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PM'ed. Cheers, Mark

On Steve's 'big up' there I've just had a listen and concur - terrific stuff. Sorry, bit off topic, I know; but hell, if you can't compliment a fellow BC-er what's the world coming to, hey?

[quote name='mrbassman' post='579734' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:05 AM']Hi Mark, is your SWR still for sale? Malcolm[/quote] Hi Malcolm, Sorry, I didn't see this earlier. The amp has now been sold. Thanks for your interest though. Mark

Just an additional proviso regarding any potential trades - I'm not a great fan of maple necks; I don't know why, one's never done anything to offend me. But there it is. That said, this lifelong prejudice might be compromised by a maple neck attached to an otherwise beautiful bass...

I guess this a feeler to see what's out there but I'm sadly fronting up to the fact that, at 5' 4" and with relatively small hands to match, I'm in need of something that's more Jazz nut width than my lovely OW. When I walked into The Bass Merchant that Autumn day back in November little did I think would fall in love, but that I did. I took this thing of beauty off the wall, plugged in and that was that - sold. I'll get some of my own photos up but it's this one from the Gallery on the OW site: [url="http://www.overwaterbasses.com/per00021.htm"]http://www.overwaterbasses.com/per00021.htm[/url] The photos are better quality than I could manage, so I hope you'll forgive me. Although the neck on this is extremely fast - it's really comfortable and shallow - a recent new band and more playing time have convinced me that, at 42mm or thereabouts, it's just a little too wide at the nut for my small hands. I'm really sad to move it on as tone-wise it's all I could want in a bass - it's fat, full and throaty all at the same time. Lean it towards the bridge pickup and it really cuts through too. I know there's a lot love on BC for Overwaters anyway, so most of you will already be well aware of their quality. I managed to knock the good guys at The Bass Merchant down to £1,500 when I bought it. If this was a sale I'd be looking for £1,100, so I'm after trades of a similar value and a similar quality bass. As you'll have gathered, I'm looking for something with a narrower neck - more Jazz than Precision, or Sterling rather than Stingray, as it were. I'm not sure exactly what I'm after because, frankly, I'm moving it on quite reluctantly I'm not driven by an overwhelming desire to acquire a particular bass. I would like something similarly boutique or high end though, or maybe high quality 'stock' bass too. I'd prefer an active circuit - ideally 3 band - and I don't really do single coil pickups, so no Fenders. The only Warwick I ever took a shine was a Dolphin I played in The Bass Centre in Brum a (good) few years back. I'd consider a nice Sterling or Lakland too. But anyway, if there's any large-handed bassists who've got an OW with a narrower neck out there who were thinking something along the lines of 'I love this bass but I could use a bit more width down towards the nut'....this could be your lucky day. Anyway, if anyone's got something they think I might be interested in let's be having you. Oh, it'll come with the Gator case it was sold with too, btw.

Fair enough - thanks for the response.

Is this sale only or would you be interested in a trade? Thanks

Head's up - this is listed on ebay now (starting price of £275 with no reserve) but the original price still stands to any interested BC-ers any time up until someone places a bid. He who hesitates is lost, folks! Cheers, Mark

A midweek bump before ebay at the weekend. If anyone's debating about this though do drop me a line - I'd much rather it went to a Basschatter and if it's a case of cashflow problems at this precise moment I'm sure something can be worked out as I'm not desperate to turn this round urgently or anything. Cheers, Mark

This is a weekend 'I just know there's someone out there for whom this is their ideal amplification solution'-type *BUMP* Pip pip!

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Rob! Aaaarrrrgggghh - the rack mount brackets are still in my desk! You know, I've been trying to get that damn Sterling Ltd Ed of yours out of my mind but I think I'm in love! Anyway, enough of this yacking, I've got an amp to sell...

Having just taken delivery of my Barefaced Compact and an ebay-purchased Trace head I now have my SWR Working Pro 12 200w combo amp for sale. I’ve only owned this for about five months, having purchased it new from The Bass Merchant. I bought it to use with my 7 piece band as we were putting everything through the PA and needed a good quality combo to use for on stage monitoring – something the tilt back design of the SWR is ideally suited to. More or less immediately the band got their next gig blown out and took a Summer hiatus! Anyway, a new band with a smaller line up has meant a move back to a amp & cab set up, so the SWR has to go. It’s an excellent sounding combo with a number of useful ‘real world’ features, such as the Aural Enhancer (can’t tell you how it works but it certainly added a bit of presence and definition in the mid range, I found). It delivers its full 200w into the internal speaker, meaning it’s plenty loud enough for rehearsals and small to medium sized gigs. Below are a couple of useful links from the SWR website that will do a better job than I of describing all the amp’s facilities. The first is the Specifications and the second a PDF of the manual: [url="http://www.swrsound.com/products//view_specs.php?full_partno=4452200010&name=WorkingPro%26trade%3B12"]http://www.swrsound.com/products//view_spe...ro%26trade%3B12[/url] [url="http://www.swrsound.com/support/manuals/pdfs/WorkingPro_12.pdf"]http://www.swrsound.com/support/manuals/pd...rkingPro_12.pdf[/url] Condition is excellent. It’s never been gigged and only been used in a half a dozen rehearsals. The sound from the 12” speaker is tight and punchy and is really is a good compromise between power, performance and portability (all the ‘P’s, in fact!). This is the wee beasty: This cost £449 from The Bass Merchant just five months ago so I’m really looking for £325. No offers and I can’t take Paypal at that price unless the buyer pays the fees. Sorry but a £125 loss in five months is really as much as I can take and, in all honesty, at that price it’s a bit of a snip. Can’t ‘post’ as I’ve no packaging but you’re welcome to try before you buy if you fancy a trip to the fair city of Chester. Oh. I can deliver up to a reasonable distance too. Oh, it will also be supplied with both the manual and the guarantee regristration card, which I've not yet sent off. Thanks for looking folks.