Clarky

As they said on the Flashing Blade, its better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

I bought a few day-old, as-new set of Velvet Blues last week for about £85 from an Italian seller on TalkBass (they come up about £135-150 new). I didn't get on with Garbos and thought the slimmer Blues would suit me better. They have nice low/medium tension and are gratifyingly loud (they would be great for busking!). Tone-wise they seem half way between steels (they are copper-wrapped) and gut-alikes. I am not going to stick with them as they make my old German 3/4 bass quite dark sounding (Spiros are brighter sounding on this bass). Any interested at £80 posted? Very good, virtually as-new condition still Cheers Clarky Ps if you want to hear how they sound here's a guy fromTalkbass playing some Velvet Blues [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5py7OOV177M[/media]

I bought a few day-old, as-new set of Velvet Blues last week for about £85 from an Italian seller on TalkBass (they come up about £135-150 new). They have nice low/medium tension and are gratifyingly loud (they would be great for busking!). Tone-wise they seem half way between steels (they are copper-wrapped) and gut-alikes. I am not going to stick with them as they make my old German 3/4 bass quite dark sounding (Spiros are brighter sounding on this bass). Any interested at £80 posted? Very good, virtually as-new condition still Cheers Clarky Ps if you want to hear how they sound here's a guy on Talkbass playing some Velvet Blues [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f17/velvet-blue-sound-clips-use-headphones-952858/"]http://www.talkbass....dphones-952858/[/url]

On further consideration I am withdrawing from sale

Going to bump this one last time. If it doesn't sell soon, I will just buy an Ikea luggage trolley to cart this around on as the Wizzy cab I was after looks like its sold to someone else

Check out post 17 above, payment plan considered

I bought this last summer on BC but, while I keep being drawn to Jazzes in the looks dept (and this is a real looker), I much prefer the ergonomics of a Precision. Its a really stunning sonic blue (I think, maybe sky blue) with a faded white (ivory coloured) s/p and rosewood board. A few minor indentations here and there but none through to wood and most barely noticeable. Wearing very skinny, low tension Thomastik Jazz Rounds so the truss rod will need a tweak if you swap for medium/higher tension strings, Serial number of A plus six digits appears to date it to 1997-8. No hard case but will be well packed. For pics see here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/127704-jazz/page__view__findpost__p__1802682"]http://basschat.co.u...ost__p__1802682[/url] Nitty gritty: £499 posted or £485 collected in London. No trades thanks.

Incidentally, would be happy to do a payment plan for those I have done biz with previously*, eg, 50% upfront (say £210 including postage) with the balance over 1-3 months Edit: * this also applies to anyone with a long track record of good feedback or even a moderator!

and replied!

FYI, I checked out delivery costs and this would be £10-15 within mainland UK, depending on service, and circa £20 to Northern Ireland

[quote name='Dr Phibes' timestamp='1359386394' post='1953917'] Just to chime in here. I had the E strung with no fret buzz or interference with my playing style, not uncomfortable or rough under my fingers. Sadly, the same strings buzzed on Clarky's bass. Give them a punt, the E may be just fine for you and a cheap as chips price for a set of backups. [/quote] Thanks Dr P! As a suggestion, if the buyer picked up a new E from alangregory for £38 [url="http://www.alangregory.co.uk/musicshop/Thomastik_Double_Bass_Strings.html"]http://www.alangregory.co.uk/musicshop/Thomastik_Double_Bass_Strings.html[/url] this would amount to £78 for a set of new/vgc Spiro Mittels, with a spare backup E. This compares with £138 at violinstringsonline, £150 at Stringzone and £116 at Thomann (out of stock)

So you will be the UK's first owner of a Big E from Mike Arnopol then (Inspector Clouseau here). If that's half as good as they say on TB you have the ultimate bigger DB cab

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1359487358' post='1955568'] Clarky, ordinarily, I'd be first in the queue to buy this off you, but I've just put a deposit on something a bit special. [/quote] Oooh, intriguing! As you are well stocked with amps I guess its (double) bass shaped?

*************************** tumbleweed ********************************* Surprised at the lack of interest in this super-quality cab

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1359396295' post='1954140'] Is the Mars Bar all original Clarky? [/quote] Has a Badass? Suddenly you are interested .... But seriously (folks, said with Groucho Marx moustache and cigar) this is ridiculously good value and Chris is a great guy to do biz with. As 2,437 BC'ers know