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Thanks fellas, nice proposals too but my kidney's fine at the moment, and I'm not looking for a 6-string - btw gorgeous bass ! I was asked for some details. First I live in Paris, France. [s]My price includes a full-insured shipping to European countries[/s] (EDIT: bass is now on sale shipping fees excluded). I regularly ship basses, got everything to ensure a safe shipping. As for the B-string's height. There is no issue at all with the neck, which is perfectly straight. The B-string's height above the 12th fret is 2,5mm - other strings' height is 2mm and under. It's due to the fact that a B-string needs more height to ring. It's quite normal, especially on a 34 scale. She's strung with (new) 45-125 DR Hi-beams strings.

Bloody beast. Got this one a few years ago, as I wanted to experience the « Wal thing ». The experience was quite impressive. I'm going back to 4-strings now. Tried to justify having this one under my bed for months, and did not succeed. She's a MK2 from october 1988. Worn-in but really good condition. Electronics is dead-silent, frets are good with very few signs of wear, and neck is damn straight with a nice low action (2mm above the 12[sup]th[/sup], except for the B-string). Trussrod is effective in both directions and has very little effort to do to keep the neck straight. Two things have to be noticed : 1/ there are only 2 screws on the preamp backplate, 2/ The G-tuning peg broke a few years ago and her previous owner replaced it with a non original one. There are some crazes due to this replacement. If you look at the pic, it's only the coat which was crazed. As for these 2 points, I just ordered new set of screws and a G-tuning peg to Wal. I'll gladly forward this to the future owner of this bass. Indian rosewood fingerboard, one-piece brazilian mahogany body and gorgeous shedua facings. 11 pounds, not a light one (anyway, is there any lighweight Wal fiver ?), but as you may know you can gain not far from one pound combining the MS4 tuning pegs with Ultra light Schaller ones. As for the sound... well, wal-ish obviously, many (many) tones, always thick and defined, with a huge amount of growl if needed. Pick attack, filters and trimpots work fine. B-string is the best I tried, even if it's a 34 scale. You can use it on the A, and have a pretty defined tone. She's really a great bass. Original case is included in the sale. [s]3150 GBP, fully-insured shipping to Europe included.[/s] [s]2950 [/s]2900 [b]2850[/b] pounds, shipping fees excluded. "[/URL] "] " "] "

Paid, shipped and delivered. And appreciated too I guess Now sold.

ON HOLD, pending payment

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A special one ! For sale this 1979 Stingray, pre-eb era, in a hard-to-find condition. I had a few old SRs, and it's the first one in such a good shape. No refin there but seems nearly-like new, except a chip in the back of neck's coat, and a thin crack in the nut under the D string. The crack is on the side (not really under the string), both parts of the (original) nut seem solid and I didn't notice any difference in dynamics or sustain with other strings. So I didn't change anything, and prefer let the future owner decide what to do. Everything on this bass work's fine. Neck is damn straight with a nice low action, not fretbuzz. A joy to play. Original frets seem barely used too. Trussrod is really responsive in both ways, and is far from being full, which is important to notice. As for these early Stingrays (pre-1980), the maple was not thick between the fingerboard and the trussrod. It's their weakness, maple has to be strong to prevent fingerboard's crack, which is the case on this one. As for the weight : 4,6 kg / 10,2 lbs, average-not too heavy side. As for the sound, she has this early SRs typical thump, and a load of the Stingray's growl. Currently strung with 45-105 DR Hi-Beams. Great bass with a really responsive neck and a huge tonal range, from reggae-dub subby fat and defined tone, to a tight and growly one. She comes with a vintage hard case (non original). As for the price, 1550 GBP, insured shipping to Europe included (I live in France). " "] "] "] "] "] [url="http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=213575P1010904.jpg"][/url]

Deep sense of balance indeed, nice choice of lights too "Entre chien et loup" as we say in France, the time when night and daylight are nicely mixed. What an amazing piece of wood & craftmanship. GLWTS Arnaud !

