BaggyMan

Here we have a Sire V3, its about 6 months old so pretty much new, intonation, truss rod etc all perfect, action is excellent, fret finish and rolled edge fretboard are superb. 

As opposed to the v7 (Ash, Poplar)  the  v3 is a mahogany bodied take of the very successful v7, slightly more trad voicing with different pickups than the v7.  

This makes this a good all rounder and has the advantage of the excellent Marcus miller pre amp.  Through body or top mount through bridge stringing, absolutely nothing to do except play it I guess.

As an added bonus I am including a pair of the version 1 5 string pickups from a v7, so a few minutes soldering and you can have that full on Marcus miller vibe going on if that's you thing…

Excellent bass but it’s a spare to my sandberg and needs must.

The vinyl sticker has only been on there a short time and will come off with ease or leave it on, it makes people smile.

Selling because my car has needed a new clutch and MOT work this month and no one wants my body so selling this instead.

£280 with pickups

£250 without.

Now on auction, will be removed if bids received.

I traded recently a 5 string bass for a Sandberg 'aged' 5 string.  Very impressed.  The aging on the bass isn't just beat the crap out of it, the basses do have a great played in vibe.  

Not actually being a fan of the road worn thing before I can get it now that I have tried one done well,  and the Sandberg folk seem to have it down....GLWTS

no love for it though c'mon folks!!!!

trade on a Spector 4 string ?

good chat folks.  

the whole  'what wood from where' debate is another level of confusion.  

I asked a question about what companies were the most environmentally aware in a letter to bass player magazine years ago.   The answers were really interesting.  Yamaha were amazing in that they manage their own wood supply from land they own, any off cuts are used to generate power etc.  other side of the coin Mr Peavey referred to me as a tree hugger and the last time he flew over the amazon there seemed to be a lot of trees....that aside its actually a really murky business as illegally logged tree look just like managed one when cut up into guitar shapes.    Going back to the thread i do hope that things like roast maple is an alternative to quickly vanished tropical hardwoods and that we start valuing the latter more so than we do.  (step down off high horse...and relax).

Maybe we will be seeing standard maple necks with roasted boards as well..

I have seen that Sire are already offering it on the v10 series and have seen  a Chinese make that is on the up called Shijie and they aren't boutique prices (not cheap though so I guess prices are still going to come down..)

As a veteran of owning many basses, with Maple on maple, rosewood on maple, even ebony on mahogany necks...whats the deal with roasted maple, its right up there with the worlds new obsession with gin and IPA beer ( I challenge you to find a non Guinness stout in a supermarket...).  Saw Ernie Ball mentioning that it crystallises the resin structure or the like.   

Is it a reaction to the lockdown on rosewood? Its was nowhere a couple of years ago and its blooming all over the place.

And whilst we're at it why isn't mahogany controlled more tightly....it aint planted its just cut down, yet guitar company's are now selling models in their ranges which are mahogany bodied cheaper than the ash or whatever versions (sire v3 vs Sire v7 for example).  

18mm (measuring from string centre to string centre).

The Spector coda 4 aren't that common, but lovely basses, narrow string spacing, lovely quilt maple cap under translucent red finish. Black hardware. This isn't the mega expensive US version..I think this is the more accessible Korean pro version, although I cant find a 'made in' label anywhere. 

The pickups are EMG hz.  The bass comes with the black pickup guard option on the neck position, I am not a great fan personally, so I leave  it off with the screws in to block the holes (see pic) also supplied in sale.   

Lovely playing guitar bright and punchy, narrow J type neck, narrow string spacing.   A very nicely put together, playing and visually excellent bass.

Price droppped as bass now returned to original, and still great btw..pickup spec.

Now on auction, will be removed if bids received

£275

I'll take it, I am in Rochester will pm you for pickup

Trades

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These HK basses (and guitars) were a thing about 10 years ago.  Something to do with a German importer if memory serves.. Nice build quality with usable hardware...and you have upgraded, Nice.  If I hadn't just pull the trigger on a 5 string I'd be interested...GLWTS

hi, slight correction if I may.  The SUB series was brought out as an initial attempt to produce a cheaper US built alternative, same factory, same hardware (although not stamped)  2 band EQ from the stingray and a body made from Poplar.  So what you really have here is a Stingray classic, |(the scratcplate from a classic actually fits these, I know because I changed it out) before they actually made one, poplar body, painted neck (saved money) and hard wearing tough as old boots paint job (also cheaper as it didn't require polishing or the wood to look fancy) slab cut body (saved on body finishing).

I have this exact model (and have owned a few other from the same era..).   A classic Musicman bass, don't be fooled by the SUB label or associate it with the later SUB models built outside the USA. 

