andydye

[s]For sale or trade my CertainBass '61 P-bass funk-machine re-issue type thing as I really need to make some space due to a couple of fretless arrivals and it doesn't get the play time it deserves so... Yes...I know it's assembled from parts he's sourced from wherever he feels will give the best result, but hey aren't Nash basses the same (and they're mega bucks for whatever reason)? and isn't that really the essence of Fender? blah blah...anyhoo... condition: I've been hard pressed to find anything wrong with it (apart from the nut crack I've mentioned further down and price reduced to reflect this little bit of work that needs doing) Spec: [b]Alder body[/b], gorgeous [b]sunburst [/b]finish (headstock finished to match too) [b]Seymour Duncan Antiquity 2[/b] P-Bass pickup [b]CTS pots & switchcraft jack[/b] Schaller strap-buttons (for schaller straplocks) tort pickguard 60's spec thick slab rosewood fingerboard on maple neck bone nut (checking it over just now while photographing it I noticed that the nut is cracked under the D string and while it does hold in with the string tension it will eventually need 'at least' supergluing or at worst 'replacing') fender style tuners & string tree fender style bridge [b]Hard shell case[/b] It's so well knitted together (body and neck) that it really sings acoustically and the pickup really gives a convincing vintage growl! Couple that with some foam and flats and you've got instant motown!! (that's been it's main use of late - I've just taken the flats off it again though) [i][media]http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/sets/72157631622772230/[/media][/i] I paid about £800 all told...I'd take [s]£700[/s] [s]£650[/s] [s]£600[/s] [s]£550[s/][b] £500 [/b]collected, it's been very infrequently used as my main bass has been my 5 string and my EUB gets used more often? You're more than welcome to swing by and take a gander at it if you're genuinely interested (am in Sheffield for the mobile users who can't see such things)... Trades? ...amps - I fancy a genz streamliner 900 or mebbe a markbass to try ...cabs - barefaced S12T or midget with black grill and tweeter ...other bits - diago pedal power[/s]

SOLD gone done

Deal done

Deal pending...

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1348268059' post='1811838'] Ahh ya see!! All my bumping worked, well at least you painted the badge on it for the buyer [/quote] Thank-you kind sir and yes it is more attractive now too

SOLD PENDING

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1348257927' post='1811634'] Ok ok, now you done that, MISSION 2!! Shave the ends off and make it fit round the soundhole of a Spanish classical guitar [/quote] I'd love to but my woodworking skills are not up to serious mods :-(

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1348261286' post='1811696'] I'll have it please. PayPal? [/quote] Pm'd

...ah (lightbulb moment - sorry long week!)

Wowsa that was pretty speedy, congrats!

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1348219238' post='1810928'] Paint a Newcastle United badge on it [/quote] ...confused am I

This is way more gorgeous than the common/'garden black version that everyone seems to have! and the condition looks glorious!!

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1348218576' post='1810905'] Fair enough! [/quote]

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1348218107' post='1810895'] Could always sand the underside down. [/quote] could do, but that'd feel like I was 'turning a faded fresco of Christ into a badly restored picutre of a beast' and somehow spoiling Jon's work...also I like to dig in a bit when I play and ramps don't really allow that...I just don't think I'm a ramper

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1348216800' post='1810867'] I can confirm it'll press-fit between 70s jazz spacing BUT NOT 60s jazz spacing. Great ramp this. Shame it doesn't do it for you! [/quote] It is a lovely little thing, really cool, it's just a bit too high for the action on the new neck so the strings dont have any play at all...