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Price drop - £1100 For sale only, no trades please. This is a superb medium scale, lightweight (7.7lb) take on a jazz from the stable of Mike Walsh/Zoot. Back in around 2018 I was hankering after a more traditional looking bass but being a convert to shorter scales it wasn’t so easy to find exactly what I wanted. Hence this commission, which has been a gorgeous bass to have in the family. Fast forward 7 years and things have changed a little, and I’m finding that the gigs where this was used are either no longer happening or I’m using my new ACG. In excellent condition bar a couple of very tiny marks which I’ve tried to picture. So, what is it? Mike’s Funkmeister body shape has been around a long time, with people speccing a variety of options over the years. This is the second medium scale he made, and it features a slightly slimmed down body vs the full scale model. Full specs: Idigbo body One piece maple neck Ebony board, bound with MOP blocks Nordstrand Big Split pickups Hipshot KickAss bridge Hipshot Ultralite elephant ear tuners Passive Vol / Vol / Tone Gloss black finish BWB scratchplate Dunlop straplocks The neck is ultra slim, so combined with the low weight this makes for a superbly playable instrument. It’s currently strung with some Status rounds, 40-100, and will be supplied with a gig bag. Collection in person from Merton Towers is preferred, so you can come and play it and be 100% happy. I’m about 5-10 minutes off the Gatwick junction of the M23. If you want it delivered, let’s talk and work out a suitable solution.

Lovely bass, very reluctant sale £1400 plus postage or collection is fine spec below Year – 2024 Colour – Black Body Finish – Gloss Body Wood – Ash Neck Finish – Satin Neck Wood – Maple Fretboard – Rosewood Frets – 22 Scale Length – 34″ Weight – around 9lbs Electronics – Active – Controls – Master Volume, Pan Pot (Pickup Selector), Treble Boost/Cut, Midrange Boost/Cut, Bass Boost/Cut, Passive Tone, Active/Passive Mini Toggle Switching – (Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup with Push/Pull Coil Select Feature) Pickups – Fender Ultra Noiseless™ Vintage Jazz Bass® What Fender say about this bass – ‘The “Deluxe Jazz Bass® V Kazuki Arai Edition,” which was produced in limited quantities in 2021 as a signature model of Kazuki Arai, bassist for King Gnu and millennium parade, has now been made into a more accessible model and added to the regular product lineup. The guitar features an original neck shape and Dinky-shaped body that the artist was particularly particular about, and the electric section is equipped with an Ultra Noiseless™ Vintage Jazz Bass® pickup and the latest preamp, inheriting the playability and sound quality of the previous model. In addition, a new feature not available in the previous model is the inclusion of a thin pickguard of approximately 1.0 mm sandwiched under the gold anodized pickguard of approximately 1.2 mm, which gives the same playing feel as a 3-ply pickguard while maintaining the same appearance.’ One of my Feedback links. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/137382-feedback-for-harry/#comment-1241408

I’m reducing my number of instruments and this one may be of interest to someone. The history of this one has been documented here . In a nutshell I acquired it in 1979 and used it throughout the 1980’s. I stopped playing and got a ‘proper’ job in 1988 and left it at a guitarist’s house. He had it until 2022. He’d moved 5 times with it. I picked it up and thought I’d have a project. I’m not really interested in doing anything with it now so it’s up for sale. I recently took it to a luthier who set it up and sorted out the electronics inside. It’s a neck through to bridge which should be removable but he couldn’t get it off even after removing the brass plate. It has its battle scars from the working men’s clubs of the north. It now plays great and has a set of rounds on it. The two P pickups give it a lot of power. I’ve pictured a close up of the truss rod adjustment, there is a bit of silver showing with is some masking on the electronics. There’s not a huge amount of adjustment left in the rod. Specs: Body is Walnut with maple inserts, neck is maple with walnut. pickups are Di Marzio, passive. Controls are Volume for each pickup and Tone with pickup selector. It's a 32" scale. It has a brass nut and Grover tuners. Currently strung with rounds. It weighs 9.8lbs. Let’s face it, the wood is so nice you could probably strip it, sell the hardware and make it into an attractive coffee table. Wafer thin gig bag included. I’ll even sling in a VOHALO double guitar stand with it. Price includes insured delivery although if you want to collect/meet up within 50 miles of Hull I can knock the delivery price off.

