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I bought Chris’s Yamaha BBPH recently, and it was immaculate - this is someone who really looks after their gear. I remember seeing this one in the corner of his music room and thinking how cool it looked! Horribly tempted by this myself…

I’ll take this please. I’ll drop you a PM now.

PM sent with a couple of questions.

What strings are on this Chris?

I'm pleased to say that this has now found a very deserving new home. It'll be with the new owner next week when I'm back from my trip. I know it'll be used and useful, which was my aim out of this. Thanks to all those who showed interest. I'll keep checking the garage and music room to see if there's anything else going spare...

I'm actually getting far more interest (and messages) than I anticipated on this. Have to say though, without sounding like a d*ck, if someone already has 12 basses, and are actively buying more in the For Sale section, I'm not going to give this to them - they can afford to buy their own. My idea was to help someone out who perhaps couldn't afford this, or to donate it to a music-related charity. As I mentioned in the (edited) post, I'll leave this to run until Sunday (I'm in the US with work at the moment, so 5 hours behind the UK) and then see what's what.

A few years ago, I listed a Steinberger Spirit bass as a give away to someone who could use it (and not just sell it on). It went to a musical therapy room being setup by one of the members here. I've been having a recent clear out of my music room, and I've had this sitting in a rack for years, and I can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I've picked it up and played it. It's actually really nice, and quite a high end Tanglewood acoustic bass. I've plugged it in and everything works as it should, and it's pretty loud just played acoustically. I just literally don't have a use for it. I think I originally bought it when I thought I was going to make my fortune by performing hundreds of MTV Unplugged gigs, and of course none of those gigs happened 😀 Details of the bass here: https://reverb.com/item/13494720-tanglewood-tw55a-natural-acoustic-bass-guitar-pre-owned There's one on eBay for 890 Euros!! Stock photo here: Sounds good, has stayed in tune for years, and I can't see a mark on it. I don't think I have a gig bag for it, so this will have to be an in-person handover. I'm just off j12 M40 (South of Leamington). As before, I'd like this to go to someone who could really use it - I'd be disappointed if it just instantly ended up on eBay. Doesn't necessarily have to be a charity, but someone who's maybe wanted one for a while and doesn't have the spare cash to buy one. Let me know if anyone is interested. I'm away with work until Tuesday of next week (4th July) but I'm checking Basschat regularly (of course!) A good home has now been found for this. Thanks to all who showed interest.

Seems a bargain. Wouldn’t Mark at Bass Direct give you more than this for it? Wish I’d got a use for it - I’m just down the road from you.

Now sold

Now sold. Selling my Hofner Ignition Violin bass in excellent condition. I bought it in Dec last year, when it was 6 months old, so it's still less than a year old now. I bought this to see if I could get on with short scale, and see if I liked it. As it turns out, I love it so much, I've just ordered a German 62-re-issue, which is arriving on Monday, so I'm looking to move this on to help towards the cost of that. The previous owner had just put a set of LeBella Beatle Bass flats on it, along with upgraded machine heads, and traditional tea-cup knobs (both genuine Hofner, at a cost of £125, I believe). He kindly included the original tuners, knobs and round wound strings, which will all be included in the sale. The bass has also been professionally set-up and plays beautifully. The action is low and intonation spot on up & down the neck. I did a lot of reading up on the Hofner 500/1 range before buying this (there's a Basschat thread I started somewhere), as I wanted something close to the sound of the early Beatles, and this lead me to this model, which is hollow and without the centre block. Even with my ham-fisted playing, it does a good approximation of that Beatles bass sound. Looks like these are around £339 now, and the case is £89. Add in the £125 upgrades and I think £300 including delivery is fair. If you're around Warwickshire / Birmingham / Oxford etc, we could probably work out a meet-up. If you can collect I'll knock the £25 delivery off, so it's £275 all in. I've shamelessly stolen the original seller's photos (hope this is ok Pat?), as it's too dark outside now to take my own. I'll replace with some new pics this weekend, but it's in identical condition as those below. It's only been played at home, and all I've done is remove the pick guard (for that late-Macca look!), but this will obviously be included with the sale. I'll even screw it back on if that's what the new buyer wants. Trade wise, I really do need to stop spending on basses right now and put cash towards the incoming German Hofner, , but I'm weak-willed and I'm sure I could be tempted by something 4 string and passive. I could also use a decent multi-fx (HX etc). Truth is, I'll be tempted by most things bass-related, so try me with what you've got. Any questions, please ask.