Now sold.

Another price drop: now £20 including postage in the UK. Great deal! Come on now!

13 hours ago, Maude said:

JJ Burnell and Bruce Foxton made quite an inspiring racket. 🙂

Yes, although I associate Bruce Foxton in my mind more with a clanky Rickenbacker tone. Also John Wetton makes a P Bass sound exciting on those classic era King Crimson albums.

Yikes I sense the Basschat fatwahs being prepared. I'd agree, I've never found P basses to be inspiring soundwise - with the exception of Matt Freeman from Rancid's tone on the Precision Bass. Epiphone Rivoli basses being another that for me could be used as an effective insomnia treatment.

I sold some Bass Player magazines to Gavin, he's a great guy and the transaction was easy and pleasant with good communication throughout. Thanks again dude!

Now sold.

3 issues of Bass Player sold as a set only:

August 2019: Tom Hamilton cover feature

Holiday 2019: Flea cover feature

June 2020: Darryl Jones cover feature, also with a good interview with Lee Sklar

All 3 issues in really good condition. £7 including postage in the UK.

Here's my feedback:

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/306417-feedback-for-edlib-3/

7 hours ago, Booga13 said:

Hi Ed, 

Was going to buy this but didn't get to you before you ebayed and got a bid. I'll take it, ping me your PayPal address😁

Hi @Booga13 just seen your message. Sorry, the eBay buyer has now just paid as an unpaid item case was opened. Now sold.

And back on sale again due to some clown on eBay winning the auction and refusing to pay. God I hate eBay...

Really interesting to learn everyone's experiences with these instruments, with the different views expressed it does tend to point to a 'try some out and find what works for you' viewpoint. There's certainly more love out there for acoustic basses than I would have expected. Worth pointing out to the OP @Johnnyguru that it's wise to have a look what's on sale secondhand acoustic bass wise, as the resale value of acoustic basses is generally great news for buyers and heartbreaking news for sellers. There's always used acoustic basses on sale at good prices that look barely played, on here, eBay or Gumtree.

2 hours ago, jacko said:

That second sentence suggests that in fact an acoustic bass is probably the MOST useful instrument to have. Certainly in my house, my kelly Dragonfly gets played a lot more often than any other as I don't have the faff of having to plug it in (and the amps all live in an outhouse anyway). Add a bung in the soundhole and the piezo on it means it will hold it's own against 2 guitarists when we do an acoustic set.  

My most useful instrument by some margin is my Jazz Bass, which I also use to practise on. Each to their own of course, but I've never found acoustic basses to sound very good once you run them through an amp - you have to work hard to not get a thin, clackety tone when you plug them in - most of the ones I've owned or played in my price range have come with a very underwhelming built in EQ and preamp. So what we've got is a bass that is too quiet to be played acoustically with most other instruments and sounds a lot worse (in my view) than an electric bass when plugged in. Doesn't sound that useful when you look at it that way. I would concede that your situation is a more unique one where all your amps are in an outhouse so not so easy to switch on and plug into.

Hi there,

I would like to re-list this item which I had earlier withdrawn from sale, as it is now back up for sale:

It's currently closed to all further replies. Please could you sort this out for me so I can put it back up for sale?

Many thanks,

Ed

I sold a set of Schaller tuners to Dave, really great guy and I couldn't have wished for a more pleasant and straightforward transaction. Many thanks Dave, you're a total credit to this forum.

Deal with total confidence, people.

PRICE DROP: Now £25 including postage in the UK. Any interest for a decent set of PJ pickups at a very good price?

I can't disagree with the other posters so far, an acoustic bass guitar will always be the least useful bass you own if you have one, I love mine though - even in the light of its lack of practical application. They are however, useful to have around the house as a practice instrument you can quickly pick up and work through things on. My acoustic bass has the chunkiest neck I think I've ever played so it's a bit like bass gym for my hands and wrists (and I'm a dude with large hands). These are still being made and sold in large quantities by many bass companies despite the fact they're kind of useless, I've always wondered why. Probably because of mugs like me who buy them...😁

Just received a bid on eBay so I'm withdrawing these.

Withdrawn as it's got a bid on eBay.

Now sold.

PRICE DROP: Now £50 including postage in the UK.

PRICE DROP: Now £30 including postage in the UK.

I sold a bridge to Johann. Great to deal with, very easy and pleasant transaction. Thanks again dude!

On 17/05/2020 at 21:08, songofthewind said:

Hmm. What’s the diameter of the section that passes through the headstock?

On a close inspection with my tape measure - it's 13mm

These tuners are 4 in-line for a right handed bass, taken from an Ibanez TR200 bass. They're used but in very good condition - just some slight markings from roundwound strings on the string posts ( as pictured in photos). Comes with mounting screws pictured.

The price includes postage in the UK only. Payment by bank transfer or PayPal Gift please.

Here's my feedback thread:

Taken from an Ibanez TR200 bass, used but in great condition and includes mounting screws as pictured. Really nice unobtrusive high mass bridge, price includes postage in the UK only. Payment by bank transfer or PayPal gift please.

Here's my feedback thread:

Allow me to resurrect this topic with a final update, here's the bass with all the mods completed:

The DiMarzio passive pickups went in fine with the bass's active preamp and sound excellent, many thanks for the advice!!

I also had some Gotoh tuners fitted to replace the stock ones after the Schallers I bought were too wide in the backplate to fit the headstock. Lastly, strap locks fitted and I did a u-turn and decided to change the stock bridge to a beefy Kluson high mass bridge after all . Plays and sounds way, way better. No longer such an inexpensive bass now... 😬