On the cusp of retiring but now have the possibility of a little project so, the ideal situation would be to exchange these three instruments for one. I'm after a 5 or 6 string (as I need a low B) First up, old faithful, Warick Streamer STD. 2001. Made in Germany. Passive, gigged, everything works as it should and has always felt like an old friend. All the age related marks that tell a great story of a lot of gigs. This is simplicity at it's best. One MEC with coil tap, one volume, one tone. Stays in tune, sounds fab, easy to play. Adjust-a-nut 38mm, spacing at saddles 19mm. 3.6kgs, Straplocks. Next, a Squier P bass that the previous owner has put a Fender logo on, or another neck. Bottom line is, no damage, all works perfectly, sounds like and plays, exactly like a P bass and doesn't sound any different to the USA one I had. Not sure of make of P/U but huge output. Last up. my Dean Pace EUB 5 string. Only one French cocktail gig sound-check pic at present but will add more if any interest. All works, sound great with the current La Bella white nylons on. Ideal to get into EUB as 35" scale. Has the proper case and the all directions ball-joint tripod stand. For me, I'm fine with passive or active instruments, not a huge fan of Ibanez. I've priced this collectively as a trade value in the hope of doing a trade as space is also an issue but happy to talk if there's no interest in the job lot. Not averse to also adding a little to the deal for something I really like. Dean EUB Gone, P Bass pending

Edit: Now £1850. I need this sold. 4 string Enfield Standard Cannon Bass, custom made for late family member. Birds eye maple neck, with a rosewood fingerboard. The body has a walnut top and a Kingwood Back. Bought on the 01/03/08, this is one of the first made in its batch (according to Martin Sims, the bass builder) but barely played - it's been kept in a case and played a few times to test out amps but due to previous owner's poor health he wasn't able to play it, but didn't want to get rid. Condition is excellent. 25 frets, and has an XLR output so bass can played out of 2 outputs at once. The bass has its own customised Super 8 pickups. These are designed to have 3 different pickups in one, hum bucker, split coil and single coil, the LEDs are telling you what mode they are in. Green LED - single coil, red LED - split coil, and blue LED - Hum bucker. Incredibly versatile sounds. These basses are very collectible as they are no longer being made. The body and neck are in excellent condition with no visible scratches. (See photo) - we found a faint crack in the surface of the wood from above and below the pickups - had this checked over with a local luthier, who said that this was most likely due to wood warping over the years, but due to the multi-layered nature of the body, this was nothing to worry about, and would be of no detriment to the instrument itself. Sims said this could be easily covered with a thin superglue then sanded down, and confirmed the material was an extra strong heavy kingswood - this is something I personally do not feel confident doing myself, as the bass is in good condition and I do not want to mess up the cosmetic side with glue marks. So this is purely a small cosmetic point which I am being upfront about. Includes postage in the UK.

Having a bit of a clear out. I almost always play my Sandberg or bitsa basses so everything else is going. This is an Ibanez SRMD200 4 string medium scale bass (New price £299 at Andertons) It's no secret that the stock preamp is a bit crap. This has significant upgrades to: EMG PJ-X set (New £140 ish) EMG BTC 2 band EQ on a stacked pot (New - £90 ish) EMG ABCX Active Balance control (new about £80) It also has a lovely set of Dunlop Medium Scale flatwound strings - that were a whopping £80 on their own. They should have at least another 5 years in them. It's in great condition and sounds amazing. There's a bit of dust on it that I didn't notice when taking the photos. The sticker covers the redundant hole that the original preamp used. No doubt a better sticker that was a colour match could be found! I am of course aware that modified basses can be more difficult to sell especially as the new price of all this would be over £600 (ignoring the strings), so this is up for a bargain: £350.00 PRICE DROP to only £300! PRICE DROP to a pittance of £275 because I've seen something I want to buy! That's like getting a full set of EMG kit with a free bass! Collection from Northants near J16 on the M1. I don't have any suitable shipping boxes and with the closure of the local PMT the nearest place I might be able to get a proper guitar box would need me to travel for a 2 hour round trip. That being said, I might be able to meet you somewhere in true Basschat dodgy service station tradition. Not looking for any trades as I really need to make some room in the house.

