reissue-1975-Natural-55695#prettyPhoto That's a pretty generic early/mid 70s J copy, and the truss cover shape & 6-bolt plate suggest it's made by Moridaira. Mats & Fgn never used plates like that. Also found a very replica-y looking ES345 copy: https://reverb.com/uk/item/29921483-fairytale-es-345-stereo-ca-1978-japan-walnut More in line with the level of the bass we're discussing, high quality but nothing particularly unusual, tbh. Anyway, I'm bored now, think I'll go out on me bike while it's still sunny.4 points
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When you said fancy materials I thought it was going to be aluminium or carbon fibre. Not boring old wood.4 points
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I had no money so I thought I might as well spend it. So I went for something a bit different (via Reverb) and splashed out on this Anthracite 4H Bongo, something I'd always wanted to try. First impressions: great finish, super-low action, everything works as it should and the sound, admittedly only through my Vox headphone amp, is satisfyingly different to any other bass I've got. Looking forward to gigging it next weekend and will report back.3 points
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This old Greco deserved some attention. The main issue was the bridge had warped/curved over the years causing the E and G to be either too low, or the A and D to be too high. No middle ground, and no way to raise or lower the saddles individually. Standard fair for these old 3 point bridges I found a new bridge for £17. Not the best material but it would do just to see where i was with the Bass. It allowed me to get the job done. I fitted the bridge just to see if it followed the radius of the board, it did, it wasn't warped like the original, so all good. Next step, Adjust the truss rod to have the fretboard as straight as possible and proceed to mark the frets for leveling. Level the frets, recrown and polish. I'll need to invest in a longer leveling beam as the one i used was designed for Guitars. Around 12" long. Need an 18 incher. ooer Matron!😬 sets up great. 1.25 on the G and roughly 1.50 0n the E at the 12th.3 points
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Having just bought my dream amp, I'm putting this up for sale as its too good just to have hanging around as a spare. I bought it towards the end of lockdown and gigged about once a month with it since we allowed back out to play. It's in great condition and has no issues whatsoever. Anyone who knows me will tell you I look after my gear. I'm asking £525 for it and sorry but no trades on this one. I'm located in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and would prefer collection or meet up within 1.5 hours. If postage is a must then assuming i can lay my hands on a suitable box, I can post to mainland UK for £26 insured Here's the manufacturers full spec... PREAMP: The preamp utilises three 12AX7 (ECC83) tubes. Unlike the starved-plate designs of most common hybrid heads, it's pure tube with no silicon diodes, getting you even closer to the sound of a full-tube head. POWER SECTION: We use a classic A/B power supply based on an efficient toroidal transformer and large capacity electrolytic capacitors, delivering a powerful 400W into a 4ohm load. An optical limiter ensures you're always running within safe limits, and the R-400's on-board fan is thermally managed and controlled to ensure the amp runs smoothly at high volumes. CASE: * STANDARD: Ply housing, covered with black lacquer or veneered Tolex and metal corners and includes a front plate to protect the front panel, secured using two flightcase latches. The back of the R-400 is open enough to allow easy access to the rear panel features, without compromising protection. DIMENSIONS: * WxHxD: 375mm x 108mm x 315mm * Weight: 10.5kg FRONT PANEL FEATURES: * ÂĽ" input jack * MUTE switch * BRIGHT / DARK switch: Engaged: +3dB @ 100Hz, -3dB @ 750Hz, +2dB @ 10 kHz * DRIVE switch: (The DRIVE switch raises the level of the signal at the input stage by about 6dB – great for heavier genres, or for instruments with lower output). * INPUT GAIN: Using the INPUT GAIN, you can access a wide range of tones - from crystal clear to a fat, saturated harmonic crunch. 
