peety

Hi mate happy to take this will Pm you for payment details 

I can see why that would appeal lovely looking bass 

I must have been lucky I'd already had a couple of LImelight basses when I saw this on Marks website , was a special build he'd done , I had spoken to him before about a sunburst relic but he had always said it was very difficult to do.

Probably a bit too heavily relic' d for some people but I like it and it plays beautifully 

Cheers Steve

3 hours ago, knicknack said:

@peety I was wondering who got that one... I still have the pics on my phone from when I went and played it, and then deliberated too long! Awesome bass!

Mark had made me a Dakota red 58P and I was struggling with the size of the neck ,when I saw this on the website,   This is the 3rd LImelight I've hadn't they've all been great basses but this is the best , the Jazz neck makes it extremely playable. 

This really does feel so played in and strung with flats has that proper old school P bass vibe , Marks pickups are up there with the best I've ever played 

Also had a lot of comments from band mates and people at gigs , as I said lots of people don't like the whole relic thing but I guess that's a personal thing 

Happy to take these if you are prepared to sell , understand if you want to wait for a trade but if nothing is available let me know 

Thanks Steve

Got this from Mark after seeing the picture on his web site , now I'm aware such a heavy relic is not to a lot of people's taste however I really like the look and it plays sublimely 

It's meant to be a 68/69 precision with a Jazz width neck and the addition of the J pup which apparently was a popular mod around then also has a genuine Fender nitro cellulose pickguard and a side mounted jack socket. 

Only downside it is slightly heavy for long sets but it's worth the trade off 

To me another example of a quality bass from Mark 

On 12/01/2019 at 09:24, ead said:

I'm in Chorley and have a number of P basses (only 2 of which are Fenders).  You would be most welcome to come and try my basses and A/B to yours if you wish.

Thanks for the kind offer ead I may well take you up on that in the future 

9 hours ago, Mudpup said:

I had a Euro 4 LX for a few years and currently play a 50's Lacquer Precision and also a Sandberg PM4 (which is may be fairly similar to your Maruszczyk??). I had always wanted one, loved the looks and the sound that i had heard on records and it was a 50th birthday indulgent gift from the missus so i really tried to love it but ultimately it wasn't for me.

The Spector could be from a different planet compared with the 2 P bass styles. I couldn't get a Precision tone from it - the Tonepump preamp and EMG pickups sound much more modern and it doesn't have the warm low mid punch that works so well in a band that the Fender P bass has. The Spector has oodles of big clean low end and sparkle but is much more hifi sounding. It didn't have the fatness of a Precision and i found it a bit sterile. It may not do the Motown thing too well in my opinion.

I didn't find it as comfortable as a P bass to play either when stood up - it wasn't particularly heavy but it feels like the 1st fret is a few inches further out to your left due to the bridge being mounted inboard to the body. Everything feels a bit closer in on the P bass. And i think i prefer slightly bigger bodies too in general. Lovely quality though.

I think you would be better off grabbing a used one off here - if you don't gel with it when you've gigged it a bit you can flip it back with minimal loss. At £1700 you're taking a risk.

 

Thanks for that , I'm really torn at the moment however I think I need to at least try one , I've never been one for fiddling around with things I like the simplicity of the Precision although both my P basses have a jazz pick up which gives me a nice amount of flexibility

Ultimately I need to have something I'm going to use regularly so I'm sort of leaning towards another Maruzsczyk as I know the weight will be light and to be honest exactly what I'll get for the money 

decisions decisions 😂😂

Thanks for that I guess I'm just looking for a bit of reassurance everything I have read about them has been positive

While 9LBS is a bit heavier than my Maruszczyk its not an issue and by the sound of things the versatility of the bass would have all bases covered

Very interested in this thread , I'm pretty much a died in the wool  precision man to the point I come out in a rash if I go near a jazz bass.

However Spectors are looking very appealing to me especially the Euro LX with the PJ configuration ,

So a couple of questions to you experts how do they compare to a precision in term of tones etc , what are they generally like for weight , I have a great Limelight but I'm struggling with playing long sets with it due to weight  as opposed to my Maruszczyk which is really light.

I'm in Wigan and looking around there don't seem to be any local stockists and at around £1700 they're no cheap to take a punt on

Other option is a used one which is what I'm thinking about just interested in peoples thoughts

I play in a covers band which covering everything from Indie to motown  depending on gig

Cheers steve

If this had a maple board I'd be all over it , had 2 of these and foolishly sold them , the best pound for pound Precision available so much that they rarely come up 2nd hand good luck with the sale although I doubt you'll need it 

Cheers Steve

been trying to get my hands on one of these for a while had 2 before possibly best precision I've ever played stupidly sold mine however I'm very much a maple board person otherwise I would have been all over this

These are superb whoever gets this is in for a treat GLWTS

Just got this photo from Mark 

Dakota red with gold adonised guard  1957 precision and a spare parchment guard 

Mark says it looks brighter in the photo than the actual whatever it is looking good 

18 hours ago, rushscored4 said:

There was one like that on Facebook before Xmas for £675 from someone not too far from me in Wigan. Doesn't appear to have been sold and he posted a new profile pic a few weeks ago of him playing the bass so maybe he thought better of it!