Possibly the best quality gig bag ever. Superb construction, fit, and protection, whilst still being sleek and manageable. A really top notch gig bag/case. But I don't really use it, it's been out of the house only a handful of times, and it's basically as new condition. Price includes postage to mainland UK.

FENDER BASS VI with 1963 Neck So, let's make it clear from the start. This is a parts bass, but surely a high quality one and probably a "unique parts bass", assembled around an original 1963 neck and with mostly original or reissue US-made components chosen to have the most convincing Fender Bass VI replica. Having been in search for a not-so-expensive original Bass VI for years, I happened to find a 1963 neck in truly Excellent condition, probably the only original 60's standalone neck sold during the last 10 years. The price was high, because adding to the asking price the shipping costs and customs taxes (I bought it from the USA, as most of the other parts) it reached a shocking sum, but I saw it as one of those chances that happen once in a lifetime. The neck was sold with its serial number plate, so I bought a set of new period-correct Kluson single line tuners and coupled the neck with a black reissue body (it probably came from a Squier Vintage Modified Bass VI), a WD Music tortoiseshell pickguard, three Fender pickups that I had rewound to the original values and with staggered poles just like the 60's originals, CTS pots and switches with a couple of original 60's knobs. The chrome plates are US-made Fender reissues, with a Staytrem tremolo arm. The bridge that you see in the pictures is also a Staytrem with 7.25" radius, but I also include an original 60's Fender bridge (as used on the Jaguar and Jazzmaster, with threaded height adjustable saddles) with its floating mute. All these parts were bought from US sellers. Furthermore, the bass is housed in an original 60's Italian Fender case (as you may know, Fender guitars and basses were sold with no cases in many European countries and were equipped with locally made Fender-branded cases). The bass also comes with an original Fender Bass VI Owner's Manual, rare as hen's teeth, no need to add. Everything is in exceptional condition, bought in 2018-2019 and mostly played at home. The only defect is a paint chip under the bridge, caused by my attempt to enlarge the hole for the mute plunger and spring. You can see it in the pictures attached. The neck has been played very little and has no marks, with the frets still having a long life left. The back of the headstock has some very nice checking on the nitro finish. The bass weighs exactly 4 Kg and it's perfectly balanced with no neck dive. It's currently strung with roundwound Fender 100-024's, offering a rich, powerful and well balanced sound. The action is medium-low (around 1.8mm on the 6th string at the 12th fret) with no buzz, the truss rod works perfectly. The dark green case has a crack on the top side, but perfectly protects the bass. It's very light, the yellow plush lining is in nice condition and the metal feet, hinges and latches are all present and working. I'm selling this a bit below my purchase cost just to fund essential home expenses, so I'm sorry but the price is not negotiable and I'm not interested in trades. The price is surely high, but please compare it with current prices for 60's Bass VI's (around 6000 USD) and reissues such as Customs Shop's (3500-4000 USD), Japan-made replicas (around 2500 USD), current production Mexican made Pawn Shop and Vintera models (1200-1500 USD). I only accept a bank transfer payment. The bass is in Italy and will be shipped with courier, preferably to EU countries (just to avoid many customs documents, higher costs and longer delivery times). The shipping price is approx. 100 Euros to EU. Price £ 2600 GBP = € 3000

A great fretless bass with a neck through body construction with double-cutaway mahogany body wings attached to a maple and bubinga neck with a fretless rosewood fingerboard with no inlays. Components include a pair of Bartolini MK-1 split coil passive pickups with independent volume controls channelled through an Ibanez custom preamp with a two-band EQ, a custom bridge with AeroSilk piezo pickups and 19mm string spacing, a plastic nut and Ibanez tuning machines. In addition to the controls on the front of the bass, there are a set of four trimpots on the rear cavity cover which allow you to dial in the piezo volume for each string individually. Strung with Chrome Flats. Weight 7.2lbs I’ve recently had a problem with the electronics (see my postings) but after a trip to a luthier in Leeds (BJ’s) it has been sorted with a new jack socket and overhaul of the electronics inside. It’s only been gigged once since I bought it in 2019. I can’t see any dings on it and I will supply this with a gig bag Price includes insured delivery although if you want to collect/meet up within 50 miles of Hull I can knock the delivery price off.