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I currently have a pair of NS5XL's and after taking them to a recent gig I realised I had £6K worth (insurance valuation for new replacements) of instruments sitting on a pub stage just waiting to be stolen. So I've kinda decided one of them has to go & be replaced by a lower value Euro Spector 5 as my back up bass - thanks Phil I can't really justify three Spector 5's & I have the Euro & a Ken Smith heading my way soon so it looks like the redwood one is probably the most likely candidate to sell as it's the one I'm least likely to gig with. It's a tough call though and I don't desperately need to sell to fund the incoming basses so I thought I'd see if there's anyone out there really interested in owning one of these limited edition water cured redwood beauties. I'm in this for £2K so that's my 'firm' price for it. This has been up for sale here on BC once before so there's a fair bit of history kicking around. Simple summary is that it was originally sold, not all that long ago, for £3,200 and lists at around the $4,500 mark in the USA (which would take it up to well over £3K in the UK). Compared to the previous listing it now doesn't have a hard case but I do have the signed certificate of authenticity to prove it's one of the limited run of 24. Here's some sales 'guff': [i]The Spector Limited Edition Redwood Burl NS-5XL is crafted with 75-to-100 year-old, water-cured redwood burl. The burl rests on a platform of Spector's legendary hand-selected, premium exotic woods: maple for the neck and black walnut for the body wings. Water-cured redwood is harvested from the stumps of redwood trees cut down 75-100 years ago that fell into streams. These trunks were submerged in water the entire time, which washed all the resins out of the wood and replaced them with dissolved minerals. This natural mineral enrichment process is what gives the wood its unique color and density. This natural water curing is very similar to the method that has been used for curing violin woods in Europe for hundreds of years. The Spector NS-5XL 5 string bass guitar is constructed with 3-ply maple neck-thru construction with graphite stiffening rods and a heavy-duty truss rod. It has a 35" scale rosewood fretboard with Spector's abalone crown inlays, dual USA EMG-40DC humbuckers and Spector's Tone Pump pre-amp.[/i] Those of you who know your Spectors will know that it plays like a dream, super low action & very easy to zip around the fretboard. Personally I love the sound of Spectors and it's absolutely become my #1 gigging bass sound. It's in damn near 'as new' condition, I can't see a single mark on it anywhere! I have had some tentative dealing around my asking price & it's possible that this may still come off, so apologies in advance if I list this & then have to remove it quickly. I'm not really looking for trades but if anyone has a 5 string of a similar value then let me know, I could always be swayed by something like a nice NYC Sadowsky as I still miss my old 4 stringer Anyway, enough prattling, here's some pics:

Still selling the MPG though Phil? If so then have a bump on me as it really is rather lovely

I always wanted a pair of 104's back when they first came out. Are all the replacement speakers new additions or were they done a while ago?

[quote name='fede162162' post='532720' date='Jul 5 2009, 01:40 AM']This is a great piece of gear!!,such a shame there aren´t no excuses for having 2 amps.[/quote] I think I have 5 amps in total! No excuses needed here, lol.

Have had an offer on this which I've accepted. Just waiting to confirm details before I officially announce it sold

I know this is going to sound really dumb but when I first saw the title of this listing I read it as: Lovely Jackson 5 . . . String Bass And I genuinely thought it was a custom bass with some sort of Jackson 5 mural painted on it, Well worth a free bump from me anyway!

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='530031' date='Jul 1 2009, 10:19 PM']THe new model Fenders really seem to be the best basses they've made in many years.[/quote] I agree, I had an '08 American Standard Strat for a while and it was lovely. Great neck (both look & feel), beautifully finished all round & a dream to play compared to some I've tried.

[quote name='bythesea' post='528872' date='Jun 30 2009, 05:45 PM']+1 for Barrie I have looked at two amps on here today. Which ones do you think they were? [/quote] Thank you my friend, with the most, from the coast