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Warwick Thumb 5 BO (2009 Germany) Natural oil, MEC active J/J, fretted wenge board, ovangkol body & neck. Warwick bridge and tuners. Weight 4100grams. Comes with hard case and candy. Sounds like two fat jazz basses!

Sadowsky Metro Japan Hybrid PJ5 ash/maple (2004). Black hardware as seen on NYC’s. 4100 grams of groovy gravy gravity making sushi of any PJ in the wild west. Comes with original semi hard (or is it semi soft? 😉) Sadowsky rectangular case.

Fender Jazz Bass 4 bolt maple neck (1973A). Quite a succesfull design... 😉 Black binding/blocks. Very old black over walnut finish (probably factory refin as they did in those days to comply with custom orders) white 3ply pick guard. Stackpole potmeters (1973), Fender pickups (1972). This bass has been refretted and a brass nut (a trendy repkacement in the late seventies/early eighties) is restored with a bone one. The bass plays perfectly with action as low as you wanna go. Pickup output is very powerfull. This beautiful thing really is as good as an early seventies Jazz Bass is gonna get and most certainly it won’t lose value either. A nice weight of 4000 grams/8.8LBS of groovy funky jazzy coolness. Looots of Geddy Lee , Chris Squire, Larry Graham and Marcus Miller vibes. Comes with (later) Fender case

Pedulla U.S.A. Pentabuzz. Flame maple AA, charcoal grey. Excellent condition. Year of Manufacture: 2006 •Serial #: 9203 •Body Wings: AA Flame Maple, Charcoal •Neck: Capillary (neck-through), 3 piece maple laminate •Scale Length: 34" •Fingerboard: Ebony, fretless with 24 inlaid fretlines and gloss polyester finish •Inlay: Mother of Pearl, 5mm dots •Nut: Bone •Width at Nut: 1-15/16" (49.21 mm) •Truss Rod: Single rod, double-acting adjustable with 2 stiffening bars •Weight: 9.5 pounds •Hardware Color: Gold •Bridge: ABM 3-way adjustable machined brass with roller saddles •Bridge spacing: 19 mm •Machine Heads: M.V. Pedulla/Gotoh •Pickups: Bartolini, offset P's at neck, single J at bridge •Electronics: Active, Bartolini •Controls: volume, pan, bass boost/cut, treble boost/cut, mid boost/cut (toggle) •Control Knobs: Anodized aluminum (black with marker) •Finish: Gloss polyester •Pedulla Kit (truss rod, bridge wrench) is included This must be the pinnacle of the fretless world. What a bass. Everything feels right and it sings like Pavarotti on steroids

Japanese Sadowsky 5 string in very good condition with all the 70’s DNA a five string Jazz Bass could possibly have. Ash body, maple neck/board, bound neck, block inlays. Pickups in 70’s position providing for more clear and tight sound options. Bass is fitted with new Sadowsky single coils and new pre amp with VTC. I can reïnstall the original Sadowsky humfree pickups and pre amp (with no VTC) if desired. Frets are like new and provide for action as low as you like. This is quite an early UV70 which means the neck is not reïnforced with graphite strips as the woods were still top quality. Maybe I am delusional but in my hands I feel a more organic bass that sounds more like wood than the later ones. Not better, but different. Comes with the well known Sadowsky rectangular semi hard case. These are arguably the best '70's Jazz fivers around they are relatively rare (not sure, maybe hundreds or less exist) and they are not being produced anymore. On par with the NYC quality, not with any MIG and MIC I played. Offers considered.

Sadowsky NYC Original P (2005) Alder body, maple neck, BR RW board 20 fets, 9" radius, 1 1/2" Nut width (J), '59 burst, Vintage neck tint Hardware chrome Weight 3,74kgs Unique Sadowsky NYC. The only one I have ever seen. Action, weight, balance and entire playability is best of the best. Sound is deep like a Precision bass with clarity rather than that quacking Precision sound. Very smooth and well blending. Comes with original Sadowsky rectangular semi hard case.

The late Rick Turner created a lot of magic in the world of music. The first PA system ever for a band called Rare Earth. The first Alembics. And this Renaissance is one of the later evidences of his brilliance. This thing can sound as bassguitar, acoustic bassguitar and upright'ish: all the oomph, grind and mwaaaah you ever need at 2400 grams only. Bass is new and one of the last ones new built by the master himself.

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Actually it is a Basic (quite an understatement for such an exorbitant instrument) but a classic nevertheless!

