Clarky

This just arrived

Stunning short scale bass from one of the hottest luthiers around. Was made as a one-off special with Aguilar to highlight the Aguilar ceramic P pickup. Capri orange nitro finish with racing stripes. Very light (weighs roughly 7.0 pounds) and in vgc. Only selling to defray cost of a vintage Mustang bass I have acquired which performs the same role (so no trades). Comes with fab Serek padded gig bag. To buy new would be about $3200 and - allowing for post and import duty - would mean about the same figure in pounds. So, at my reduced price of £2200, mine saves about a third and - as stated - is in vgc. Collect SW London or post at cost, as agreed with buyer. Various pics below (mine and Serek website) and a live video of it in action.

£25 discount (£875) if I keep the TI flats and swap for the nickel rounds that were on the bass when it came from BassDirect (not sure what brand, yellow silks?)

Need to fund an incoming bass 🙄 .... hence final price drop to a bargain £900 including TI flat strings. If postage needed, will be at cost and as agreed with buyer

PM'd 😬

Thanks Chris, I will need to do some sums but WANT! My left forefinger is still pretty b*ggered from the accident but a bit better, thanks, and with physio I can at least play a bass in my usual agricultural style! Fretting in the lower positions is trickier, as I discovered when I bought a P bass and a J bass not so long ago, thinking I was on the mend - hence I think in the interests of expediency and life being too short, I am going back to mainly focus on short scale basses (plus my vintage Ric as it looks cool).

Thats gorgeous Chris. Erm, what does it weigh?

Sold!

and replied!

Brand new set left - £35 posted

Hey there I will PM you

Now £35 - brand new in packet £25 - barely used £55 for both

OK, cheapest on BC. £160 posted within UK. You won't find valvier goodness for less spondulix

Try me with an offer. I don't need two preamp/DI pedals and the Bassrig has more functionality, even if this sounds (unsurprisingly) more authentically valvey

Here's a pic of the trimmed/barely used set and one of the brand new set in packet

Hey Chris, no these are polished nickel flats with purple silks. The blurb says "FLATS authentic in every way. Constructed over a round core for increased flexibility and lower tension, the RB FLATS are wound with a pure nickel flat wire, which is then polished to a high shine, resulting in a string that is both supple and comfortable to play. With the RB FLATS, Optima have created a flat wound bass string which echo’s the classic tones of yesteryear."

Having read up how accurate these German made strings are to the flatwounds that were standard issue on 4000/4001 models in the 1960/70s, I bought a couple of sets. Unfortunately the tension is a bit too high for my knackered left hand (its definitely more tense than TI flats, which I previously used, and feels more like a 'standard' flatwound such as a Chrome or La Bella 45-105). The gauges are 45-57-77-100. One set is brand new and unopened in the packet, the other has been on my bass for two days and the ends were trimmed for use on my Ric (note: on removing, some of the silk immediately fell off the tuner end of the G string, grrr, though its 100% usable). A Strings is the cheapest UK-based retailer and sells at £47.99 per set. So how about £40 30 posted for the brand new set and £30 posted for the briefly used set?

Pretty much nothing seems to be selling on the forum right now ... so I am withdrawing this for the moment and will keep it in reserve as backup to my Rick and Serek.