Yes that is mine I did think better of it even though I have a white one as well seriously good value for the money and the spec available 

Spooky hahaha 

was originally going for black black maple then I saw this and couldn't resist 

Wasn't 100 percent sure of the gold adonised plate so I've ordered an extra one in parchment as well for a bit of variety 

Just paid a deposit on a new P Bass from Mark will be something like this h

sorry this sold some time ago my fault thought I had removed the thread

My Maruszczyk Jake was based on the specs of a Duck Dunn I had blocked and bound neck matching headstock I decided against a jazz pickup at the bass , this comes in at around 7.5 lbs , I've had several laklands Dj , Bob Glaub , and loved them however I now have 2 Jakes and they are at least the equal if not better than the laklands , 

i had the bass pictured below up for sale I have since come to my senses and removed it 

Last of a run of 4 gigs in 8 days for us last night ,circus  carnival ball complete with large model animals amongst other things. 

Contracted for 2 x 45 minutes sets to be finished by 11.30 as they also had a DJ entertainer complete with dancers who would take the night through till 1.30pm. Arrived as agreed at 4pm to be told they had messed up the timings to be told they had issues with another room in the hotel and had moved those guests who had booked for a quiet singer only meal/ evening into the party.

This would result in everything would overrun and we would only be going on at 1045 and would still finish at 1145 so only required to do 1 hour , not an issue but meant a bit of set rearrangement , About an hour before going on Manager came to us and said some people were complaining about background music being too loud and could we try and tone it down,

Evening was beginning to have all the makings of a night mare at 10.20 the DJ went and did a 15 minute 70s spot complete with dancers at which point they were still serving food fair play to him he got crowd going for us straight on and did 80 minutes virtually without taking a breath to cram as much as possible in, turned out to be a blast our singer is a proper extrovert which helped and had dance floor full and bouncing all night so what looked like being hard work turned out to be a good night.

had to wait till everything finished to pack down plus with an hour drive home didn't get in till 3.30 but all in all good night and extremely well paid so can't complain.

month off now after a really busy 2017 40'gigs in already for next year so going to be another busy one 

Played this at the last 2 gigs and have decided I must have rocks in my head selling this so now withdrawn from sale 

Pre Christmas bump 

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Got my Fender Rumble V3 500 210 Combo for sale had this about 18 months excellent combo been gigged and has never missed a beat.

Not sure this is a good idea but decided a change is as good as a rest and I have a hankering to go back to seperates,  so I'm putting this up for sale

comes with a roqsolid cover.puts out 300 watts as a stand alone or 500 with an extension cab however I have never felt the need to get an extension cab as the combo is more than loud enough on its own

Fender Spec outlined below

Fender Rumble 500 Combo (V3) Features:

• Amplifier Type: Class-D
• Controls: Gain, Bright On/Off, Contour On/Off, Vintage On/Off, Drive, Overdrive On/Off, Level, Bass, Low-Mid, High-Mid, Treble, Master Volume
• Wattage: 500 Watts @ 4 ohms (with External Speaker), 350 Watts @ 8 ohms (Internal)
• Effects Loop: 1/4" - (Send/Return)
• Inputs: One - 1/4"
• Auxiliary Input: 1/8" Stereo
• Headphone Jack: 1/8" Stereo
• Line Out: One - (XLR with Ground Lift)
• Channels: One - (with Selectable Bright Switch, Contour, Vintage Switch and Overdrive)
• Horn Tweeter: One - Compression Tweeter with On/Off Switch
• Cabinet Material: Lightweight Plywood
• Pilot Light Jewel: Red LED
• Handle: Moulded Plastic Strap with Nickel-Plated Caps
• Front Panel: Painted Metal
• Grill Cover: Black Textured Vinyl Covering with Silver Grille Cloth
• Amplifier Depth: 14" (35.56 cm)
• Amplifier Width: 19" (485 mm)
• Amplifier Height: 23" (58.42 cm)
• Amplifier Weight: 36.5 lbs. (16.56 kg)
• Speaker: Two - 10" Eminence®-Designed Ceramic Magnet
• Impedance: 8 ohms
• Knobs: Ivory Soft Touch Radio Knobs
• Unique Features:
• -Classic Fender® styling
• -Eminence® speakers
• -Soft-touch radio knobs
• -Foot-switchable overdrive circuit and 3-button voicing palette
• -Removable front grille
• -Extremely lightweight
• -Ported cabinet design

Combo is situated in Wigan in the North West post code is WN5 9HX  price is £325 posted or if you can collect £300 and i'll throw in a brew and chocolate biscuit.

The only trades I would be interested in are as follows , Markbass Jeff Berlin or 115 or 210 combo with cash your way , Ashdown RM500 or possibly an RM 800 cash adjustments can be discussed

Not really interested in anything else at the moment am at work so will put up some pictures as soon as I get home later

Any questions feel free to ask

Cheers Steve

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I did get your reply thanks Karl I'm surprised it's still here to be honest can't be a much better P bass knocking about at that price in my opinion