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This is more of a feeler to see if there is any interest. My old Fender Telecaster Bass dates from 1972. The Basschatter who I got it from had the P bass pickup routed and the body refinished by John Diggins. When we exchanged it a few years ago it didn’t have the original Fender humbucker however I managed to source an original which I imported from the US. I added an extra original volume pot from the same era and sourced a 70’s Fender knob. It is wired like a Jazz bass two volumes and one tone. It has the three bolt neck with working micro tilt and a working bullet trussrod. The original finish was natural as there is a stamp under the mudbucker. The tuners, neck , frets and body are all original although I’m not sure of all of the pots and definitely not the wiring. The bridge had been swapped for a four saddle top loader job so I got a two saddle through strung with saddles that can be angled. More in keeping with the original but easier to intonate. The P bass pickup is a cream coloured late 70s vintage Dimarzio DP that sounds fantastic. The big humbucker has real sub bass to it and there are some classic tones to be had between the two. The Diggins refinish is intentionally worn with crazing however there are areas where the routing was rough that have been filled and touched up on the front. There is a larger buckle rash area on the back also touched up rather clumsily as the colour match is very poor. It protected the wood at least! My original intention was to take it back to a natural finish but I’ve not got round to it - as usual…. The scratch plate is a copy of some kind, when I got it the bass looked more like a Mike Dirnt Tele. My luthier cut out the area for the Fender humbucker. The ashtray is original and you can see the remains of the perished rubber mute on the inside of it. The bass plays well and is strung with Elixir coated strings. It is quite hefty but nothing like some of the Tele basses or other basses of this era I’ve played. It is around 4.7kgs. The bass in an earlier incarnation is pictured and described in the Haynes Fender Bass Manual. It’s a players bass rather than one for the collector. It could be restored to the original spec if you really wanted to but you’d have a one trick - albeit a good trick - pony. I’m reluctant to shift it but my P bass isn’t selling and having had some large vets bills recently I need to free up some cash. It is a rare opportunity to buy one of these old Telecaster basses at a sensible (I hope you think so too) price. Pickup preferred but I can post in the UK at cost. Sorry no trades. There isn’t a case with it but I’ll try and source one if you want it posting, otherwise it comes with a Fender gigbag. I’ll be sad to see this one go. I’ll add more pics if required. All the usual ID stamps are on the neck heel and pocket I would rather not remove the neck as they are a faff to set up with the micro tilt. Pics added of how it came to me and the mark under the scratchplate before it was cut to accommodate the mudbucker.

Up for sale is my Sonic Blue Fender Precision. I had this up for sale a couple of years ago but withdrew it and made some changes. It's put together using mostly Fender and Gotoh parts. The body is from a 2011 Fender Japan Classic Series 70s Precision that I had stripped and refinished in Sonic Blue nitro with a light relic. It's an alder body according to what I can find online. The refinish work was done by David Wilson. The colour is more pastel in person. The neck is an American Fender 60s neck that I bought on here. It's got a Fender Genuine Replacement stamp on the back of the headstock but I'm unsure which specific neck it is; possibly an AVRI. The pickup is a Classic '58 from The Creamery. The bridge is a Hosco threaded saddle bridge that I've lightly aged to match the aged Gotoh neck plate, strap buttons, and string tree. The machine heads are reverse gear Gotoh Resolites. The thumb rest, and knobs are Fender, the wiring is from KiOgon on here, and the pick guard is a mint green MIJ fit from earlpilanz in eBay. It's obviously got a few intended marks on the body due to the relic finish. The fingerboard has a small dent at the 18th fret but is otherwise in good condition. It's a great player and quite lightweight at 3.9kg. It's a great player as well and the neck is nice and straight. I'll include a Fender gig bag and postage is an option.

If you like your Jazz basses with proper vintage tone but a boutique feel, this walnut and elm build delivers in spades. Nitro finished, loaded with Fender Pure Vintage ’66 pickups and quality hardware throughout, it looks stunning and sounds even better. Weight: 9.8lbs Specs Walnut top with elm body Roasted maple neck Rosewood fingerboard Nitrocellulose finish Fender Pure Vintage ’66 Jazz Bass pickups Bloodstone Guitarworks loom Hipshot bridge Guyker tuners Schaller strap lock buttons Fresh D’Addario EXL strings Supplied with gig bag The walnut/elm combination gives it a warm, resonant character with strong sustain. The Pure Vintage ’66 pickups deliver classic Jazz tones — punchy neck warmth, articulate bridge bite, and that unmistakable mid growl when blended. The roasted maple neck feels smooth and stable, and the nitro finish will continue to age beautifully over time. There is a small cosmetic touch-in to the finish from a minor knock during assembly, now levelled and stable. Purely cosmetic and only visible on close inspection. Fully set up and ready to gig. £850 ONO. Try before you buy absolutely a must and if you don’t love it as much as I do then not obligation to proceed with purchase. MGCS – Built to be played. Built to last.