Awesome bass, neck is dead straight and has this nice chunky feel in the upper notes. GLWTS my friend !

And now sold

on hold

Hi, sweet bass i'm sure but i almost never play fretless, sorry ! @Mikki: replied to your PM

Thanks mate ! These are top-notch instruments indeed. I had three Xotic fivers: a gorgeous Electrum metallic XP1, a cherry red RW/alder XJ1 i bought on BC, and this ash/maple XJ1. Every one of them was very (very) nicely built, great necks, useful sounds in band situations. This ash-maple is the one I kept, great jazz growl, and a fat neck pickup coming close to the XP1. Huge sounding series mode too. I don't need a fiver in my current band, it really is a shame for such a bass not being played as it should. Tone monster !

30-more-pounds-price-drop bump. 1520GBP with its M80 Mono gig-bag, fully insured shipping to Europe included.

Thanks John and Greg, much appreciated Lovely bass indeed ! Craftmanship is on par with any boutique jazzes out there, gorgeous instrument and a real joy to play and hear. If you're looking for this 70s jazz bite and presence, you can't go wrong with this one. Hope I'm not breaking the 36-hour bump rule, but price is now reduced to a nice 1550 GBP, Mono gig bag and insured shipping to GB included.

Tone monster. For sale this beautiful sale Xotic XJ-1T5, built two years ago in Japan. I won't detail all the specs, you can find here many details: [url="http://xotic.us/guitars/xj1_5st/xj1_5st.html"]http://xotic.us/guit...st/xj1_5st.html[/url] It's an instrument in almost new condition: no dings, no pocs, only micro scratches on the pickguard. The bass is not too heavy (swamp ash body, 4.4-4.5 kg), nice balance, super comfy too. The neck is nicely built, with its fender-ish C profile extended to five strings. The oiled back of the neck feels very close to an old nitro lacquer one. Medium frets, low action (under 2mm above the 12[sup]th[/sup] fret), and a real great B string, which exactly rings like the other strings, with a not-so-common dynamics. You can easily play an A on this B-string, it's still usable and clear. Pickups are Xotics ones, like the preamp, which consists of an onboard Trilogic II pedal. Various configurations are possible from the manufacturer, including the HRI system roughly consisting of a ghost coil located under the pickguard so that there's no hum when PUs are used alone. This bass does not have this system, and frankly speaking that's fine: first the Xotic pickups have very little hum, plus you get a feature you wouldn't with the HRI: a FAT parallel/series mode. Controls: neck pickup volume (pull: active preamp on), bridge pickup volume (pull: series mode on), passive tone, then bass mid and treble boost-cut. Toggle switches select medium and treble center frequencies. In passive mode, this bass has a load of this 70s jazz growl, snappy highs, and lows full of depth and definition. The passive tone is great, super progressive. Real fat neck pickup. When the active electronics is switched on, you get ... almost the same bass if you want. The preamp is clear, and you can adjust its output with a trimpot directly tweakable from the back plate of the body. Active controls are really effective and useable in any positions. In short, though it's difficult being short with such a tool, it's a tone monster. Awesome bass. My price is a fair [s]1600 GBP[/s], reduced to a nice 1520 GBP, including this high-end Mono gig-bag in as new condition (215 euros) [url="http://www.thomann.de/"]http://www.thomann.de/[/url] en / mono_cases_m80_veb_gry.htm, instead of the Contego-like Xotic gig bag (half the price), and [u]insured shipping[/u] to GB (or any place in Europe with the same fees). [url="http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=383243Xotic1.jpg"][/url] [url="http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=399508P1010820.jpg"][/url] As for me : I live in France, made a few deals here with BMBR, RW1965, loudandclear and lapolpora.

Sorry, I doubled the topic.

So nice, and really lightweight, awesome. Does she has alder or ash body ?