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[quote name='Shaker' post='801165' date='Apr 9 2010, 07:34 PM']Hi

Can you confirm dimensions?

Thanks

Shaker[/quote]

Its approx 23" wide 26" high and 18" deep.....
weight aorund 30kg

still here still 8 ohms i'm afraid bt
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I agree - it does look good. I havent seen Mike since the bass merchant moved. Perhaps I should call in.... maybe one day I will order a funkmeister.

What are those pickups? Is he still doing the aeros?

[quote name='geoffbassist' post='796457' date='Apr 5 2010, 12:15 PM']Serious bargain :-)
good luck with your sale.[/quote]

Thanks.
Must admit I would have liked to hang onto this but I'm under orders to clear space.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='796407' date='Apr 5 2010, 11:33 AM']Fantastic playability with these basses; I had two of them a few years ago.. I think this model is the Kingston Heir if I'm not mistaken?

Buying this and adding another pick up and some active electronics to it would be a relatively inexpensive way to owning a really amazing bass!

Good luck with the sale [/quote]

Thanks .

Ive never been quite sure of which Kingston this is - I have been told and ... forgotten.

I agree that though the passive sound is good - an active pickup would be great on this bass.

Carvin 4x10 cab £120...

This has been a reliable workhorse for me. Its 8 ohm with adjustable 'redeye' horn. Carpet covered. Rated at 600 watts the cab has always been plenty loud enough for me on its own. It has that punchy 4x10 sound and a great bass response- its quite a deep box.


Though its bulky its surpirsingly light (around 30kg) - if your arms are long enough its one man lift. I'll throw in my home made skate thing (bit of old wood with four casters that fits it nicely and helps shift it on the flat)

The cab is old - there is small dent in the front grill and the carpet is a bit bobbly but the drivers are in good condition - no problems with the sound. Just right for those gigs where you might fret about the safety of highly expensive cabs ....


Pick up from North Essex - or I might be able to drive a bit to meet up.


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MTD Kingston 5 ... £300.. or trades

I bought this bass from new some time ago... when the bass centre was in Wapping. My first serious 5er.

Its got a lovely maple board and sparkly light blue finish. Photos not so good I'm afraid.
The single MM style pickup is passive with a simple tone/volume control. Theres plenty of space in
the cavity to add active electronics - which many people do to these. These basses get rave reviews for their
playability (19mm spacing) and light weight.

Condition wise - it has a few scratches and bumps - worst are probably the small chips on the headstock- but nothing too major.
It comes with a rather old and tatty gig-bag.

35" scale 5 string
24 medium jumbo frets
Zero fret 1 7/8" wide, 5 string
Carved basswood body
Maple neck with maple fingerboard
Single exposed pole pickup
Volume, tone controls

Would prefer local pick-up..I'm in North Essex but work in Central London... happy to drive (a bit) to meet somebody
if needed.

Trade wise ... i'd be interested in black jazzes 4/5 string, or... lots of things ...can adjust for cash


Thanks for looking.

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Hi - that looks nice -would you be interested in a lakland jo5 with j retro...like this..


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[quote name='Mike' post='704647' date='Jan 7 2010, 07:29 PM']Not going to buy the bass but just curious where in North Essex you were. Have a bump![/quote]

cheers...

I'm in Thaxted

bump and price drop...
if this doesnt work I'll have to put new B string on it...

Bump...

[quote name='budget bassist' post='697151' date='Dec 31 2009, 01:07 PM']nice one yours is a 2006 i think?[/quote]

Yep it is - well spotted.

My clearout of stuff I dont use continues with a Johnson 5 string fretless jazz. £65 (no case)

Solid enough piece of chinese wood.

Best bit is the neck. It has a really nice feel and though from a distance it looks unlined (which to my sad mind makes a fretless look cool) it has actually got very faint lines on it - so its good for people new to fretlessness.

I've had it a a couple of years but its not played much and in good nick - still got the plastic on the scratchplate.


