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[quote name='ahpook' post='205944' date='May 25 2008, 01:21 PM']nice bit o'wood...[/quote] And graphite

So, after a lot of deliberation I think it's time for the Flea to move on. Every time I take it out of the gig bag I think how much I like it but I don't play it that much these days as my baby Zon always seems to call out to me whenever I feel like playing & the Flea is too valuable to leave at the rehearsal space! This amazing Flea was built especially for Randy Hope-Taylor (principally of Incognito fame) to take on a world tour with Jeff Beck. It has twin Lane Poor pick ups and custom switching which provides a passive/active option and a separate switch for a solo boost option. It also has a stunning inlay at the 12th fret of Randy & his signature. Plays like a dream and the various options and twin Lanes give it a huge variation of potential sounds. If you think a conventional Flea is powerful then you should hear what a second one does when it's mounted closer to the neck! Here's what Ian from SMART said about it recently (hope it's OK to quote you Ian?): [i]"Randy wanted an even bigger sound when he hit the USA with Jeff Beck to compete with Steve Alexander on drums, Jennifer Batten on guitar as well as Jeff doing his bit... So, we got Modulus to provide the extra pick-up and Martin Peterson of The Gallery fitted them for Randy. The fantastic inlay is utterly superb in detail and finish, Randy faxed me this cartoon he drew of himself and we just faxed it onto Modulus who incorporated it into the fingerboard. Randy's bass playing was a superb addition and foundation to the Beck guitar sound with Jennifer Batten doing her zillion note thing in between and Steve Alexander with his solid techno type beat on the 'ol drums."[/i] It's in fantastic condition, there's a few wear marks (presumably from Randy!) but not really noticeable unless you're really looking closely and under a bright light. A standard new Flea is currently retailing at £1,395 with a single pick-up (not Lane Poor any more) so one like this would cost something around the £1,750 mark new (Ian - I'm happy for you to correct me on this - I've allowed for an extra £100 for it being a twin PU, £100 because they are Lanes, £100 for the inlays & £50 for the wiring). With a reduced price of £1,200 that's a potential £500+ saving! It comes with a Modulus gig bag but if I need to post it then I'll need to add the cost of a very good condition Hiscox flight case at £50 plus whatever the postage works out at. Happy to ship to anywhere really - I've bought & sold basses all over the place! I've added one pic here, the inlay is my avatar & there's a couple of other pics in the bass porn section: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16306"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16306[/url] I thought I'd put it here first as I'd like to see it go to a good home but realise I might get more if I'm prepared to export it to Europe (or even America - I've had silly offers to just sell the Lane Poors from the States in the past!). I'll leave it here for a while before it heads to EBay. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask

Can't help coming back to look at this every now and then! Nearly went for a vaguely similar NYC Sadowsky on EBay at the weekend as shown in the pic below. It went for a lot less (£1,147!) than I thought it would. Had I known it was going to sell for so little I might have stuck another few hundred quid on the bidding but the colour but not as nice as the deep blue of this one.

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='204532' date='May 22 2008, 08:23 PM']ooo shall I? Well the Dudepit is a Lakland based forum in the USA. Steve Barr the owner also owned a retail bass outlet and commisioned the first Lakland DPLE1 (dudepit Limited edition) having to order a batch of 24 to get the special spec that these basses have, there has since been a DPLE2 a white Pbass thpe with a darkstar and a DPLE3 a decade based bass. These are very collectable and superb basses.[/quote] Thanks for that! So how heavy is one of these then? I like the idea of a super slim neck. One of my favourite necks is on My Kubicki which is particularly anorexic.

That is a really sexy looking bass. What's the history of the DudePit Ltd bit?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='199595' date='May 15 2008, 02:20 PM']I've managed to retain the same bike (CBR 600f) for the last 4 years and it's probably as much bike as I'll ever need (ie not many people riding on the road today can genuinely ride a semi-sport 600 to the max and be on the ragged edge), though I do fancy a more upright bike to take some strain off my shoulder. Love the sound of big V-twins I'll likely as not direct any funds from the sale of this bass (as and when) into more bass gear as that's something that I use almost everyday whereas my bike is a weekend/holiday toy[/quote] I'm kind of the opposite! I ride 80-100 miles a day 5 days a week - hence the continual swapping of bikes. Rarely get time to play the basses during the week (other than weekly rehearsal) so my fun time on bass is at weekends. Still looks like a sexy bass, if my Kubicki sells then I'd definitely be interested.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='191265' date='May 3 2008, 04:38 PM']Sunny Bank Holiday bump. I've just been for a run out on my bike and it has me thinking about diverting my Bass related GAS to changing my bike. I'd like to sell this or trade + cash my way, so hit me with what you've got... a black Z1000 could be part of a good deal [/quote] My two GAS obsessions as well! Just sold a pair of bikes & bought a nice black '07 GSXR thou. Should shut me up on the bike front for a few months In recent years I've been through heavily customised Harleys, a few Aprilias, Ducati 999 & an MV Agusta F4 1000. Much more impressive than my motley collection of basses! I wish the bikes cost less than the bass gear though - mind you, I actually made money on the Duke & the MV so i guess it's not all bad