 * BASS / TREBLE * CONTOUR: Introduces 0 to -12dB @ 1kHz * OUTPUT VOLUME * 3-state LED indicator: PROTECT / READY / LIMIT. * LINE OUT DI: a professional-quality DI, with PRE / POST gain and GROUND LIFT switches. REAR PANEL FEATURES: * POWER SWITCH * FUSE ACCESS * 2 x SPEAKON speaker connectors * EFFECTS SEND & RETURN3 points
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This popped up in a thread on the fleabay a few days ago. I put it on watch and deliberated while doing some research. It’s a 70’s model 450B fretless. Going through many old forums it looked to have its original Schaller tuners original engraved picks ups (mighty mites?) and seemed in relatively good nick throughout the finish, knobs, switches and covers. there’s some marks but it is 40+ years old. I took a punt when no other bids dropped and lo and behold it arrived a few days later in a decent box I had a quick noodle and it sounds great, the pickup heights were all over the place but are sorted now and the action seemed a little high but I stripped the neck and there it was, the shim from thick tape plus it seems someone used blobs of something that set to lift the neck. I’ve removed it and the action is fine and it’s playing lovely. I’ll strip it properly the weekend and give it s good clean and service but my punt paid off and apart from having to replace the wooden pickup surrounds (we have a 3d printing shop at work) I’m well chuffed3 points
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My Zon Sonus Standard Import is the only one I can't see being sold. Mainly because I could never replace it as they are so rare. I saw a couple on the wall at a now defunct bass specialist store around 2011 (Bass Gear in Twyford - I think @molanmay have had something to do with the place?), played one, loved it but couldn't afford the £1000+ price tag on it. Moved on and forgot about it. And then walked into my local guitar store a few years ago to buy some picks and saw one hanging on the bass wall (amongst the usual stock of a couple of Fenders and Ibanez basses). It was used, mint condition and very keenly priced as they didn't know too much about them. I couldn't believe it. 30 seconds later it was coming home with me..... I've never seen another one in the wild since that first sight back in 2011.3 points
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Hello fellow Basschatters, Just a quick message to say that for any of you who are based in London, my band - Harmonic Swamp - is playing at The Dublin Castle in Camden Town, London this coming Friday, 21st April. We're on stage around 9.15pm. Here's some info about the gig: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0waNbkDmY8KYJpx8rBD77wTAMUrrGAk8zPTVm1sxr4ZX6RRsQKaYtd32sYPMnwC65l&id=167859290629456 And some info about the band with some video clips: https://www.facebook.com/harmonicswamp https://instagram.com/harmonicswamp?igshid=ODM2MWFjZDg= If we sound like your thing, you're free and able to come down, it'd great to see you! Cheers Nik3 points
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Those were the days, and I also had a laminate in the garage. But I’ve only got one bass now.3 points
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My home can accommodate two basses, not sure my relationship can!3 points
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Implement a talk back mic and start sharing jokes at the expense of those not using IEM. They will soon become paranoid and subject to fomo.3 points
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Thinning out the herd so I am reluctantly letting my Status go as it is just gathering dust as I continue bandless. This is a lightly factory-worn finish with a few dings and scrapes, not entirely sure which are factory made. I love PJ configurations and especially Telecaster type bodies too! The neck as you would expect is unblemished save a couple of tiny chips at the very top headstock edge and virtually unnoticeable. The spec. from Status is as follows: Alder semi-solid body with maple top 'Slab' style body with 'F-hole' High gloss lacquer to neck and body Woven graphite neck with phenolic fingerboard with 19mm string spacing J width neck : 4-string only available Active John East 4-band EQ with master volume and pickup balance (retro fitted) and offers passive or active function. 18 volt battery supply Hum-cancelling P / J pickups Side jack socket Chrome hardware Black, clear, white and tort pickguards (I had the latter 3 guards made) Weight 4.5 k The Bass plays either passive or active and has a slap bass function by pulling the stacked knob upwards too, obviously this has been only lightly used! Playing it has typical PJ tones with a large dollup of the Status sound too. Comes with the original undamaged Status branded Hiscox case and 2 keys. Last time I looked these were over £2700 new and obviously they are virtually unobtainable currently. I understand this was ordered new by James Stelfox from Starsailor (for those who care). PM or post if you need more Info.3 points
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One of the best (and certainly the loudest) 34" acoustic basses I ever used was the Fender Kingman, still use one now occasionally. Also, if you can find one second hand, the Ibanez SRH500.3 points