Fender Precision Bass Japan model TNB 110 SPL Rare Japan only Fender Precision, Thinline Telebass, semi acoustic. Q Serial so 2002 - 2004 In excellent condition, I have had the bass professionally set up locally with new flat wounds, plays perfectly, no issues Lovely Blue Burst colour, no dings or imperfections, anything in photos are just reflections. Original as came from factory (apart from new strings). Not messed with at all and in fantastic condition. Collection preferred from Lancaster/Morecambe or I may be able to do a meet M6 corridor between Carlisle and Manchester. Will post subject to agreement with any buyer. Thanks

We’ve all heard and possibly all said this before: this is the one that I never thought that I would sell. The short version (explained in more detail below) is that there are a choice of two basses with the same neck for you to choose from: Bass Version #1 This bass was built to be something special and came about after watching Guy Pratt’s Lockdown Licks YouTube videos and that was where I got the inspiration for this. The specs of this one are: · Warmoth chambered Dinky Jazz swamp ash body with mahogany top · Matt Taos Turquoise finish · EMG J Pickups · EMG BTS System 2 band EQ · 18v via a separate factory routed double battery box · Fender high mass bridge (Currently has a Gotoh 203 bridge fitted) · Gotoh EP-B3 oversized strap buttons The matt finish on this doesn’t seem to be as tough as Warmoth’s gloss finish and I have taken pictures of the little chips that have occurred in the normal use of the bass. The chips are on the edge so you don’t really notice them. The matt finish does look really cool though. There are a few other marks here and there on the bass that I have tried to photograph. Bass Verson #2 Since losing weight, no bass seems to sit right on me any more due to having lost the overhang. There’s nothing wrong with any of my basses but after being overweight my whole life I’m finding it tough getting used to how my basses sit now. As a result, I decided to get another body made by Warmoth that would allow the bass to sit at a 45 degree angle when on a strap. The specs of this one are: · Full fat solid maple Jazz Bass body with truss rod trench omitted (custom option) · Black holo flake finish · EMG JX Pickups · EMG BQC System 3 band EQ · 18v via a separate factory routed double battery box · Fender high mass bridge · Schaller S Locks This was only made for me last year and used on a handful of gigs so is pretty much in as new condition. What will be common to both basses is the Status Graphite neck that I had made in 2021. Unknown to me at the time, it would be one of the last that Rob Green would make. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to try out one of his necks. It’s every bit as good as I thought it would be. It’s a Jazz neck, no fretboard markers and routed especially for the Hipshot Ultralite tuners that are fitted (including Xtender on the E string). Annoyingly, I have spotted a small scratch above the A string tuner. It doesn’t look to be deep and should polish out but I don’t trust myself to do something like this. The Options: Your choice of: · Body. · Pickups. · EQ. I will put this together for you in whatever combination you want. The weight, before someone asks, may be the decider for some people and was done using the “standing on the scales first with the bass with and then without “ method. · Chambered Taos Turquoise Dinky Jazz = 7.8lbs · Solid maple black holo flake bass = 12.2lbs The Dinky Jazz was weighed using the Fender Player Series fretless jazz bass neck that I currently have fitted to it. I don’t like to change necks any more than I have to so I don’t want to put the Status neck on the blue bass only to have to put it back onto the black bass in case it creates wear in the neck screw holes. This neck also has Hiphot Ultralites fitted. I’ve gigged this with both bodies and they both sound incredible. The main difference being that the standard EMGs give you that clear, clean EMG jazz bass tone whereas I found that the JX pickups behaved more like a halfway house between the standard EMG J and a regular passive jazz pickup. For those of you concerned about the weight ( which is probably most of you 🤔😂 ) I found the extra weight of the black bass to be worth it and used it on 4 hour wedding gigs with no issues. Before anyone asks I turned 50 last year but I train 3 times a week so the weight wasn’t an issue with a decent neoprene strap. The reason that I am selling is that my tastes have changed over the years – as a massive Chilis fan I’ve played a lot of Stingrays and Sterlings. In the past 5 or 6 years I’ve changed to Jazz basses but now I find myself gravitating towards the P bass I’ve also included some other pics with the Graphite neck attached to the Blue Jazz As far as shipping goes – most of you aren’t going to be close enough to collect or meet up but I have a Fender hard case that I only bought a few months ago ( I still have the shipping box for it for extra protection ) so I have factored including this into the price. I am happy to provide the dimensions and overall weight for the buyer to arrange the collection. I am going to start this at £2,000 and see how it goes. I am always open to reasonable offers of what you think it is worth. Finally, before anyone asks – no I won’t be selling the Status neck on it’s own. I am trying to scale down the number of basses I own. I don’t have an excessive amount, around 6 at the moment, so am not really looking for trades at present. Having said that, something along the lines of a Yamaha BB5000 MIJ, Rickenbacker 4003/4004 or a German build Warwick Corvette $$ 5 string might be tempting but it would have to be in really good condition

SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB325 MIJ This is a victim of the one-in, one-out system, I bought it in August and have maybe played it once, with the intention of putting tapewounds on it, and haven’t. A cursory bit of research describes this as from the more premium range of the SGC Nanyo basses, and the neck is crazy thin and comfy. This is a 30+ year old instrument, and has age related marks, including the odd ding on the body and the neck. This is nice example of a MIJ SGC Nanyo bass, the specs as far as I can tell: Body might be Japanese ash? Rosewood fretboard 5 strings PJ Kent Armstrong pickup Gotoh tuners and bridge Active 2 band EQ Brass nut Hi-mass bridge I don’t have a case for this and am not interested in posting this, but I can meet/deliver around 60ish miles of Todmorden, West Yorkshire. I sometimes travel to North Lincolnshire and work near Keighley. £400 takes this, I would consider partial trades for a DI/amp sim pedal. If you have any questions please let me know!

