graham1945

FINAL PRICE DROP TO £1,000 Part one of my five string bass sell off due to my arthritic left wrist telling me that it doesn't want to stretch across five string fingerboards any more! Rarely use the G string anyway! 😂 This is quite a rare one now from Kevin Brubaker's earler days. It is the sequel to the Lexa bass and is from 1999, in a stunning transparent flame (front and back) double cutaway ash body. This is also edged in natural edging, and is beautifully finished. The strong point is the super smooth and flat deep set bolt on maple neck with a lovely rosewood fingerboard and is 34.5" scale. The nut is 1.75" and there are 24 frets. The bass originally came to me via Elderly Instruments of Lansing, Michigan as a lined fretless bass. After a while I had the bass refretted at The Bass Gallery (beautiful job) and was told that it had left the factory fretted. There is no evidence of any of this previous work on the fretboard. There are swirls in the finish but I can see no dinks or through finish chips anywhere. The pickups are Basslines soapbar and they are complimented by a Seymour Duncan 3 band active pre amp, all working fine. The preamp and battery is accessed via a large SINGLE screwed cover, now isn't that a good idea? It is fitted with a Hipshot bridge and tuners. A few of the pics below are from the original advert, notably the fretboard finish, which shows it when it was lined fretless. I've weighed it at around 9.5 lbs or just over 4kilos. You're welcome to try the bass in Bournemouth. I would ideally like to hand the bass over personally rather than send it via carrier. Please let me know if you need to know anything else. No music files I'm afraid. Edit new pictures to reflect a truer colour.

I've just had the pleasure of buying this bass from Steve.

Good luck with the sale Mickey. Nice bass.

Here's a great piece of history for the price of a good foot pedal. I've had this for a long time from new (let's not say how many years)! Due to the weight I've been using one of the new D class amps for some years now and this beauty is just not getting any use any more. I had it revalved a couple of years back and have only gigged it twice since then. It has a transistor pre amp and a valve power amp, and it is LOUD! It's in great condition for its age. See pic showing all valves fired up. I've just fired it up and all channels work as they should, as do all pots which do what they say they do. I had a kettle lead plug put on, as you will see in the pics. It comes with the Roqsolid cover. I will not post or courier this due to the weight but am happy to travel a reasonable distance for a meet up (splitting the cost) or you can come and try it out here in Bournemouth - tea supplied. Any questions, please ask.

Ampeg specs attached below. The speakers cost over £700 each new FYI. Any more questions, please ask. Cheers, Graham

This is still available.

OK, must move on. Now £500, let's be 'avin you. I have two excellent compact, but powerful bass rigs, and, with the amount of gigs I have, this is completely unnecessary. My back is telling me to keep the Barefaced and my ears are telling me to keep the Ampeg! So the Ampeg loses out. The photos below show that it comprises two PN210HLF cabinets and the excellent PF800 amp which are all in very good condition and working as they should do. The cabs are rated at 550 watts each and each have an adjustable tweeter. They are 8 ohm cabinets. They come with Roqsolid covers as shown and have a few very minor scuffs in the very hardwearing finish. This set up is easily loud enough for small to medium sized venues and is very punchy with a surprising amount of bass as a result of the full width ports. The amp is super reliable and features compression, mute button, bass and treble quick boost buttons and a five way adjustable mid range control along with the usual controls. I'd prefer to deliver this for obvious reasons for shared cost. I'm not looking for trades and the price is firm. Collection also is an option, although we would have to wait for the relaxation of lockdown rules. Any questions please ask.

You're quite correct of course Mr Hunt - EMG it was. Traded it on here some years ago.

I had a black one of these which also had a single Bartolini pickup. Although a 35" scale it doesn't feel it and much easier to play than any other 35" I've played, so don't let the scale put you off. Also, the lightest bass I've ever owned. GLWTS

OK, I'll edit. Just copied the description from The Gallery's website. Cheers, Graham

Due to advancing age and lack of gigs here is my "as new" Sadowsky Metroline 5 in aged white/cream. Purchased used from The Bass Gallery by me in January 2019. (listed in their "sold" items). Briefly the specs are:- Fingerboard, rosewood; Body, alder; Frets 22; Nut 1 7/8 inches; Spacing at bridge, 19mm; Scale, 34 inches; Pickups, Sadowsky; Preamp, Sadowsky 2 band; Weight 8.5 lbs; Controls, volume, pan, active/passive/tone and stacked treble/bass. Will come in an almost new Hiscox case (as in pictures) OR I have an almost new Reunion Blues soft, but highly padded case if you fancy that (cost twice the price of the Hiscox). I have looked in detail and cannot find any blemishes worth photographing. A few light scratches on the pickguard, and I mean light. A beautiful bass. No trade offers please, and the price is fixed. UK sales only please. Sorry, I don't have any sound clips, although there are plenty on Youtube.