juliusmonk
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Hi there For sale my last 5-string, a Lakland Skyline jazz type. A fantastic bass with a great B string, one of the best I’ve tried. I think this was a limited edition colour, a nice sparkly grey, but I can’t say for certain. Block inlays, binding, matching headstock, neck plays like butter. It also has an East pre. Changing the battery underneath the preamp was a pain, so I had a luthier route a flip cover battery compartment at the back, which is much easier. The preamp cavity was shielded too. It is in excellent condition, only a few very minor dings on the back of the body that don’t go through the finish. Weight is not outrageous for a 5-string at 4.5 kg. Shipping in Europe included. Non-EU destinations may face customs charges, that is on the buyer I’m afraid. Cheers!
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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F/S ACG Finn 4-string 32" medium scale - £895 - *WITHDRAWN*
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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ON HOLD: Stradi mini-bass - price drop now 300£ - *SOLD*
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TRADED Xotic XJ-1T super jazz! Dropped to £1100
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ON HOLD: Stradi mini-bass - price drop now 300£ - *SOLD*
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I have no way to know exactly, but I’d say 1 kg, according to my bathroom scales and the with/without bass method... I can’t record samples easily, but as you can see from the pickup placement it sounds deep and thumpy, a bit like a “sopran Precision”? The pickup switch allows for some variation too. -
Hi there, got this here on BC a while ago but my Marleaux Sopran is sufficient for my mini-bass needs. Possibly the cutest bass you will ever own! For reference, the total length of the instrument is 60 cm. It’s in immaculate condition, and comes with its own mini-gig bag. Shipping anywhere in Europe included in the asking. I am located in Madrid, Spain, so UK buyers may face additional charges these days. Price in Euro would be 470€. More info in the previous ad: Cheers!
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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Hi Bought this as the ultimate fretless not so long ago, but haven’t played it much. 5-str AND fretless was a bridge too far for me, evidently. So here it is for sale, a nice example of the real deal, in my favourite finish arctic blue. It has some dings on the back of the neck, and a slight scratch on the side of the fingerboard, all pictured below. Adjustable string spacing. Works perfectly. Strung E-C right now. The previous owner installed strap locks. Comes with original Pedulla hard case, tools, etc. shipping included but customs on the buyer if in the UK. Happy to answer any questions. Cheers!
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ON HOLD: Ritter Cora - final price 2500£ Or 3000€ - *SOLD*
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Been away from the bass market for a while... but still have this one so up it goes. I posted this pre-Brexit so I guess I need to mention that any customs duties have to be on the buyer if in the UK. No longer have the SCC case but it will be shipped with a nice Zon rigid gig bag. Price for continental Europe is 3100€. Cheers! -
Hi I listened to J. Tweedy’s latest record and I don’t know why but I thought about writing a review, basically to indulge myself. Maybe there is a BC section for this kind of stuff? Anyhow, for anyone that may be interested... apologies if this is irrelevant or out of place here. —————- Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King, 2020 Jeff Tweedy needs a haircut. Let’s get that out of the way. Now, about the record. “Love is The King” is the best album Jeff Tweedy has recorded over the past decade. What he seems to report himself as almost gymnastics in response to the boredom, anxiety and fear triggered by the pandemic lockdown, is actually a sweet and perfect collection of songs about, fittingly, love and coming home. And so, perhaps (un)intentionally, Jeff’s genius has come alive in 2020 to present us with this gift. It is not, however, a soundtrack to the pandemic. Wilco’s latest offering, the claustrophobic “Ode to Joy”, was. No justification needed: look at titles like “Everyone hides”, “We were lucky” or “Love is everywhere (beware)”. Look at the cover, a big crude white hopeless emptiness. Gosh. The mystery is that Jeff managed to deliver it well before ‘virus’ was a word that had to be pronounced every day. Here, Jeff’s looks, increasingly reminiscent of some old Woodstock prophet that went to the other side and somehow made it back, perhaps make sense. Regardless, Love is The King is filled up with nostalgia , the kind that makes us smile and saviour the notion that it was all worth it in the end. The bare bones approach to instrumentation is here much more satisfying than on previous offerings, and far superior to the last three Wilco records and Warm/Warmer, all put together. Those albums gave me the impression that Jeff was trying too hard to hit rock bottom, destroying things on purpose, de-constructing, resetting – powering off in a very long-winded way. One could only nod or smile when an occasional mistake was made in the shape of a brilliant song. You could almost visualise the rest of Wilco slowly fading away in the background. Maybe he was just trying to be nasty. An intellectual exercise - maybe testing the boundaries of what the Tweedy brand could get away with. Here things are much simpler, and inevitably beautiful. Guitar arpeggios whisper in your ear, and a no-frills rhythm section invite your brain to dance and cry. Taste and honesty abound. Jeff still sings in his late half-asleep voice – but less so. He still likes to twist and turn in unexpected ways at times. But, as with the best Wilco records, these spicy elements are grounded on the song, and contribute to make it just slightly awkward, inviting repeated listening rather than testing one’s love for the artist. Any Wilco fan in the world will only miss one thing: a proper Wilco treatment of these songs – Jeff’s Nelscline-esque riff attempts are solid but can’t compare with the crazy imagination and virtuosity of the original. One can’t help but imagine the bits of piano and hammond that could be offered by Jorgensen and Sansone, the astute, serpentine bass lines of Stirratt, the invented percussion sounds of Kotche, all working towards these songs. It would be a masterpiece. Maybe one day. Still, these new songs are perfectly heart-shaped. We need to cherish Jeff as one our greatest songwriters, one that knows how to wake us up with a feeling that anything is possible, that can seamlessly combine tradition and vanguard in a way that most others can’t even approximate. This album firmly reinstates Jeff as an international treasure – one capable of creating these eleven universally touching songs. No small feat. And so, if this is a prophetic record again (and why shouldn’t it), perhaps the post-pandemic world will not be so bad after all. ————
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Hi there For sale my Fodera. I bought this pre-pandemic so it’s time to be sensible and let others enjoy this beauty. The burl top is certainly impressive! Amazing bass in all respects. The previous ad has all info: It is in exactly the same excellent condition, comes with a complimentary set of Aguilar PJ pickups and a standard hard case (not Fodera). Shipping within Europe included in the price. Happy to answer any questions. Cheers!