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'78 Precision Natural Finish **Price Drop £1520** - *SOLD*
three replied to JazzyJ's topic in Basses For Sale
There really were some heavy beasts in this period, I had a ‘76 jazz that I struggled to lift. That said, it sounded amazing. This looks like a fabulous example and an absolute rock bottom price IMO. Good luck – at this price, the bass really shouldn’t hang around! -
Andy Manners - Explorer Bass - Sims Neck, Status Electronics - *SOLD*
three replied to Burns-bass's topic in Basses For Sale
16.5kg - excellent! A partially redundant part of my anatomy breathed a sigh of relief. PM incoming -
Andy Manners - Explorer Bass - Sims Neck, Status Electronics - *SOLD*
three replied to Burns-bass's topic in Basses For Sale
Absolutely beautifully bonkers! If this was closer to the North West, I'd buy it now. No idea why, but I would. -
Best Jazz necks I've played - and that's a lot. Wonderful basses, I just wish the body curves/contours were a little more dramatic and organic. I really like the colour and MHS on this - really quite rare- 1 reply
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Gorgeous, but as above – really sorry that you need to sell such a classically beautiful instrument -
A bit of trivia and possible provenance, if I'm right. I think I know this bass pretty well. The George Radcliffe named in the MECAA card was a serious trombone player but doubled on bass. He was the bass player for a band called Five Penny Piece - a sort of Lancashire folk and comedy act with some big gigs and several albums (national TV etc.). George was also the landlord of the Star pub in Ashton-under-Lyne - the best pint of Boddington's bitter available anywhere in my opinion. The quality of the beer was largely down to George's son, the cellarman and another 'bone player, who I think inherited this bass, along with George's Jazz. As far as I know, the son was recently made redundant so not unreasonable that this bass should appear now. With a mate, I took both of the basses to be set-up by Ted Lee (luthier to the stars and painted Manzanera's Firebird red I believe) in the very early '80s when George was still very active. I shall make further enquiries with the son. Anyway, that passed a few minutes.
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Does this come with its original knobs? -
Beautiful finish!
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The first bass for a while to get me excited - this looks to be very well built and I love the aesthetic. If it were in the UK etc… -
Beautiful, and a great price IMO. I know exactly what you mean - the necks on these are far too chunky for me too. Try as I might, I just can't get the ergonomics of neck-through Spectors to work. -
I like the sunburst! i’m not usually a fan of offset bodies but the scratchplate works brilliantly – obviously, this could be an example built carefully for the photographs but the guard follows the lines of the bass very neatly
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That really is quirky but good quirky for me. I’m not the biggest fan of that particular headless bridge and retainer (quite fiddly) but certainly functional. I really like the body contouring - organic and pebble-like. This looks passive - do you know if they’re single coil or humbuckers? Also, is it possible to achieve a low action? -
Gillett, unfortunately long-since folded and disappeared, built 5s. They come-up for sale rarely but worth a look. Incredible design and world-class execution - I’m surprised that they weren’t more popular. There’s some detail here: https://www.gillettguitars.co.uk/bass-guitars/c/3/
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I've just realised that I used to own this bass - a lovely instrument. From memory, I had the hardware gold plated to cut-down on constant polishing. I think that I also replaced the neck pickup logo. An unusual cocobolo top in so far as it's quite orange rather than deeper brown. Very nicely figured wood with the usual Alembic build quality and piano tone.