Ash body Maple neck/board with black inlays Graphite reinforcement bars inside the neck Compound radius fingerboard Neck width at nut 47,5 mm String spacing at the bridge +/-18 mm Scale 34" Fender noiseless pickups (4th gen.) Threeband EQ (18v) with passive tone control Fender bridge with through body stringing (maximum sustain) or traditional top load (more attack) Easy access dual way truss rod adjusting with spoke wheel at the base of the neck (like Sadowsky) Including Fender OHSC and certificate. The bass is in very good, almost new, condition. No issues. Elites are arguably some of the best basses ever built by Fender.

Sculptured offset longhorn solid walnut body 5 piece Eastern neck through maple neck, purple heart stringers Fingerboard Pau Ferro Double truss rod 24 jumbo frets Scale 34” 4800 grams Neck width 2” at the nut, 3 1/8” at the 24th fret Schaller tuners Tobias bridge Bartolini TCT pre amp with 3 band EQ Bartolini Tobias proprietary MTCC dual coils pickups Tobias OHSC. 100% original and in great condition. Playability and sound are superb. A classic and timeless piece built by Mr. Michael Tobias and crew in Hollywood.

Ash body, quilted maple top, maple 3 piece neck with block inlays and binding. Low End proprietary stacked single coil pickups. Pre amp Gregory G-BP3 (brand new, much like F Bass, transparent and very musical but more versatile.) String spacing at bridge +/- 19mm Very solid well thought over top quality Jazz Bass built by Benavente guitars and assembled by Brian 'Mr. Low End' Barrett. Plays and feels very comfortable, sounds like a Jazz Bass on steroids with extended note capacity.

What I can say in my non scientific maybe even biased humble opinion is that it is not as bright as a maple board with ash body, but not as dark as an alder body with rose board neck. For some the perfect synthesis.

My old bass. Nice one. Good luck selling.

Very nice one Rainer. If this would have been for sale a week earlier...

One guy has an option till tomorrow. Biut other than that still for sale...

What's t he thing with the dotted i.s.o. inlay neck on the same body?

Thanks for your supportive comments. These oldies have something special. Whether it is a different build quality or ‘just’ the ageimg of the woods I don’t know, but it feels like an old jeans, without the relic stuff.. just some minor honest playing wear. Considering the condition, the lightness and the extra set of pickups I think the price ia justified. New this would cost now over €5750. Then again: old woods versus new woods is easy math…

Price includes shipping in Europe.

3600 grams only! 24601C9C-8F90-4BB7-A912-054252272F77.heic 50DA794A-93EE-47D8-B622-C5D4ECDC0F9B_1_201_a.heic

Sadowsky MetroLine 21-Fret Vintage MM MN Antique Tobacco Transparent Satin: 5-string electric bass, 34" (864 mm) long scale, bolt-on construction, sleek undersized J-Style body, American Swamp Ash body, Maple neck (C shape), Maple fingerboard, 12" fingerboard radius, Sadowsky Just-A-Nut III nut, 1.75" (44.5 mm) nut width, 21 nickel silver frets (width: 0.094" (2.4 mm) / height: 0.051" (1.3 mm)), passive Sadowsky hum-cancelling J-Style stacked coil pickup (neck), passive Sadowsky MM-Style humbucker pickup (bridge), active Sadowsky 2-way electronics (bass and treble boost) with Vintage Tone Control (VTC), controls for Volume / Balance / Vintage Tone Control (P/P) / Treble and Bass (stacked), push/pull function at VTC knob for preamp bypass, 2x 3-way toggle switch for pickup configuration (series / parallel / single coil), quick access electronics compartment, Sadowsky Light machine heads with open gear, Sadowsky S-security locks, Sadowsky bridge with quick string release, 0.71" (18 mm) string spacing, chrome hardware, Sadowsky Blue Label 045 - 130 strings, Antique Tobacco Transparent Satin finish, parchment pickguard, incl. hex key tools and individual Certificate of Authenticity, incl. Sadowsky Portabag (SAC BAG BASS PORTA), made in Germany. 3600 grams only. Like new or ‘demo’! Fun note: this the exact bass that Warwick, Thoman and Bax used in their publications. Also: they do not have one in stock and delivery times are are several months…

Sadowsky Metro Japan UV70 (2012) Ash body, maple neck/board, 70's pickups position, 19mm string spacing, dark see-through black finish, black bounded neck and block inlays. Sadowsky humfree pickups and Sadowsky pre-amp with VTC. With a little under 4700 grams not the lightest -for a Sadowsky- but certainly one of the snappiest and tightest! Marcus Millerish? 100%! Bass is fitted with Nordstrand single coil 70's winding (€220) which sound more open and dynamic. The bass comes with the original Sadowsky pickups in the Sadowsky rectangular semi-hardcase.