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That's absolutely lovely! 

2 hours ago, jassbass said:

No reviews of these on YouTube yet

Im dying to hear one 

Anything in particular? I could put something together ☺️

Took these off my brand new Squire 57 P Bass and replaced with Flats, been seeing how I get on with some GHS flats and love them so I'll be leaving them on and these can be sold.

Played for about an hour tops.

£10 with first class post.

Thanks 

Thanks man! Yeah they're absolutely superb really wish I had a bass I could put this on! 

Price reduced to £30. 

Price reduced to £400 for this killer 6 string. 

14 hours ago, Rikki_Sixx said:

That is not a colour / material combination I would ever have thought to go for, but man that thing looks awesome! Glad you found one you like and got to try a bunch out!

 

More importantly, well done on getting the staff at a guitar shop to lay out all their wares before you like a mighty prince 😂 Too often staff in this big outfits just aren't interested so it's good to see them putting the work in!

Well it was harder than it sounded , when he told me he had some in boxes in the store room that weren't opened or on display he took some persuading to get them out... huffing and puffing ensued but he did get them out for me, and I walked away with one of the "Store room" ones!

Wow!

4 minutes ago, Jack said:

Nice bass! Nice johnnyx prints too!

Good eye! we have bloody loads of them, we went a little crazy at one point! Think there's 8 prints in our house! 

That's a beauty mate! Out of interest did they plug you in to that little Orange combo on the floor too? 

Just now, BillyBass said:

Congrats.

 

I bought a bass there yesterday, Newcastle Guitarguitar are doing good bass business at the moment.

 

I had my eye on a couple of basses that they advertise but weren't on display.  Of all those on display, I did like the colour of the Aged candy apple red Player Plus Jazz.

Yeah I asked about that cause I checked the stock before I went in and noticed that they didn't have everything out, the guy told me that during the pandemic they got a load of stock in and turned the downstairs of the shop in to a new stock room, so even though he seemed a little put out he did go and get more basses out of the stock room for me, including, ironically, the one I ended up buying, but they must have had 6 models in the store that weren't out on display and TBH really should have been!

So while I have a couple of days off work, I really wanted to take a couple of hours to scratch a P Bass itch I have, I don't know where it came from as I have NEVER liked the look or the thought of a P Bass, but I've been bitten recently and the itch is too much, so got to scratch it. 

I popped into Guitar Guitar in Newcastle and asked them to unfurl their in stock P Basses, line them up and let me try them all in a shootout fashion to see if any of them were a suitable ointment.

With that said I was presented with lots of basses highlighting Fenders highly confusing catalogue of models, with a £5000 50's custom shop propping one end and a Squier Classic Vibe at the other, sandwiched in the middle were American Pro's, Vintera's, and Players series'.

What a bloody hit and miss selection of basses they are, some were good, some were awful, combinations of good / bad strings, setups and neck feel, the £800 Vintera having a much better setup than the twice the price American Pro for instance... I can quickly talk about that £5k P bass here, and this is for people who have played it... that neck... WTF... it's a tree, U profile? sheesh!...

...So for an hour I went back and forward between 5 or 6 basses until I was playing just one and didn't want to put it down... that bass was... drum roll please... a...

Squier FSR (Factory / Fender Special Run?) Late 50's Custom Vibe P Bass (awful mouthful) in a two tone sunburst (never liked this colour) with a anodised gold (never ever would have wanted this) pickguard... so it's a P Bass in a colour combination that I would never have looked twice at, it's got a maple fingerboard which I have forever told myself I don't like, and it's a squier... so why did I buy it? well put simply it's one of the best basses I have ever played, ever, I couldn't put it down, I went back to it after playing US Pros and Mex Vinteras and Players Series' and for me it was just better, the neck was better, the frets were better, the feel was better, it was just better so I left with it and then played it for 2.5 hours straight when I got it home, it's tremendous. £400, was the American Pro 4 times the bass? not a bloody chance. 

As for P Basses I thought they could only produce a stuffy wooly thumpy jumper sound, but it knocks most basses out the park for bark and bite, volume up, tone down and it just nails everything I want to play. 

I'm converted! It's a wonderful instrument, and I'm definitely coming round to the two tone sunburst and gold pickguard, it's classy in a "late 50's" kind of way 🤔.

1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

Thanks. Yeah that's not bad. My current 6er (ESP LTD B206) is about 6.5kg. it's a real behemoth. 

OUCH!

Ah man memories! I had this and an older ME-6B too! 

They're great! the synth stuff on them is particularly good! 

GLWTS!

Yeah Brexit that seems to be working out really well doesn't it!

Bass weighs 4.3kg on my scales @Newfoundfreedom, very respectable for a 6er.

1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Just out of curiosity, what's the weight of this? It doesn't say in the spec listing. 

I'll get it weighed tomorrow, but it's not heavy at all!

New photos uploaded. 

Any questions just ask

Cheers, 

That is excellent!!

Price reduced to £400 - with £30 for insured shipping.

Hi Guys, 

My almost immaculate Cort Artisan A6 Plus FMMH, this is an absolutely wonderful instrument, massive sound, super low action, incredibly playable, powerful tonal options from the Bart Pre and Pups and in my opinion an ever better sound ran passive. Hipshot hardware. Oooooozes quality.

All the details you could ever want to know are here - https://www.cortguitars.com/product/item.php?it_id=194

Stunning looking and sounding bass. 

Shipping will be about £30, insured only, will come shipped in original boxes and packaging. 

Thanks! 

3mm per side? Wouldn't look too bad.

What's the length measurement though?  Is shorter as well or about right? Thats more of an issue due to magnet positions and string spacing 

Hello mate, 

Yep pics are now here, I also have an Aguilar OBP3 pre for sale as well, so you have that option also.  

Cheers

Reduced to £80! Bargain! 

Aguilar OBP3 Pre, bought used for a project but never installed and now don't have a bass to put it in, so grab a bargain on this amazing pre amp. 

£80 posted. 

In great but used condition, x6 Hipshot USA ultralite tuners in black. These are the reversible design so you can choose the layout that you want, they're currently 3 over 3, but you can choose whatever you'd like! 

Were installed on this bass.

£70 posted. 

In excellent condition plenty of wires left for you to hook up to your Pre... or the Bartolini 3 band 5 pot preamp I'm also selling, or the OBP3 pre I'm selling too! superb pickups. 

£80 posted.