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TRADE AGREED with someone for a bass swap. Due to a complete courier cock-up and through no fault of it's own, up for sale again is this double P Fender Precision bitsa. Was active but now converted to passive with a VVT control setup. I think it simply sounds better this way. I suspect I could split it and sell the parts for more but this bass works so well as a whole I would prefer to keep it together. I've been fiddling and building P bass inspired basses for a while and this is pretty much my ultimate P bass. However, I'm just finding that I'm needing different sounds for the music I'm involved with currently. So, its a P bass, with ...... - A new Fender-licenced Mighty Mite Jazz neck, with new Wilkinson tuners, Genuine Fender decal. - Body is two-piece swamp ash, with a light antique pine stain to enhance the grain. Finished with a Danish oil and wax finish. Immaculate. Small battery cavity on the rear. - extra P pickup. neck pickup is a Duncan SPB-3 in the standard Fender P spot, bridge pickup is a Wilkinson one. - Control cavity is routed larger to accommodate extra electronics, with battery compartment on the rear should you want to fit a preamp. - MIA Fender neck plate - custom tort scratchplate. - Bridge is a very solid MIJ Matsumoku-made Fender-type. - Controls are VVT. Mini-toggles are now just for show !! This bass is immaculate. The only marks of any note at all are a couple of very, very minor marks on the end of the headstock. The bridge is 30 years old but still in great condition. Really beautiful looking bass, and plays as good as it looks. Every string gives a punchy and full tone. A very grunty, resonant bass indeed. No weak E strings here ! Completely knocks the spots off any squire or MIM Fender IMO. A huge bargain IMO at £235 posted to you in a hardcase within mainland UK. Poss P/Ex for Ibanez SR505, or other 5 string with tight string spacing, or try me with any 4 string bass offer. Soundclips of the bass. All recorded straight through a flat mixer into my computer's soundcard. No EQ, no compression, no nothing. First, comparing pickups..... neck pickup, then bridge pickup, then two different pickup blends. https://soundcloud.com/alanbridges/double-p-passive Then demonstrating the tonal range of the tone control . https://soundcloud.com/alanbridges/douple-p-passive-tone-control [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/ash-p-full-body.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/ash-p-body.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/double-p-full-rear.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/double-p-rear-body.html"][/url]

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SALE AGREED Absolutely stunning, one of a kind, Warmoth Maccassar Ebony Jazz neck. 38mm nut width. Usual Warmoth spec like dual action truss rod, stiffening rods etc. Graphtech nut. Heel is bog standard Fender spec, with 2.5" width. Stainless Steel frets (virtually no wear). Also includes top quality Schaller tuners and string retainer. A couple of very minor marks but overall it is in superb condition. Pictures say it all really. £235 posted to mainland UK. I will be happy to ship abroad. Please contact me for costs. [url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/neck-main.html][/url] [url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/neck-rear.html][/url] [url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/neck-hstock-rear.html][/url] [url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/neck-hstock-front.html][/url] [url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/neck-heel-rear.html][/url] [url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/neck-fboard.html][/url]

SOLD Superb condition East J Retro Deluxe. All working perfectly. £135 posted in mainland UK. Please note .... this is the type with 4 knobs that needs you to have a jack on the SIDE of your bass. Full fitting and function details at [url="http://www.east-uk.com/pdf/jretrodeluxe01.pdf"]http://www.east-uk.c...trodeluxe01.pdf[/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/preamp-bottom.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/preamp-front.html"][/url]

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1398273408' post='2432369'] Do you know what the routing is like under the pick guard? [/quote] It's reasonably neatly routed around the neck J pickup, and the gloss finish is good under the pickguard.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1398272149' post='2432344'] 12 kg .... - i.e. 26.5lb are you sure? [/quote] Oops, yes 12lbs. Thanks. I will edit.

Now splitting for parts. Body now sold, subject to final payment. Will do an advert for the misc sales forum, but for the moment .. [s]J-retro Deluxe - £135 posted[/s] SOLD [s]Fralin SPlit Jazz pickup set125[/s] SOLD Neck plus Schaller tuners and string retainer £199 posted Recently purchased from BC's safc19371973, I bought this bass and one other (a fancy MIJ Ibanez) elsewhere, knowing that I could only keep one. It has been a VERY hard decision which one to sell. I wish I could afford to keep both, but I just can't justify it. Anyway, after a few days of solid testing and comparing I have decided that this one doesn't quite fit my needs at the moment quite as much as the Ibanez. So anyway, never mind all my yabbering, lets talk about the bass ..... It's a Warmoth Jazz constructed 2-3 years ago (by safc19371973). The body is 2 piece walnut, with a clear gloss finish. The absolutely stunning neck is made from Maccassar ebony, both the neck itself and the fingerboard, and contain the standard Warmoth stiffening rods, plus a dual action truss rod (heel adjusted). Nut width is 38mm. Tuners are quality Schaller ones. Frets are stainless steel. Nut is Graphtech. Pickups are Fralin Jazz splits (so standard Jazz, but noise-free) and they are great and definitely right up there with the best J pickups I have ever used. Pre-amp is a John East J-retro deluxe. Bridge is a Gotoh one, including string spacing adjustment, which will give you somewhere between 18-20mm spacing. As you can see this is made from very high quality components, and it has gone together so well it would be an absolute shame to split it up, although it would probably raise more money doing so. The bass is in excellent condition with only a few minor laquer dings on the body, mainly on the sides and rear. How does it play ? Well its a Jazz, and a damned good one. A huge variety of tones available with the East pre-amp. It has a heft and solidity in it's tone that you don't find in many basses (and I'm not talking about deep bass (although it can have plenty of that if you want). It sits in a band mix very solidly. Some Jazzes can be a bit lightweight and get lost a bit in the mix in my experience. This is NOT one of them. The only negative is the weight, and it is not a light bass, at just over 12lbs. However, this mass helps give it such a solid and punchy tone that it is well worth it IMO. On a strap it does not feel it's weight as it balances very well. Will come in a very sturdy Gator hard-case. I will post it to your door in mainland UK for £595, or collect it from the Southampton area for £580, which is what I paid for it. [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-a.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-b.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-h.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-c.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-f.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-e.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-d.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-g.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-in-case-b.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/warmoth-in-case-a.html"][/url]

Probably about 100 very disappointed, yet rather relieved, BC members.