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  1. lowregisterhead
    It's 35" scale, 19mm spacing at the bridge, with a phenolic fingerboard, fitted with Bartolini pickups, and a Mike Pope Flexcore 4-band preamp. Despite the longer scale length, the bass weighs in at only 3.6kg, feels and is very compact, and fits in a 6-string guitar case. I've only gigged it a handful of times, and as such is in pristine condition, apart from one small scratch on the back of the body that I've tried to show in the photographs. Also below is a link to a short YouTube video I made when I first got it. (Please note that despite what I said in the video, the body is moulded around a wooden core, so there is some wood in it! :-D) With these specs and the dreaded Br*x*t import duties you wouldn't get much change out of £3.5k if you ordered one now. Comes with the hard case pictured. Collection is preferred (near Woking in Surrey, junction 10 of the M25) but I'm happy to ship at the buyer's cost. NOW SOLD.
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    Yes, even if she ever did sell them, they couldn't sound the same in anyone else's. I still can't get my head around the fact he's been gone 12 years already.
  3. lowregisterhead
    A nice enough looking bass, used on the Rain Tree Crow album in 1991, not his Wal though. Whatever happened to it? Anyone know? Private bids, starting at 7K. https://burningshed.com/store/mickkarn/mick-karn_5-string-fretless-bass_other
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    I had one of these when they were first released, before I blundered into the twilight word of fivers and couldn't find my way out again. Cracking basses, and that maple board looks lovely. GLWTS.
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    I keep coming back to this. My first Stingray was slab bodied, and I ended up getting a 'belly-cut' put in it when I had it refinished, so probably not the bass for me, but it ticks a lot of boxes. I really can't understand why it's still here.
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    ...and it says he's sold 238 of them... at £9 each!
  7. lowregisterhead
    Blimey. This takes me back to my first Stingray, picked up for £250 second hand in 1981. How much does Old Smoothie weigh?
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    You might want to give the EBS Reidmar 502 a look - I use one with 2 x EBS 210s, it has power to spare, great clarity and really flexible EQ, and weighs only 3.3kg. It runs down to a 2 ohm load as well, and Andertons do them for just under £450. https://www.andertons.co.uk/ebs/ebs-reidmar-502-bass-amp-head
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    Looks not bad condition, but for that money, I'd expect it to be pristine personally. I had the fretless version around 79/80 (à la Sting and Colin Moulding) and it was lovely and so well made, but did weigh an absolute ton!
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    Met up with Steve in the Midlands to take an immaculate Lakland 55-02 off his hands. I got really badly delayed by diversions and traffic jams en route, but he waited patiently for more than an hour and a half for me to get there! A great guy to deal with, buy/sell with complete confidence. Thanks Steve!
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    For sale is a pristine Dingwall Afterburner 1, bought on here only recently, that I fully expected to keep. Unfortunately an unexpected expense has cropped up, so sadly it has to go. It's not only a rarity, but a particularly nice example, being light, resonant and beautifully balanced. There isn't a mark on it, so you can save yourself a good wedge on the new price, as well as a long wait if you were to order a new one, which is currently in the order of about 18 months I believe. Specs: Alder body in a lustrous candy apple red 5-piece maple neck Maple 24-fret fingerboard, 34”-37” scale 3x FD3 Neodymium pickups 4-position pickup selector Volume push/pull for active/passive 3-band Glockenklang EQ (treble is passive tone when EQ bypassed) Dingwall bridge and Hipshot Ultralite tuners Dingwall/Music Area Pro gigbag and Accessory bag Weight: 3.7kg Sorry, no trades please. NOW SOLD
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    That's a severe bummer. 🙁 These are such great all-round basses - a P, a Jazz and a Stingray all rolled into one!
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    The description says "Your purchase helps musicians and supports our studio!" The second part of that statement could certainly be said to be true I suppose, although their definition of support may differ. Who knows, if it actually sells for what they're asking, they could use some of the profits to help a musician, by donating it to the family of the late previous owner, for example.
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    Still an awful lot of spondulicks to blow on a bass sight unseen. As far as I’m aware, ‘the neck feels like an old friend and plays like butter’ doesn’t constitute a legally binding guarantee. If I picked up a bass that felt like it had a soft, greasy, dairy-based neck, the first thing I would do is check if someone had dropped a tab of acid in my tea.
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    Bought Mat's lovely Dingwall AB1. Took it out on a gig the same night and it was stellar, lots of compliments from band and punters alike. Mat was a pleasure to deal with - very prompt replies to PMs, and an all round nice chap when I went over to pick the bass up. Buy/sell with confidence. Thanks Mat!
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    Quite. I'm guessing the £35 delivery charge won't include insurance!
  18. lowregisterhead
    ...and just for comparison... https://www.ssvintage.com/bass-guitars/fender-precision-bass-1957-2-tone-sunburst
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    Back on the market again. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185771767035
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    I'm pretty sure it'll be ceramic. They changed to Alnico around 2008 I believe.
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    I'm guessing the finish may not be to everyone's taste, but it's a cracking bass, and seeing as a new one is over 2K now, this is also a bargain! GLWTS.
  22. lowregisterhead
    I had one of these when they first came out in '80/'81. A little weighty as I recall, but great basses, and so well made, far better than Fenders of the time. Phil Lynott used one with Thin Lizzy for a while (with an added signature mirrored scratchplate!). GLWTS.
  23. lowregisterhead
    Yes it is. PM’d you.
  24. lowregisterhead
    You could always change it! 🙂
  25. lowregisterhead
    My Combustion 5/3 nicely highlighted at last night's gig. Very blue, but then we are a blues band....
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