So what's the catch.... well.. the B string has all the sustain of a bass drum. Its the flappiest B I've ever not heard - this is probably because I haven't bothered to change the strings from the unknown flats it came with. I'm sure new strings would help ....or else use it like I do as a good place to rest your thumb as you mwah away on the remaining four strings.

Prefer local pickup (North Essex) if possible.


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[quote name='budget bassist' date='Nov 25 2009, 03:09 PM' post='665167']
feast your eyes on this, ladies and gentlemen


...... think I might have a brother/sister to yours... LE HH black with gold... but a 5 string

Got this in a BC swap - its a great bass and has converted me to MM's.

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Thanks fellas and Mrs Smashie......I do think you are all pretty smart to recognise these things. Very impressive.

Must admit the body shape looks like the Hohner and the finger rest fits and the neck fit on the back. The dots are abalone like too and the placing of the bridge looks the same.

The bridge on mine is def different though - standard P model unlike the hohner - maybe added with jack sockets and fake sticker.

I dont know how consistently they made these either but to my (and Mrs Haruki's) eye the shaping above bridge isnt quite as marked on mine.

Its strange that the headstock is so different and Fender like. Maybe its a mongrel.

Looks more hohner than squier tho.

Last year I bought 'Can't buy a thrill' to bring back some memories and its as good as ever. Glad to say my 18 year old son has taken to it as well....

Hi - I've got a question for the bassschat experts....any ideas what this might be - is it really a squier?

I bought this off ebay and was told it was a squier... but I have my doubts (and I was in a hurry to get a maple necked precision copy for my son)....

Its old and the machineheads are oxidised and the maple fretboard has got that darkned sort of stained look. The neck is quite thin (and with no skunk stripe). Plain neck plate.

The body seems to have quite a shiny hard brittle surface that has chipped at one point -is that nitro-cellulose?.
I presume pickup and electronics have been added?

I took the neck off to put a shim in and found some writing - is that japanese chinese korean???


Any ideas? All advice gratefully appreciated.

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[quote name='owensy' post='693940' date='Dec 26 2009, 07:52 PM']Do you think an Explorer bass would fit in it??
Been after one but cant find one anywhere!!!

Paul[/quote]


It might do. Once Katy got out - I did notice its not quite an even triangle - never quite sure which way round explorers go.....but no its probably too big...I can get a precisions in at an anagle but there are bits of excess bag that flap around.


Strangely I have actually found somebody who is looking for a case for his Flying V - so I'm afraid mines off to Wales anyway.


bw
M

[quote name='kingforaday' post='693619' date='Dec 26 2009, 11:17 AM'][url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=3110"]Noirpunk[/url] has just bought a flying V bass off my sister and he may be still hunting for a case... drop him a PM and see[/quote]

Cheers - thanks for tip off.

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I appear to have ended up with a gig bag for a Flying V bass (though I dont recall ever seeing a Flying V bass)- I got it after swap over a year ago and it is now starting to annoy me. A normal bass does fit in it but....

Its a good quality thick Kinsman case - sort of triangular at the bottom and about 18inches across at the wide end. So is there anybody out there searching high and low for just such an item...

I'd be happy to swap for a normal shaped gig bag or money to buy one.

martin

Strangely the only westone I ever had - i bought from new - was a westone 1a .... guitar ... It has been pretty much neglected since then... though my son did play one gig with it....

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Bit of along shot but I dont suppose you'd fancy 2 for the price of one...

MTD kingston(?) 5 string... its the passive one

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the p bass on the right... mixed/dubious heritage but with basslines pickup/badass bridge and prob slightly more distress than is natural (NOT THE blingy Musicman)

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[quote name='Trace_n_bass' post='669582' date='Nov 29 2009, 10:45 PM']If you're prepared to go a bit lower on price, I would be interested, and can collect this week.[/quote]

whoops just seen this - have sent you a PM....

Still for sale...