So, there is nothing SUB standard (sic) these are excellent basses and well worth the money GLWTS!

(apologies is this sounded like a soapbox rant or whatever lol)

Played it some more and decided not to sell it..

The Spector coda 4 aren't that common, but lovely basses, narrow string spacing, lovely quilt maple cap under translucent red finish. Black hardware. This isn't the mega expensive US version..I think this is the more accessible Korean pro version, although I cant find a 'made in' label anywhere.

The pickups upgrade is to the most excellent Dimarzio DP123 Jazz pickups from the EMG hz original. I fitted them to open up the voicing a bit.  Can be returned to stock and price adjusted accordingly,  happy to be flexible. Originals EMG Hz will be included in the sale. The bass comes with the pickup guard option on the neck position, I am not a great fan personally, so I leave  it off with the screws in to block the holes (see pic) also supplied in sale.  

Lovely playing guitar bright and punchy (both types of pickups slightly more lower mids with the dimarzio's) , narrow J type neck, narrow string spacing.  All round an excellent thing, selling due to pulling the trigger on a(nother) Musician SUB US version and the bank computer says no.  (btw the pics mostly show the EMG's on board...The dimarzio's have adjustable pole pieces in black).  

Can revert to stock and drop price to £325ono

Interested I P bass trades of similar value with cash adjustment etc.

if my warwick sells i am on this...

I am now selling my Warwick thumb 4 string. 

All the usual Warwick quality, bell brass frets, active, wenge board, belly cut body,  bolt on neck.  Condition is excellent, setup is superb, sporting a relatively fresh set of elixir nano webs. .   

I got it by swap with someone fine bass chat member in France  last year and love it, nothing but great tone as you would expect.  If you aren't up with Warwick there are some great demo's on youtube and very accurate to the way this one plays.  This is German build, not aware of them being built outside germany but could be wrong, anyway this is of germanic origin instrument. 

Downsizing the herd and paying some bills is kind of the idea, and not playing as much to warrant a collection of such finery.

Ideally I am looking for a sale, but would be interested in trades against Stingrays,  US build G & L's or Lakland 55-02 of same value.

Comes with folder, wax, tools and manuals etc.

pics show how great she looks and the two little dints on the tail near the strap button.  The MEC gold lettering on the neck pickup shows signs of wear, mentioned only for a completeness.  This bass is lovely.

granted, but as always expression cover a multitude of environments, conditions and situations.  

changing settings (truss rod , action and intonation) aren't that difficult although as in all things takes some time to learn and  some confidence building.  As for changing strings, again it's not that big a deal.  Sure, anything beyond (shimming the neck , changing pickups, nut adjustment and so on) that takes some more application, but it just surprises me that there are players who choose not to attend to simple basic housekeeping (imho) and potentially suffer as performers because of it.  

That said I would defend the right of anyone just to get someone else to do it if they don't feel confident or can afford it. 

Horses and courses I guess. 

I really enjoy saving a bass from bad setup hell but am amazed that fellow low enders gig with them like that. Sure some setting are subjective based on how it feels like action .., but intonation being so far out the the thing is out of tune above the 12th fret....odd

So there are many and sometimes quite heated discussions about music theory read/not read/tab ..whatever.

But here's a thing, I work hard at actually having my basses set up right, action at a decent level, neck relief and intonation set.  Three very basic settings on a bass and crucial to tuning and play-ability.  Yet I have traded a few basses in the last year for some of my cupboard queens and blimey the basses i have traded for, big names, basses you'd pay over say £600 for..

The tradees (is that a thing?) say said bass is a daily player and they gig regularly with it. 

An example of which was decent name £1000+ 5 string i traded a few months back, the action was scary high the neck relief was 'banana-esque' and the intonation was about 5mm out on each saddle  AND the neck needed a shim as all the saddles were on the deck.  I could see the diamond in the rough and post setup its awesome, but really?  it was un-tunable and difficult to play.   

It amazes me that there are some simple to understand videos on you tube (Daves world of fun stuff is also quite funny) yet i  know many fellow bass players who just don't understand the simple mechanics of their instrument.   One guy doesn't even change his strings, he pays someone else to do that.  This seems to be pretty common, some of the basses that Dave (from Daves world..) aren't even strung correctly.  

Weird....

Have owned a couple of Sires over the years, excellent value for money as well as being nice to play.  Series 2 V7 at sub 400 is a deal , so sub 300 a steal.

Contact maruszczyk here.. https://www.public-peace.de

lol.  Oh yes I have had many many NBD over the 38 years of playing I have under the belt.  Max number of basses ? 13,  in total something like 150...