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  1. three
    Another thing I thought I needed but didn’t. This has had less than a couple of hours of use. I messed about with it, then put it in a cupboard. Pretty much as new. The price includes shipping in the UK
  2. three
    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
  3. three
    Clear references but uniquely yours. This should balance much better than a standard EB3 (I'd hope). Quite an understated look but some lovely timbers. Very impressive - something genuinely different! 'Really sorry to hear about the arthritis - horrible and I hope you're able to find a solution
  4. three
    Price reduced to £90 collected. Purchased from GAK or PMT (or suchlike) around 18 months ago. Used twice for about an hour and then popped in a cupboard. Something else I thought I needed but didn’t. The presets and effects are surprisingly good, as is the volume. Pretty much entirely as new. The only flaw I can find is a crease or mark in tolex on the top left hand side at the back. The amp was like this when I received it – I think the tolex has just been poorly applied in that spot. Collection in Manchester at present, though I may be able to ship if I can find a box. These seem to go for £199 pretty much everywhere, so I hope the price is fair.
  5. three
    Hahaha, I couldn’t resist another one. That red one is absolutely stunning – almost like new from what I remember. It’s also a very good weight. My current one is reasonable but some are really chunky. Fantastic basses
  6. three
    There aren’t too many of these around so I’d suspect most haven’t had a chance to try one. I’ve had four (and still have one) and for me, they’re amongst the finest Precisions around. Build quality is usually excellent, with real attention to detail – this was the Dan Smith era. Body contouring is often superb – a return to the dramatic curves found on some earlier Ps. The only downside for me is that they tend to be heavy. This looks like a real bargain despite the compromised circuit.
  7. three
    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!
  8. three
    16.5kg - excellent! A partially redundant part of my anatomy breathed a sigh of relief. PM incoming
  9. three
    Absolutely beautifully bonkers! If this was closer to the North West, I'd buy it now. No idea why, but I would.
  10. three
    Gorgeous, but as above – really sorry that you need to sell such a classically beautiful instrument
  11. three
    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.
  12. three
    Does this come with its original knobs?
  13. three
    Beautiful finish!
  14. three
    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…
  15. three
    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.
  16. three
    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
  17. three
    PMd
  18. three
    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?
  19. three
    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/
  20. three
    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.
  21. three
    Monster. I’ve had three of these. Heavy and unforgiving but outrageously powerful and authoritative. IMO, the finest bass amp ever built. Almost ridiculous to try to describe tone in words but there’s a sort of 3D quality to the DB750. Nasty to shift but an absolute classic. The big Ampegs and Mesas can be beautiful but for me, the DB750 achieved a different level
  22. three
    It is! She played a central role and was excellent throughout - playing with a smile on her face and clearly enjoying the gig and camaraderie
  23. three
    Roger Daltrey in Manchester last night. A voice I've known since I was 10 and all of the character and timbre remains intact. An extraordinary vocal performance, and not just in view of age. An outrageously talented nine-piece band including some big names. Roger moaned about his IEMs for most of the performance, though that seems par. Probably a gig for Who and Daltrey stalwarts but a superb two-hour set that covered a lot of ground with some excellent variations on classic and less well-known tracks. A highly appreciative audience too, and the band and Roger appeared to be genuinely happy throughout. Excellent mix overall - I was directly in-front of the desk. Acoustic instruments - and there were many of them - were handled beautifully. As one might imagine, the only flabby, mushy, indistinct mess was the bass. No note definition at all. A P employed throughout with no visible bass amp. A very good player I'd assume (given the overall class of the band) but impossible to tell.
  24. three
    I sort of hope it is a mod - I rather like it if so. In the first image, it looks like the head could be tucked inside Billy J's bassist's jacket? The second looks a little more clear but still hard to tell. I expanded the images as much as I could - anything but get on with work.
  25. three
    Absolutely love that violet - could I ask who performed the respray?
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