adriansmith247

Solid 19” 5u rack case. Scratched but good working order. 20cm deep so no good for full size items. No make on there but I think it is SKB. Really useful handle on side and feet on bottom and side.
 

 Purchased in this condition around 12 years ago from basschat and kept at home

£45 plus postage (£15? But will check)

perfect for a rack mountable bass amp

I also have some nice synths for sale that used to be kept in here

Good condition but some dings and scratches as shown

great sound a fairly new strings. I just don’t play it and need the money 

purchased in late nineties

pickup only at the moment but looking for a box 

Sold

23 hours ago, steveOZ said:

Would you be willing to post to Australia?

Steve

I will certainly look into it

On hold

Another price drop

£170

PM sent

It is all personal to each bass player. The issue I am struggling with is. do I want to get used to narrow spacing and then have to adjust back to wider spacing. The 16.5 feels so good.  I also play the bass with a lighter touch and I agree that it is essentially a different instrument. The adjustment time is short between basses and I am VERY unlikely to take two basses out anyway. 

This is all down to me having too much time to think about it. A few gigs with the bass would soon help me work out what to do. 

I have no problem with double bass string spacing but that is a completely different technique with the right hand. I would not be able to play an electric that had double bass spacing. 

On a 16.5 it is more about the left hand feeling a bit cramped and the right feeling more comfortable. That’s how I feel at the moment. 

@binky_bass I don’t tend to find the switch difficult. It is more a case of noticing a different when switching. This triggers the GAS 😀

Some sensible points made, thanks. I am certainly overthinking this and am also throwing in a healthy dose of GAS

In my mind I can see a nice 5 string fretted with narrow spacing to go with my fretless. Although I will probably just keep what I have. I agree that you get used to whatever you are playing. This 5 string feels so nice to play

Do I need more space or should I just get used to swapping between 19mm, 16.5mm and double bass? 

I mainly play double bass, so I am used to pretty wide string spacing. I do play electric though and have a couple a good 4 string bases, Jazz and Wilkes. I have just recently purchased a beautiful Ibanez SRH 505 Fretless five string bass because I wanted a piezo sound.  It sounds lovely and plays great, but it has narrow string spacing 16.5. I am now considering selling/swapping the 5 string for the SRH500 four string fretless with 19mm spacing. 

Maybe I need to just get over it and move between spacings, or maybe I should sell my 4 string basses and stick to the narrow spacing? The more I play 16.5, the better it feels. Moving over to 4 string is now feeling too spacious. 

This is all happening due to me not having any gigs and having way too much time to think and no opportunity to just play. 

1 hour ago, uk_lefty said:

I always thought of Washburn as top quality. The first band I was in had a lead guitarist who was insanely good. He and his step dad had an amazing guitar collection but the Washburn super Strat was always his number 1. Then when I started to see all the budget Washburns come up I felt a bit let down by them. I'd be happy with an 80s or 90s Washburn any day. 

Are Washburn guitars holding their value and status as good quality instruments? I only owned a cheap bass for a few months so I really didn't have experience fo their good quality basses. I think the local music shop had a deal with them at one point, as the shop seemed to be full of Washburn. 

This is great to see so many high quality instruments here. Plus I am now spotting more Washburns for sale in the usual places. Hiding in plain sight. 

Lots of great looking basses. Maybe Washburn were what Cort is now?

These Washburn basses are a lot better than I remember them being. I just remember Washburn making cheap basses but maybe I was wrong. The shop I used to frequent in the 90s was full of them

that one on eBay looks amazing for sure

Just saw an ad here for a Washburn bass and it made me wonder. Where have all those 90s Washburn basses gone? There seemed to hundreds of them around at the time. 

looking at the last picture it looks like it has an Instagram filter in it. Must have been the light. The first few pictures are the best likeness. I’ll take some more today though

Lovely looking bass

Ok how about £299 posted? 

Open to offers

EHX Memory Man SOLD

Boss Compressor SOLD

price reductions on others

1 minute ago, Mikey D said:

In my possession, currently my Ibanez EHB1506MS. So comfortable to play and sounds excellent. However I really want a 1005SMS and strict one in one out agreement with wife with max 5 basses and that bass is most like the one I would like. I’m not selling my first bass (encore ltd edition precision), or GWB1 as that’s fretless duties, or my customised TMB35...so unless this one goes which is still slightly reluctant as it’s great for jazz I have no other options. 

So many nice basses!! I am sure this one will go as they are great sounding basses and you don't see many about. 

£100 price drop

Handmade by a guy at A1 Music in Manchester in 1992. Fitted to a Mighty Mite P Bass body originally. Feels more like a jazz neck

lovely Birdseye maple and a satisfying shape from the neck wood to fingerboard, hard to capture in photos

issues

the d an g holes were cut a little too big so had been packed with some tape for a good fit

the g slot on the nut is to low

the finish has worn on the back and there is a mark/dent on the front of the headstock

happy to provide measurements and answer questions and here offers or traded

Was on hold but now available again

I'll take the westbury bag if it is still available