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nbd thread on the Maruszczyk coming soon, meanwhile an echoing little bump

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My rather wonderful Maruszczyk fretless has now arrived, so somebody please buy my Conklin! It is indeed a huge amount of bass for not much money...

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My Maruszyzck fretless will arrive in the next 4-5 weeks, so I am now open to offers...

I own the 2nd one of these, and it is THE most expressive bass you'll ever hear. I've played a Rob Allen, and it was only as good as my Firecreek (and 3 times the price). Somebody buy this bass- you'll never wipe the smile off your face...

Hey, don't look at me- I'm just obeying the 36hr bumping rule...

[attachment=220614:snconk3.jpg] I bought this wonderful instrument from BinkyBass of this parish, and had him send it straight to Jon Shuker, who did a wonderful job of defretting it.He used Purpleheart veneer and maple for the 'cheat' lines. I find a lined fretless confusing and distracting, and wanted as clean a look as possible. It works very well- I use the maple markers generally, but have the option of the 'full' lines as needed. I haven't had the bass for many months, it was an experiment to see if I could unleash my inner Michael Manring. unfortunately, I seem not to actually have one, leashed or not. It was a successful experiment, though, as it has taught me that I really don't need a low B (an E-C 5 string is sufficient). So that's why I'm selling it. It is in immaculate condition, but for one thing. In transit between Jon Shuker and me, it must have had a knock- there are 2 hairline cracks in the lacquer either side of the neck. I've pictured them, they are very small, and are of the lacquer only, NOT the wood. Playability totally unaffected. So- wine red 'cellophane' finish swamp ash body with flame maple top Purpleheart and wenge neck (2 octaves) Bartolini Humbuckers/2 band preamp La Bella hard rockin steels (B-C) and custom Newtone high F. All new It plays just wonderfully, the neck is sublime, very tactile and organic. It absolutely sings- the board does not feel like a defret job, but like it was made that way. The pictures are Jon's, and they do it justice. The only trades I'm after are an Ebow, and a Ditto x4 looper. Otherwise, just sale only. £700 delivered to your door in the UK. I will consider sending abroad, but the postage would increase the cost. Happy to answer questions where I've forgotten details. Thanks for reading. [attachment=220620:snconk2.jpg][attachment=220621:snconk1.jpg][attachment=220622:snconk4.jpg][attachment=220623:snconk5.jpg][attachment=220624:snconk6.jpg][attachment=220625:P1010265.JPG][attachment=220626:P1010266.JPG]

Any chance of a photo of the back? And how does the neck profile compare with the L2000 ( my favourite profile)? Cheers

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