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I bought this in 2019 to vary my contribution to my folk band. I play rhythm guitar. It was a reasonably priced instrument and intended to be a taster. I played it for a few months and decided that it was something I could develop so I splashed out on a more expensive instrument which I play to this day. It's sat in the case since then. It could do with setting up - perhaps the bridge lowering a bit. New, these go for £239. It is in very good condition and the details from the Thomann site are: Built-in pickup and active electronics Solid spruce top Flat, solid maple back Maple sides Maple neck Acacia fingerboard Upper nut width: Approximately 3.4 cm Scale: Approximately 66.5 cm Lower width: Approximately 31.3 cm Body length: Approximately 39 cm Total length: Approximately 95 cm Height including bridge: Approximately 8.5 cm Rib height: Approximately 7.5 cm Tuning: GG - dd - aa - e'e' Made in Europe If you could pick up I'm willing to meet up to 60 miles from Hull for fuel costs. To send I would need to get some packaging. UK Sales only. It comes with gig back but I can also throw in a second hand hard banjo case which fits it fairly well but this would cost a lot to send due to the weight.2 points
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https://www.packsend.co.uk/croydon/?utm_source=GMB&utm_medium=GoogleOrganic&utm_campaign=GMBCroydon Try this company. When I visited, they had an 8 foot tall 6 foot wide antique display cabinet, with glass panels, ready to be packed up and sent to the USA. And some paintings from some London auction houses, to be sent to the buyers, in Paris. These were already boxed, in custom made wooden crates. No idea what was in there, but it was 6 feet high and 10 feet wide and a foot deep. They offered to pack up my Arcam Alpha 9 amplifier too - in the end I just purchased two boxes from them. So, worth trying, I would say.2 points
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Had Master Of Puppets on in the car today - but RTL is absolutely amazing2 points
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As a tightwad who views instruments as tools to do a job, I don't understand throwing money at exotic materials, unless there is a performance benefit that makes the cost difference worthwhile. In the case of necks, good old plain maple has been found to do the job perfectly, so why change what ain't broke? Quality of build trumps materials every time. I'd rather have an instrument that has been well made from plain (but suitable, ofc) materials any day. That way, I can afford more toys. Interestingly, Stradivari is reckoned to have used ordinary lumber he bought from local timber merchants to build instruments. If it was good enough for him...2 points
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Consider restringing a four-string BEAD (bottom four strings of a five-string set). I have a Harley Benton strung like this, it's an interesting change and needed minimal setup, and the whole thing cost me less than £150. It might make it easier to understand what you actually want to do.2 points
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Moving towards the end game. Finish is POPPING, I'm very pleased. These are a little dull, but you get an idea. Now I just need to re-drill for fender bridge, 4 knobs and 3 switches and move the pickups and electronics across.2 points
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It's very unscientific as I didn't have the others to directly compare it with, but I'm often after quite a specific tone (a slightly saturated low-mid heavy slightly compressed Reggae/Dub sound) and I found the Boss got me a tone I was happy with and I stopped adjusting it, with other multi-fx I've always been constantly adjusting and trying different things like IRs and never quite being happy with them. (As individual pedals, an FEA Opti-Fet compressor + Creation Audio Grizzly Bass + Q-Strip got me there too). For more distorted sounds I get the impression that the Zoom and Line 6 things are basically different EQ & gain versions of the same thing, the Boss ones felt a bit more individual to me - closer to having individual pedals. I find most multi-fx are pretty good at modulation and delays so there isn't much in it there, and none are much good at filters (which is odd seing as Source Audio do it so well digitally, so it is possible). I suppose the ability to have multiple split paths with dynamic switching and huge amount of fx available for long chains set the Boss apart as a more powerful multi-fx, most of what I'm after was simpler than that though - just a good solid Reggae tone, but perhaps that does actually take some powerful processing to sound really good.2 points
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It’s guitar equivalent gets a real pounding in Guitar magazine https://guitar.com/review/effects-pedal/zoom-g2-four-g2x-four-review/2 points
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I think the main reason that Terminator was upgraded to the T1000 was due to buckle rash2 points
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I would suggest a "clothing without zips or metal buttons" clause in the post above. Some of what I will bring will not care about being gouged. Most will be deeply upset.2 points
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Stranded and Manifesto are my favourites. Session ace Alan Spenner played on the latter, and he and Gary Tibbs (latter of & The Ants) leapfrogged around the line-ups for a while in the late 70s and early 80s. If you're a fan of Alan Spenner from this era then you should really hear what he's doing on the original Jesus Christ Superstar, eg2 points
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Next up will be the rounding of the edges and heavy contours. All the parts have been ordered as of today.2 points
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Long time multifx and Zoom fanboi: a Zoom MS-60B was my first ever bass pedal almost exactly a decade ago. Its successor, the B1-4 has been a super-handy standalone pedalboard for gigs over the past 18 months; but a new addition dropped through the door last week which I'm looking forward to getting to grips with.2 points