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  1. Sold. Reduced price to £945. Up for sale I have this extremely rare Organic 4 string fretted bass. Made top to toe from one piece of padauk (there is a wenge fingerboard and padauk facing on the headstock). The one piece body (contoured similar to Warwick basses) and neck gives the bass a very good sustain and excellent tonal quality. I believe Organic guitars were trading sometime between 2000 and 2012 (bit of a guess) the website still appears under 'Organic Guitars' even though they have long ceased production. A number of guitars and one bass were available. 

    Here's some blurb and pictures from the site:
    Duncan Wales of Organic Guitars mixes modern guitar making techniques with time-honored materials and tone woods to produce quality acoustic and electric instruments.
    Old world luthiery and modern innovation is the hallmark of Organic. Duncan Wales , master luthier, has built several signature models for the UK based company and they display the finest in both electronic achievement and body style development. Trained at "The Totnes School of Guitar Making", Duncan combines his engineering background with traditional luthier's skills.

    The Organic bass benefits from the same design and construction elements of the guitar range and as such has the same tight fast response and colourful warm sonic footprint. Organic basses are available in either 4, 5 or 6 string format and the electronics configuration is the customers preference. We work with a variety of woods to ensure the right tone and aesthetic value is achieved for each.
    Featuring a solid African Padauk body and neck with a Wenge fretboard.
    Prices from £2,500

     

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    The bass is equipped with bartolini pick ups and preamp along with hipshot bridge and tuners. 34" scale length, weight is 8 pounds 4 ounces (3.74 kilos). Some very minor scratches on the upper bout rear of body and a tiny dent on the back of the neck which are shown in my photos. Ritter gig bag included. Incorporating some nice nice design features: recessed bridge and control knobs, through body or or usual bridge stringing options and magnetic truss rod cover. Try outs and collection welcome or can arrange a meet up within 30 miles of Daventry. 

     

     

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  2. Zon Sonus 4 string fretless Bass, Ash body, composite neck, JJ bartolini pick ups and active circuit.

    Up for sale is a truly astounding bass made by Joe Zon. It is very light-weight, coming in at  7 lbs, 13 ounces (3.53 kilos) The body is centre-seam two-piece solid ash, ergonomic and comfortable as can be, with an exaggerated belly-cut and forearm bevel.
    It has two Bartolini J-bass pickups and a Bartolini active 2-band EQ on a stacked, center-detent pot, in addition to a master volume and master centre-detent pickup blend control. This bass is in really nice condition, with a couple very minor nicks on the headstock and the end of the fingerboard with a virtually unmarked body. The phenowood fingerboard has some tiny almost invisible scratching from playing, it is so hard that whichever strings are used there are no issues. Currently strung with some rather nice Optima gold round wounds (50 to 105), included will be the plush tgi soft case or a hiscox hard case if preferred.
    The Zon Sonus model from this period have carbon-fibre composite necks. This is what Zon says about their composite necks:
    “The object of using composites for our necks is to integrate the stability and performance of these materials in a manner that enhances the tonal characteristics, reliability, and consistency of our basses, without losing the warmth and personality.

    “Our basses’ necks are fabricated in our Redwood City, California, facility. The base material is carbon fibre, developed for the aerospace industry. Carbon fibre is rayon extruded under extreme heat and pressure, a process that changes its molecular structure on a subatomic level. Engineered to have the highest strength-to-weight ratio possible (it’s six times stronger than steel), it also has the highest coefficient of stiffness and the lowest thermal coefficient, offering great stability and strength under compression, as well as tension.

    “However, carbon fibre isn’t the only material we employ. Our proprietary “recipe” incorporates wood and other materials, which allows us to tune the necks so every instrument retains that organic and musical earthiness so pleasingly familiar to the ear.

    “Because the neck has a “flatter” frequency response, it has less effect on coloring the wood body’s tone, therefore letting its true voice come through. With the neck material being so dense, the bass is very “live” and responsive. This condition is a function of a faster attack whereby the note comes into focus almost immediately and then swells with richness. Consequently, the tone has more clarity and the notes exhibit improved detail, projection, sustain, and evenness in volume, all across the fingerboard. This definition is particularly beneficial in lowered tunings, where the notes are usually lost or muddy. Instead, lowered tunings retain their clarity and don’t hide in the mix of the other instruments.

    “While the concept of using this material for a neck may seem unfamiliar, the feel of our necks is not. Contoured after some of the classic shapes we’ve come to know and love, the profile of our necks feels very natural to the hand and all of them are extremely comfortable and easy to play. The action is fast and smooth, making them suitable for any playing technique.

     Graphite string nuts are installed for the string-to-string evenness of tone and durability they offer.”
    The scale length is 34", there are no neck or electronics issues at all. The instrument is in perfect playing condition. Collection preferred or could meet up somewhere within a 30 mile radius of Daventry.

     


     

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  3. Sold. Boss DM-2w Delay pedal in as new condition, perfect working order boxed with instructions. Typical boss quality, one of the waza craft series, analog circuitry with a mode switch for original dm2 tone or custom with extended delay time. Velcro underneath, price includes UK insured postage

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  4. Price reduced to £90.00. Xotic Robotalk 2 twin envelope filter in great condition and excellent working order. 2 bandpass filters which can each be used separately or combined providing lots of flexibility. Velcro underneath and one housing screw missing, one tiny chip in the paintwork that I can see. IMG_20230410_175850019.thumb.jpg.e08f05b39f8d8579ee92c34f50c0ad24.jpgIMG_20230410_175850019.thumb.jpg.e08f05b39f8d8579ee92c34f50c0ad24.jpgAnother high quality pedal made by Xotic, supplied in its original box, price includes UK insured postage.

