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[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='383058' date='Jan 17 2009, 12:36 PM']LOL *stands to attention*[/quote] Be sure to watch the excerpt number 4 from the same user. There's a nice cello piece and then there's that entertaining bit where the flautist and the violinist trade licks and the sailor's horn marks the spots where the tempo goes up a notch - what's that sailorly tune called? I made a thread in off-topic: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=38478"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=38478[/url] as I got an idea: let's post clips to interesting music that comes from a land foreign to us - I get to post anything except Finnish music and so forth. Could be fun!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='383005' date='Jan 17 2009, 09:27 AM']Ahhhh, so to celebrate...[/quote] Thankkee sarrh! In way of reciprocation, may I put forward you this in return: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMRvZTk7QYE"]something English[/url]?

"I'm back/at the beginning" Had a metric funkton of stuff happen lately, some bad, some good. "there's a time/a time and it's right for me" The time was right for me to have a Smith after a decade without one. I'm getting back to being a muso again.

[quote name='Nick Laughlin' post='248323' date='Jul 26 2008, 01:22 PM']why are you selling this? it's the best bass I've ever played![/quote] It IS a great bass! However, I only want to keep one bass, and it must have 6 strings. So this can't be it. edited to add: and yes, my keeper 6-string's list price is lower than this, doesn't do this tone, doesn't have the aesthetics, but has some neat tricks of its own, so it's win some/lose some. 'I'm losing on the swings/I'm losing on the roundabouts'

on eBay now, auction # 320280829085

It's new, in an unopened box. Got it from the insurance company but don't need compressors - or, indeed, any PA equipment any more. Asking GBP140 for it, which would be less than thomann or ebay.

I'm sure there's an internal organ you can afford to lose to finance this...

That would be the statistician's guess for Z or Prima DWs... edit: the implied punchline would be something about the accuracy of statistics, I'm sure you can think of better ones than I. :S not good at joking am I

bump for price change

Indeed, it IS blueburst. Mea culpa! [quote name='budget bassist' post='231453' date='Jul 2 2008, 06:21 PM']yeah that's blue burst, blue dawn is darker and has black round the edge.[/quote]

Yet more gristle for the mill. This Ernie Ball Music Man guitar has bird's eye maple neck and a poplar body, locking tuners and DiMarzio HSSH pickup configuration. Finish is called [s]Blue Dawn[/s]. Blueburst. As it's an odd one, I strongly recommned checking out EBMM website and harmony central for a fuller view of the guitars qualities. The essential bits are, I think, that the guitar is very, very, easy to play and the tonal palette is the widest you're likely to encounter. The controls were quite logical and therefore not hard at all to recall while playing. A single ding on the lower bout, bass side, which shows on the attached photo. Otherwise in mint condition. Asking GBP875, buyer pays shipping. Shipping estimated at GBP40 to the UK. Original custom molded hard shell case included.

edit: The Prima is gone As mentioned in above post, selling off basses I didn't think I'd ever sell. But needs must and all that. These basses have the Novak fanned frets, which might look daunting but is actually a breeze to play. Chording is much altered, some voicings become very hard indeed while others are much easier on this one... As Sheldon puts it:'close your eyes, your fingers already know where to go.' I'm selling my custom-built Prima Artist which has been gigged some, but the bass is in mint condition. No wear, dings, scratches, blemishes or bad mojo. Was one of the first to have tonal chambers in the body. Has the Artist package: wafer-thin, extremely rigid 7-ply laminated neck, body made of two pieces of wood or different density for better balance between the lower and upper strings, matching laminates on pups and pot caps yadda yadda yadda. Playability and tone are amazing. Has thunder and very, very nice lead tone is readily available. Can go clanky and thuddy old-school if you want it to. Slapping tone is a modern, fusiony, tony. Very, very dynamic bass due to, I think, the bolt-on neck construction and the tonal chambers. Price will be on the high-ish side. I've not decided on a final price yet, but I'm not going to make the sale an auction. Not sure what a new Prima Artist would be worth, but a Z2, which is a lower-tier instrument, was listed and sold at USD7k at Bass Central recently. edit: ahh... the mandatory price. Asking EUR5.5k for it, but I'm willing to haggle. Comes with an SKB bass safe, Dingwall gig bag, Dingwall allen wrench set and a spare set of strings. The bass is located in Finland, so it's in EU already. The other bass is a Z1 in translucent blackburst. Also mint, it comes with the Dingwall gig bag and it's own set of DW tools. In comparison to the Prima Artist, the Z1 has a more traditional tone due to the body being alder and fingerboard maple. This has a pick tone to die for, and the grittier slap tone is fantastic. My choice for a slapper's bass between these two. The Z1 is in mint condition, no blemishes of any kind. As regards the Z1 price, I'm willing to let it go for less than the Prima Artist. No auctions this time either. edit:I think a GBP3.5k would be a decent price? Please don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have!

For financial reasons, I'm finally selling off instruments I thought I'd keep just for their uniqueness even if they were no longer in use. So here's my NS Design CR5M, imo THE EUB to have. I've gigged with it twice, and it's a great gigging bass - but I stuck with schlepping the URB for jazz gigs, so it didn't get out as much as it deserved. Now it's been unused at home for three years or so. The tone is excellent, if not really traditional (though you can approximate it with the electronics to a great extent) and the tripod stand is really solid. The strings are the original ones. Of course, I managed to get the mandatory ding* on the neck at around the second position, but it's near the g string. You'll not touch the ding when playing with urb technique. I tried to catch the ding on the pics as much as possible, it took me minutes to find it, knowing it was there... *from my BN-6. I was swapping between them on one song and the g**tarist collided with the BN's neck --> el. bass string hit the neck. For a CR5M with a ding, but otherwise mint, I think GBP1400 is a decent asking price. I'm open to haggling, though. This will not be an auction, eBay's for that. Located in Finland, so it's in EU already. Buyer, I think, should pay the shipping.

bumpage for new pics!

bumpity. been busy, will eBay this in about a week if one of you guys isn't interested....

bumpage. Will now consider any offers.

bumpity. now considering any offers.

bumpity. updated with pic and other info.