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Price dropped to £895 Up for grabs (again) is my 1992/3 USA Musicman Sterling bass in natural satin with rosewood fretboard. Sale only as I just bought my dream Jazz bass so something has to give..... I will post anywhere but it will need to be insured so will be around £45 UK and £60 to Europe. I can also meet up within a reasonable distance of Chester. This is from the first run of USA MM sterling basses and is extremely rare, having the recessed neck plate, chrome battery cover, a highly figured maple neck and rare mute pad bridge (with mute pads removed for now as the action is low). These were only produced in this spec for about a year. It's only just been set up by Ged Green - top luthier in Manchester - and as far as I know it has never been gigged. The previous owner was bought it new in the 90s by his Dad, tried bass, didn't like it and then parked it for 20+ years in a case in the loft. I got it from him and it was dirty but in really good condition. It had the neck treated with lemon oil, frets levelled and polished, truss adjusted, action set nice and low and intonation set. It also has new Ernie ball slinkly strings on. According to Ged it has hardly ever been played. It plays like a dream and sounds fantastic. The 22 fret neck is 1.5" at the nut and is super smooth. It has a single Humbucker with 3 band Eq and the 3 way toggle switch for parallel / single coil / series selection for the ceramic phantom coil pickup. The body is smaller than the Stingray and with the narrower nut, slimmer neck and lighter body it is - in my opinion - way easier to get on with and tonally more flexible than it's big ugly cousin the Stingray!! It has schaller strap buttons and I'll throw in a leather strap with schaller locks. It weighs in around 9lbs and comes with a MM case in really good condition - although this isn't the original case. The body is finished in satin lacquer and there are hardly any marks on it although there is a little surface mark near the pickup selector switch. There is also a minor ding on the top of the headstock and the chrome tuners and bridge are a little tarnished but not rusty. All in all it is in superb condition. As for trades, let me know what you have - so long as there's cash my way then it will appease the Mrs

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Bump with a possible trade for a flea jazz?

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Price slash to £850.

Thanks cardinaljay - it's fantastic and a joy to play. If I hadn't stopped gigging I could warrant keeping 3 basses but........rules are rules and are firmly established by the boss!

I bought it from evil bay. The balance / volume pot had been pulled apart. I expected it to need replacing but - believe it or not - I put the pot back together, popped in a new battery and it worked perfectly! It looks like someone thought it was a push / pull pot and tried too hard. Really hard..... The body was filthy as was the fret board. The neck had a forward bow so it went in to Ged Green - top luthier in Manchester - and had a full set up. The truss was adjusted, frets levelled and polished and fret board lemon oiled. The body was polished with cut and polish and came up remarkably well. It was a keeper, as it turned out so well, until a USA Jazz deluxe FMT turned up (in tobacco burst with gold hardware, bound neck / block inlays and flame maple top). I’d been looking for one for ages and it just popped up on Facebook so it had to be done meaning the jazz plus and my MM sterling have to go.

Thanks IPG. They’re great basses aren’t they? If it wasn’t for the arrival of my gorgeous FMT it wouldn’t be going anywhere.....