BassBod

Yes, but it’s a lovely area to visit 😎. Ten minutes from Bath and all it’s temptations (Vintage&Rare..and a thousand plus restaurants and coffee houses!)

Yes, it’s a distinct possibility..but more for the amp than the cab. If cash wasn’t an urgent need this would be staying here for a very long time. But, I have got some lovely old SWR stuff, and another GP11 preamp 😎

Yes, it has the heft..even with an old school 1x10” 😜

Very nice 😎

Yes, it’s a reluctant sale. I’ve used this a lot for quite a few years, but the car is slowly falling apart 😳. Nothing seems to sell except Fenders!

Will put up some better photos when the sun shines again...

SOLD This is a very good quality bitser, assembled and finished as an early jazz bass ( stack knobs, slab rosewood board and felt string mutes). One of my main working basses, but work’s not paying well and the car needs replacing 😳 The body is solid alder, of Japanese origin and probably dates from the 80’s. Very accurate, includes router hump. Olympic white nitro, with natural wear and nice yellowing etc. Neck is from Bravewood, but refinished and re-fretted. Great slim profile, lovely dark board (slab with clay dots). Natural wear on the back. Gotoh reverse tuners. John Suhr pickups, proper spiral bridge, full stack knob circuit. Currently has old DR flats fitted and set up as an old style Fender, with mutes and covers. Currently this bass won’t do a low set up with rounds. There is some persistent fret rattle around the third fret, so some spot levelling would be needed. Plays nicely with flats as it is. Haven’t tried to remove the sticker on the back- it’s been there a long time 😜 Collection from Bristol/Bath area much preferred, comes in a basic Ritter light gig bag. Any questions?

Need a sale, but happy to consider trades..mid range P bass or something interesting...

Found another photo..

Ageing car means cash needed, so no trades please. Really. AH150 head from mid 1980’s with Mark IV GP11 preamp. A warmer sound than later versions, only let down by some circuit hiss..but it has a noise reduction system that makes it disappear in any gig situation. In fantastic condition, just a few scratches to the vinyl on top. Serviced/checked over last year, and new green power switch fitted. A great amp, and nothing like the weight of the bigger Trace heads. Trace Elliot “BLX” extension cab. Early 1990’s with 1x10” and a small treble horn (not adjustable). Small and heavy, but makes a nice domestic/small gig set up with the older amp. Well used condition, but not abused. Collection from Bristol/Bath area - I’m around a lot at the moment 😳. Happy to answer any questions, even why they put the XLR input on the front!

A truly lovely instrument. Small body, so it’s quiet on its own, but well behaved when you plug it in. I played this a lot when the kids were young, but it’s not getting used much now. All solid wood, (spruce top, mahogany) beautifully made and in great lightly used condition. The Fishman under saddle element has been removed, and a K&K pickup fitted underneath the bridge plate (glued). This is currently wired direct to the socket, but the original preamp system is all there, and easily brought back into use - a new pickup element is all that’s needed. The original pick up is still in the case (it’s a Fishman, pretty standard). The strings in the photo are D’Addario black nylons, but it’s currently wearing Martin bronze acoustic strings - they are horrible and I’ll try and replace them soon 😳. Collection from Bristol /Bath area much preferred - this is a bass you should try!

Any estimate of the shipping cost of the SWR to the UK? Probably not a good time to think about it, but who knows 😳