Not doing much so Having a clear out so will be listing a few things This is a Fantastic d.i. Quite rare in uk,Similar in build but A different take on the reddi .this has a huge transformer, i prefer the sound of this compared to the reddi ,makes stuff sit better imo..great for bass . Comes with a vintage tube from the Voskhod factory and the original tube too.In decent condition and built like a tank £550

Very good condition and clean unit offered with new power supply and now surplus to requirements No box or manual but will be packaged well and in pic 2, Serial number concealed but it's there Price is £360 PayPal Gift incl. Special Delivery/next day delivery OR/ V.N.O

Genuine Fender P Bass body from a 1991 Japanese P Bass. 57' stamped in the neck pocket. Gorgeous 2 tone sunburst finish. A couple of really small dings and some scratches, but for a 35+ year old body, good condition. Comes with; Original 1991 Pickups (Will need splicing with new wire to increase length as someone has cut the wires quite short on the rear pickup (This looks like it had the ground wire soldered to the pickup plate rather than in the cavity), for this I will include some new heavy cloth covered pickup wire. Original loom and control knobs including all fixing nuts and washers. Original white pickguard with all screws. Original bridge and all screws. £300 £250 shipped for everything. I am also selling this basses neck, please see the advert for that as it may not be without issues. Any questions please ask. Many thanks,

Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray Built December 1999 3 EQ H Piezo Honey Burst Superb condition, it’s spent most of its life in its case. 4 tiny marks on the back, 2mm each. £1500 Collection from L35, Nr St Helens or I can ship via your chosen Courier, insured.

Clearing out a few things due to not doing much The real deal for LA-2A compression,owned this for about a year I think it was from the second or third batch (he only makes batches of 25 about every 6-8 months) Meticulously built to replicate the teletronix la-2a . Can be used as a limiter too. Very rare over here I think it's just over £1200 to buy/import one now. £875 Heres a detailed review using on bass

This is a special one... Swamp ash body, roasted maple neck and fretboard with black blocks. The full Sandberg masterpiece treatment, including vibration and heat, and some of the best heavy ageing available. I need to properly weigh and photograph this over the next few days, but it's the lightest solidbody bass I have here by quite a margin. UK Shipping absolutley doable, collection welcome. Comes with high quality Sandberg gigbag, and a spare set of pickups (white covers). Any and all questions very welcome! .

For sale one lovely P bass. Fender took all the good bits; lightweight 8lbs, ace neck rolled fingerboard with satin finish, lightweight tuners, rosewood board, excellent fretwork, a beautifully aging Olympic White that has creamed to perfection. Fenders higher mass bridge with chunky string rests. Thers 4 little dings to the body all pictured but nothing too bad. Mojo added Mods: I bought this from fellow BCer for £900 - allwas good but when I touched the pole pieces I got a buzzing sound. Took to luthier and he tested all the connections and was stumped, he didn’t like some soldering so redid that. But the buzz happened so I put electrical tape over and all fine. So I thought I’d swap out the pickups got Dimarzio Model P and bought a kiOgon loom, then back to luthier to install and also painted cavity with shielding paint- and what a brilliant transformation- whisper quiet, he put some new Ernie Ball super slinky’s in and asked him to lower the action to lowest as I play softly. Also new 3ply white guard which he notch cut and shielded. It comes with new padded fender bag and I also have a box for UK shipping So the bass owes me £1200 all in thereabouts. I’m asking for £1000 posted. This is BCer price I’ll be asking £1150 on other platforms- and you people will know how great these are and as stock fetch £1100-1200 regularly- so priced to sell no trades or offers - as reason for sale is bought an old 50s P back, a Japanese import Jazz which is now my main bass and a new rig - so as unhappy as I am to sell thus needs must, unfortunately Come have a plat in Clitheroe or meet up within hour drive. Or can post UK £30

The finished article is literally stunning, Steve Someone had better buy this lovely piece of workmanship. For the price of a Fender Player II, you're getting a handmade custom instrument from one of our own. @Silky999 recently completed the mating of his single piece Walnut Jazz body with my Batch #1 AUROK graphite neck from @Kiwi and the results are simply stunning in terms of visuals, playability and sound.

For sale (or pedal preamp trade9), a Stagg bass body in sunburst. Fully loaded and ready for a neck of your choice. Vol/vol tone and a series parallel switch accompany two generic jb pickups. Very good condition and fairly lightweight, on the web it states he body is alder. Neck bolts and a neck plate are available if required. Neck pocket 63mm wide, 100mm long and 17mm deep. Price includes postage UK Only. Cheerd