will4bass

2 hours ago, roman_sub said:

Is a video / audio demo possible at all?

Sure. But haven’t recorded anything yet.

Yes still got it. 
 

Compared with Sadowsky’s... well... aa much as I am a Sadowsky fan and user.. the build quality, woods used and construction (neck through!) are flawless. The playability is great and the sound is comparable a tiny bit with an average Sadowsky Modern bass but sweeter highs and warmer/fuller on the bass side. I make this comparison since you ask but it is a hard thing to do right. I really like a lot of this S1. I alao have a Fodera Anthony Jackson 6 ‘90 which I love too and prefer since it has 19mm spacing but soundwise, they are different instruments too, the Sandberg S1 is at least as ‘fat’.

1 hour ago, BiBaBass said:

Actual string spacing is 17,5 mm 

Thank you!

What is the string spacing?

It's a beauty Rainer!

23 minutes ago, thebridgebetween said:

Hi Will,

what’s the scale? thanks 

best regards 

34"!

5 hours ago, roman_sub said:

Also:

are those Bartolini pickups?

What are the woods - is fretboard Ebony?

what’s the weight?

String spring?

is a hard case included?

Thanks for asking: Bartolini pickups, fretboard ebony, through-neck maple with hard wood stringers, body I think is mahogany. The weight is 4300 on my kitchenscale. Strining spacing is 17,5 but adjustable. I can include a generic solid hard case.

10 hours ago, alembic1989 said:

I like that.

34” scale?

Thanks for asking. It is 34". I added some more specs. I'm just not quite sure about the wood species. .

NOW SELLING FOR €999/£850 

Trades considered

Fantastic classic Sandberg S1 6 string from the days (1993) when Sandberg was making name and fame with
own designs, top materials and masterbuilt instruments that were on par with the most exclusive 
basses in de market. This 28 year old bass has some playing marks and a small crack at the backside 
of the headstock (nothing serious) but most of all tons of tone(s) and versatility that suits practically any style of music. 

Some specs:

Neckthrough construction

Ebony board, maple neck with hardwoord stringers (not sure which wood species)

Mahogany body (not sure), top wood ?

34"

+/- 17,5 mm spacing (adjustable)

4300 grams (kitchenscale)

Bartolini pickups

Original Scitus pre amp with active/passive (pull)switch, and three band eq.

Up!

My great Sandberg Series 1 6 string 1993: 100% original, 100% greatness from the time that Sandberg was focusing on hi quality luthery basses with different designs. (However: consider selling it.)

2 hours ago, lowlandtrees said:

Hi. Jimmy in Scotland here. Do you have any idea of the cost to mail this to the UK. I understand there would be 20% VAT, 3% import duty plus shipping on top of the price? 

Have sent you a reply!

Is this pre Sadowsky? 😉

Very nice black Sadowsky Modern Metro Japan 24-5 with the great Sadowsky humbuckers and Sadowsky pre-amp with VTC.

Not a Metro Express and not a Warwick or Chinese Sadowsky but a perfect Japanese Sadowsky..

Good balance. Comes with original Sadowsky case.

Signs of wear but great looking and no issues.

Still available!

>>I put the AJ6 on sale since I'm not a 6 string player and need to sell some stuff. Buuuut...I played the AJ6 last night: it's simply fabulous. I decided to keep it.<<

Anthony Jackson from 1990, the period that Fodera was establishing it's name worldwide, Mr. Vinny Fodera himself built those basses and Mr. Anthony Jackson was one of the 'first call' session cats for about any style of music from pop to jazz in the highest imaginable playing fields. 

If you look for a thunderous low B and crispy highs.. well this bass has it.. but it has more to offer. The bass feels like an extension of your fingers. Very musical. Very articulate. With a kind of smoothness only the driest great tonewoods reveals. This AJ6 has a voice of its own. Check out the records on which Anthony Jackson played a same instrument. Anything else I would add to praise the bass could start to sound a bit exaggerated. So I decided not to do that. After all an instrument like this will reveal its possibilities in the hands of the player.

Some details

Anthony Jackson 6 string neck-through (before the time this was called a 'Custom Elite': all Fodera's back then were custom built!)

34"

19" string spacing (adjustable)

Walnut body

Quilted maple top body

Maple neck

Light Ebony Fingerboard

Bartolini T Style soapbars

Haz Labs pre amp (Volume, balance, 2 band EQ, Active/passive switch, kill switch)

Approx. 5kgs 

Great balance, very comfortable to play

Comes with OHSC (Fodera Teardrop case)

Strings: Fodera Anthony Jackson (what else? ;-))

Decent offers and trades considered (Sadowsky 5 NYC PJ Maple, Alleva Copplo 5, Spector USA 5, Ken Smith 5 (19mm spacing)...but sorry: + cash!)

7 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Following  representations from the Basschat Massif, No 10 Downing Street will commission the new 'Boris Bass' and Dido Harding will be tasked with ensuring this is distributed ( via a friend from the golf club with a £17m contract ) to all Bassists in the UK. Loosely based on the Emperors New Clothes, the Basses start changing hands at well over the £5000 list price, even though none will ever be delivered. A Mark Two version with 4 Tiers is promised for the following December ( and touted as the ideal Christmas present) but in August 2021 Boris, reacting to criticism he left cancelling Christmas 2020  too late, cancelled it early this time. Trading of Basses and other Musical items with the EU and other countries  was halted until 2023 when the backlogs of food and vaccines at the Ports were cleared.

Boris the Brexiteer does have a problem for every solution but luckily, according to the modern leader handbook contradicting yourself is a problem that leads to solutions.

1 minute ago, Hellzero said:

Yep.

Where ever you are in before the lock excludes you from the other side....

Just now, Hellzero said:

IBTL.

In Before The Lock?

Okay.. so it seems that whatever the deal BREXIT is for real which most likely will mean that trades between the UK and EU countries will involve import duties & vat and most probably delays in deliveries for the start up time. Generally speaking this means and add-on of about 25%. What will be the effects? Will Basschat continue to be one of the biggest European marketplaces? Will new marketplace initiatives kick off? Will the asking prices of basses go down to compensate, also considering Covid-19? Or will buying/selling between the UK and EU simply become too expensive? Will we more easiliy start buying and selling to other places in the world? What are your thoughts about this?

BUMP for 2 impressive demo's!

Mustafunk1 is a pleasant and honest guy to deal with. Bought a Fender Jazzbass with him and his shipping and communication was clear and with no delay.

Fantastic Marcus Miller tribute bass. Works on other genres too! 

Built for Fender by Tokay Gakki Japan in 2007/2008. Besides some decent playing wear the bass is in  perfect condition. Truss rod works perfect, frets +95%, Sadowsky pre amp ánd pickups (real single coils, but very good shielded: hardly hum). Comes with the original pre amp and pickups (works fine too, can put therm back in, but IMHO the Sadowsky really opens up the bass) and a gig bag. Oh yes.. and the original pickup cover!

Buy with confidence: Zomnius is a great guy to deal with.