Old Horse Murphy

I called in to Bass Bros earlier today after phoning Will to say I was in the area. Fortunately he was in the store so I popped in. 
 

It's the first time I've been to their new unit and I must say I'm really impressed with the set up. There's some lovely kit there and I left considerably poorer than when I arrived. 
 

Will's a top chap and has that whole "customer experience" off to a tee. I'm delighted that the business is thriving for them and will definitely call in again when I'm in the area. In common with vampires, once I've been invited in there's no escaping me. 

I met Mark today to hand over a bass he bought from me. He's a lovely guy with a seriously cool collection of basses. I can't recommend him highly enough. 

It was very very hot. We played a festival slot between 7-9pm and after experiencing some feedback issues for the first two songs (the singer's/guitarist's monitor AGAIN) we went down really well and had to politely turn down the requests for an encore as everything was running late. 
 

A nice evening. My goodness it was hot though 🥵

Firstly thanks to everyone who has made some suggestions about trying to make the bass work for me. After some consideration I've decided I'd rather sell than chop it around. 
 

For sale is a custom P Bass body made by Guitar and Bass Builds. It's a 5* 2 piece Swamp Ash P Bass body that has been rear-routed for Jazz Pickups with a 60's spacing and was professionally finished is a high gloss clear lacquer. I've fitted EMG J pickups to it, including an EMG solderless harness (VVT) and a Fender High Mass Bridge. The body, pickups and hardware cost around £600. 
 

The neck is a Status Graphite Jazz neck, fitted with Schaller tuners. The bass weighs 9lbs 3oz and is in excellent condition apart from a few small marks on the headstock (no chips though). 
 

It plays beautifully with a lovely low action but sadly I can't get the sounds I particularly want. There's no case but if I ship it I'll make sure the package is bomb-proof. 
 

I'm looking for £850 delivered or I'm happy to hand it over in person within an hour of Monmouth. I'm not prepared to sell the neck separately unless I first find a buyer for the body, so please don't ask. I have a long list of people who expressed interest in the neck already and if the body sells I'll let them know. 

No trades thanks
 

4 hours ago, LewisK1975 said:

Ah Shame that Nick, but like I said earlier, I don't think you'll have much trouble shifting it.

Thanks mate. I'll put an ad up shortly and see how I get on. 

Thanks for all the suggestions chaps. I've cogitated in this and unfortunately it's not going to work for me and what I want so I think I'm going to put it up for sale. 

There was a well known bass player in Watford who had the imaginative nickname of "stumpy" due to having no little finger on his left hand and half a ring finger too. He played right handed and managed to adapt his style to suit his abilities. He was a cracking player. 
 

Similarly if you haven't already, check out Django Reinhardt who only had (I think) two useable fingers in his left hand due to a fire. He played right handed too.

I'm sure you'd ably manage to play right handed but it's possibly worth looking at a shorter scale Bass to help with the reach until you develop a style that's right for you. 
 

Good luck with it all, you have my absolute respect. 

12 hours ago, oldslapper said:

Oh blimey I used to love walking past that shop. Back in the early 90’s I gave him a jap Squier jazz to sell, which he was happy to take in and display. It soon became evident that was all he was prepared to do….display it. I needed the rent money so I met his lazy cantankerous-ness with a very strongly worded letter. That showed ‘im!! Had to write a note as he was never open.
I do remember he had twin blue flower P’s (fretted/fretless) hanging in the window. Always wanted the same since. 

Is that where you got the Probe from?

Oh he's worse! 😂 I think Jake @Jakesterwas the last person he actually sold anything to and that's must've been five years ago now. 
 

He seemed to have a well-trodden path to the local Cash Converters where he pawned some really decent kit when money got tight. I don't think he actually ever wanted to sell anything in the shop when I used to visit and he had some amazing stock tucked away. 
 

One of life's characters for sure. 

Price drop- £260 delivered

Price drop- £525 inc. insured delivery

Well I had the opportunity to gig this last night and it plays beautifully. The only problem is it still sounds like a Jazz 😂

Genuinely not sure what to do. I've had a large number of offers to sell the neck separately but I don't think I'll do that, otherwise I'll end up with a neck less body again. Decisions decisions. 

All I can see if the hair! 

I keep coming back to this. Lovely 👍

Big Rick fan too. The first time I saw him was in my Dad's video of The Last Waltz when I was 12 or so. Ineffably cool, good looking and just a brilliant bass player: I was smitten with bass at that point. 

Thanks Gareth 😊 Hope you're well

Price drop: £1,550 via courier or £1,500 if picked up. 
 

Bump for price drop: £1,800 inc delivery or £1,750 if picked up. 

A lovely thing to do and something I'd imagine your girls will remember always 👍

It makes me realise just how lucky I was to get hold of a Status neck just after their announcement. I'd definitely source another one if I could. 

2 hours ago, Stingray5 said:

Hubba-flippin'-hubba! That's nice! 👍👍

Glwts.

Thanks 😊. It's just not getting used at all sadly. 

I love Gail, thanks

1 hour ago, three said:

Wow, absolutely stunning!  Is that a flamed Walnut top?  The green wrap-around LEDs look fantastic too against the phenolic.  Obviously, fretboard LED's weren't an option when I spec'd my SII!

Thanks  it's figured walnut apparently. I must admit though, I prefer the grain on your one. 

On 26/07/2022 at 05:08, Musicman666 said:

my walnut S2...one of the final batch.

 

 

I think ours must've come from near enough the same batch. Mine's a November 2021. 
 

Pm'd