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  5. Sold. Now reduced to £115. Xotic X-blender series/parallel effects looper incorporating wet/dry blend with volume bass and treble controls, also boost and phase invert switches. In pristine condition, perfect working order with its original box and instructions. This is a high quality item, has velcro underneath, price includes UK insured postage or collection welcome at £105.IMG_20230410_180053354.thumb.jpg.b234189e811a5709fd003a6d3ccc2d1f.jpg

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  6. I have visited Ken (a gent and credit to Basschat) and played this bass, it's a gorgeous fretless made by Warwick when there was something rather special about the basses of this era. I probably would be getting funds together for it if I wasn't hankering for an early dolphin fretless so much.

    Glwts

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  7. Sold.(Part exchanged) Creation Audio Labs Funkulator in pristine condition, almost unmarked (tiny paint chip on one side) and perfect working order. Price includes UK insured postage.

    Be funky.

     

    Here-s what creation labs say about their pedal;

    The Funkulator Bass Tone Shaper Effect Pedal – Zero to Funk w/ One Click!

    The funky love-child of the acclaimed MK.4.23 and the Holy Fire; the Funkulator shares the same DNA, boutique styling, pro audio specs and studio quality but with a funktastic sound that's all it's own!

     

    Finger-style tone to the perfect slap sound with one click of a switch.

    Not a Slapper? Use the Funkulator to add tightness and punch to finger-style and pick tones.  You may find yourself never turning it off!

    Pristine Redeemer buffered circuit.  

    Buffered bypass is stock. (true bypass is optional).

    Can be used as a DI to plug directly into the line input of any sound system.

    Uses 9VDC 150mA standard center-negative 5.5 x 2.1mm barrel connector.

    Small footprint 3.1" x 4.25".

     

    With the Funkulator bypassed, dial up your amp for the tone you like for finger style playing.  Click in the pedal and dial up the Funkulator for the prefect slap style tone. Use a little to add punch to your finger style, a little more to tighten up on your pick style.  Sounds great on guitar too - really tightens up clean chicken pickin', or max it after a distortion pedal for a heavy metal Q.

     

    Varying Degrees of Funk

    With the Funkulator, we want you to be able to dial in a great sound quickly and easily. That’s why we kept it simple – one knob, one switch.  You need the flexibility to funkulate on your terms so the Funkulator gives you a wide range of tones.  Simplicity + flexibility.  We call it “varying degrees of funk”.

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    Withdrawn. Zon Sonus 4 string fretless Bass, Ash body, composite neck, JJ bartolini pick ups and active circuit.

    Up for sale is a truly astounding bass made by Joe Zon. It is very light-weight, coming in at  7 lbs, 13 ounces (3.53 kilos) The body is centre-seam two-piece solid ash, ergonomic and comfortable as can be, with an exaggerated belly-cut and forearm bevel.
    It has two Bartolini J-bass pickups and a Bartolini active 2-band EQ on a stacked, center-detent pot, in addition to a master volume and master centre-detent pickup blend control. This bass is in really nice condition, with a couple very minor nicks on the headstock and the end of the fingerboard with a virtually unmarked body. The phenowood fingerboard has some tiny almost invisible scratching from playing, it is so hard that whichever strings are used there are no issues. Currently strung with some rather nice Optima gold round wounds (50 to 105), included will be the plush tgi soft case or a hiscox hard case if preferred.
    The Zon Sonus model from this period have carbon-fibre composite necks. This is what Zon says about their composite necks:
    “The object of using composites for our necks is to integrate the stability and performance of these materials in a manner that enhances the tonal characteristics, reliability, and consistency of our basses, without losing the warmth and personality.

    “Our basses’ necks are fabricated in our Redwood City, California, facility. The base material is carbon fibre, developed for the aerospace industry. Carbon fibre is rayon extruded under extreme heat and pressure, a process that changes its molecular structure on a subatomic level. Engineered to have the highest strength-to-weight ratio possible (it’s six times stronger than steel), it also has the highest coefficient of stiffness and the lowest thermal coefficient, offering great stability and strength under compression, as well as tension.

    “However, carbon fibre isn’t the only material we employ. Our proprietary “recipe” incorporates wood and other materials, which allows us to tune the necks so every instrument retains that organic and musical earthiness so pleasingly familiar to the ear.

    “Because the neck has a “flatter” frequency response, it has less effect on coloring the wood body’s tone, therefore letting its true voice come through. With the neck material being so dense, the bass is very “live” and responsive. This condition is a function of a faster attack whereby the note comes into focus almost immediately and then swells with richness. Consequently, the tone has more clarity and the notes exhibit improved detail, projection, sustain, and evenness in volume, all across the fingerboard. This definition is particularly beneficial in lowered tunings, where the notes are usually lost or muddy. Instead, lowered tunings retain their clarity and don’t hide in the mix of the other instruments.

    “While the concept of using this material for a neck may seem unfamiliar, the feel of our necks is not. Contoured after some of the classic shapes we’ve come to know and love, the profile of our necks feels very natural to the hand and all of them are extremely comfortable and easy to play. The action is fast and smooth, making them suitable for any playing technique.

     Graphite string nuts are installed for the string-to-string evenness of tone and durability they offer.”
    The scale length is 34", there are no neck or electronics issues at all. The instrument is in perfect playing condition. Collection preferred or could meet up somewhere within a 30 mile radius of Daventry.

     


     

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