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Lars Denmark Danielsson , on all Michael Ruff albums and Nils Landgren Funk Unit !

SOLD 

Yes, of course 

On Hold 

Sold :

Selling a brand new Sadowsky SBP-1 preamp / DI Box

Brand new , It has never been used 

130 Euro shipping included 

SOLD:

Häussel 4 strings set Jazz bass pickups , used by different manufacturers like Maruszczyk, Sandberg and others
They were installed shortly in a bass i have sold , they are like new .

new price is 175 Euro 

my price is 125 Euro

shipping from Luxembourg 

Most G3 were indeed natural 

ones with alder bodies ,some were black/ alder

Only a few were sunburst with maple bodies. 
This one is rather exceptional because most G3 with maple bodies were beyond 5 kg !

New price:

2000 Euro or 1785 GBP ( +/-)

For sale my 1978 Gibson G3 Grabber in rare tobacco sunburst finish

1025 Gibson G3 were produced in 1978 , only 70 in sunburst ! 

It‘s a clean bass : neck, truss , frets, tuners and electronics are in very good shape.

Pickups are strong , it plays really well with a set of 45-105 flats or rounds.

One ding  on the back of the neck around the 8th fret towards the G string, which you won‘t feel with the thumb of

your left hand when playing .

Weight is 4,3 kg 

Maple body and neck 

Comes with chrome bridge cover and worn original case , but all the latches work as they should

This baby is located in Germany 

price : 2000 Euro or 1785   GBP 

Shipping no problem 

no trades please 

thanks for looking 

These strings feel and play very well 🙂 

I must say that it‘s not always easy for me to identify La Bellas , did they change the silk at some time ?

I supposed the silk color was the same on all their bass strings ….?

i have 4 different LaBella flatwound sets here for the moment :
1) FL set : light red / orange silk on upper  end , no silk on the ball end side ( exactly like yours)

2) FL-TB set ( string throug ) red/orange silk on BOTH ends 

3) FS set : black silk on the upper end only 

4) FS 5 string set : black silk on BOTH ends 🙈

do i have a mix of old and new sets here ?

i would buy yours immediately ,  but i am in Europe, shipping and taxes are expensive i suppose ?

best regards

marc 

On 09/05/2020 at 22:23, Belka said:

No idea. I'd guess it's probably real but has been refinished by an owner or perhaps the Japanese shop.The body doesn't look cheap to me, it doesn't have the neck heel carve but not all of them did. I just don't think the finish is particularly attractive.

 I don't think it's a carbon fibre neck either, just carbon effect lacquer as you say. 

I honestly don't think anyone would fake an NYC. Contrary to what some people believe, the vast majority of Fodera copies are poorly executed Chinese jobs that no-one would ever confuse with the real thing. If someone had access to Fodera pickups/hardware and the luthiery skills and wanted to fake a bass they'd probably do a custom, not an NYC, as they could charge a lot more money for it. 

So, it's almost certainly the real thing, with an unconventional refinish. The pickups with the Fodera butterfly on them are Lane Poors. 

Hi everybody

here my experience with the early 90‘ies „pre serial „ NYC Empire models: 

the carved body/ neck heel came after 1999 , on the second generation of NYC Empire basses . The first series basses from 1994-1999 had standard Fender like bolt on necks and body shape and heel. They were built in small batches when Fodera was , as you mentioned, a small shop with a handfull of people working there. None of the bodies were exactly the same, they are hand carved. 
( i had a pickguard made especially for one NYC bass which did not fit exactly on my other NYC basses ).
I have played several of these old NYC Jazz basses , most of them ( 90% of the ones i ever saw later )  had 60‘ies Jazz bass pickup spacing ,( alder and ash bodies, maple necks or thick rosewood fretboards) and at that time , a lot of them were 4 stringers …..the reissue models/ second version

 ( starting 2001 I think ) were mainly 5 string basses , with the carved neck heel. and not the classic  Fender neck/ body bolt on system . All of them have an active circuit , with active/passive switch or push/pull knob.

Pickups are Bartolini, EMG , Lindy Fralin , Lane Poor or Seymour Duncan  on early 90‘ies models, different hardware ( black, chrome or gold finish)  sometimes even  bridges found on Emperor or other more expensive models. Most of the 90‘ies models have a quilted top . ( a lot of them were even fretless models ! ) 

All of the 4 string basses come  with a D-tuner . 

5 stringers mostly had angled headstock and three piece neck, 4 string basses not. Some early basses had the back of the body painted in black  ( while the top was quilted ) , these are NO fakes , but looked a bit cheap though ! The blue one above even had the back of the neck in black…….

These old models are really nice basses , a bit heavy weight, but very reliable instruments.

Best regards 

An amp with a meaty, juicy tone , TH style, but without a fan or a very, very quiet one, would be my choice .......

any suggestions ? Even if it is not the smallest one 

Trickfish and  Steamhammer seem to be less meaty/ juicy ?

Hevos amps DO  NOT  have  a fan 

Bought some bass guitar pickups from Vedran recently. Fast and uncomplicated communication , smooth transaction, although  he lives in Croatia....

happy to deal with him again !

Midsummer Bump

The complete bass 

Hot summer bump !

10 hours ago, Aero71 said:

What can you tell about the body? You mention "true 1960's", but what year exactly? The bridge belongs to the body? What's the neck plate serial number? 

And do you have a picture without the bridge installed? Weight of the body? Thanks. 

 

Pics without the bridge added 

ground wire route underneath the bridge is 60‘ies style , small oval 

body weight is 2 kg 

Hi , pickups are dated 1970, neck 1971, pots 1966

neck plate is 280 xxx

and yes, it is the original late 60'ies early 70'ies bridge

the bass belonged to a luthier before who was repairing a lot of vintage Fender guitars and basses. He was cleaning it and refinished the body  in natural, because he liked the wood grain.

He said that the body is older than the rest of the bass, because of the lightweight ash body.

I have to check and  post the exact weight here

On 27/07/2020 at 22:35, tomthebass said:

Yum 😍

Could you add a pic of the body without scratchplate to see the routing?

Thanks!

Here some more body pics, without the pickguard

Hi Si

which part do you need ?

Greets

marc

I have them, i have them.......as clothline in the garden :-)

Yep !

I will take more pics

meanwhile, i hope this helps.....

there is no routing beside the control cavity 

Yes, of course!

the names escaped me for moment, that was the only one i remembered 🙂 

.....perhaps just because i tried it and it worked very , very good in some of my P basses 

Hi everybody

Selling some vintage Fender parts for a nice P-bass project :

true 1960' ies naked  feather light ash body , wonderfull wood grain 
the body was originally blonde,  cleaned after a spray job and refinished in natural 
comes with the original bridge .Weight is 2 kg 

its fretted  1971 Fender Precision neck with original tuners, beautifull rosewood fretboard 
the truss rod has been professionally repaired and fixed

i can split and sell  body and neck separately !

the action of the bass is max 2,5 -3 mm on the 12th fret , which is not too bad for a vintage Fender 

simply fit it with a good pickup ( Lundgren, Seymour, Lindy Fralins which work all very well on this ash body) and a nice Emerson kit 

( or other ) and you have immediately a very good vintage Fender Precision  player for a decent price !

I can throw in , for some additional money of course, its  original pickups which are dated  1970 , but these other brands do a

very good job too , really !

for additional infos and pics, please send me a PM 

thanks for looking 

Norm bought a bass from me with different kind of accessories .

it was a great contact, smooth transaction and  excellent communication .

Thanks again Norm