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For your consideration my Lakland 44-94 which isn't a Skyline Korean-made but a Shoreline Series made by ESP in Japan in 2010. They're built exclusively for domestic market and combine Skyline (Hipshot licensed tuning pegs, regular and not quartersawn necks) and USA specs (graphite reinforced neck). 

The bass shows some signs of wear, but it's not worse than one could expect from a 10-year old bass being taken care of. Alder body and super comfortable to play, as it's light (4kg / 8.9 lbs), perfectly balanced and with a super fast neck (nut width: 38mm). Action is pretty low (2mm above 12th fret), no dead-spots, no fretbuzz anywhere. Neck's super stable, it just stay like this when season changes. Trussrod has loads of margin's left. Overall it's an instrument which received the same craftmanship and attention to detail as an American-made Lakland. 

As for tone, it's an amazing instrument. I dig the maple-alder combo, it naturally got the extra-sparkle and these sweet low-mids. Combined with Hanson/Lakland preamp and pickups, (Master volume / Blend / Bass / Mid / Treble and bridge coil selector), it's super effective. There are so many different tones in there ! Neck PU is thumpier and with more midrange than your 'usual' neck pickup on a jazz bass, and there many ways to use it with the quite versatile bridge pickup. Blend knob is super efficient. The bass nails the jazz 70s tones to me, and you can get pretty close to how a Stingray or a Precision sounds in a mix.

Choosing your mids frequency with dip-switches inside the cavity is icing on the cake. It's possible to choose a 250Hz center-frequency, and use your mids knob to get tighter or fatter bass tone in the mix... Brilliant.

It comes with an ESP gig-bag in nice condition, 45-105 fresh Lo-Rider strings. £1250 / 1380€, dropped : €1070 shipped to your door in European countries. These basses do sell for JPY 330 000 new in Japan : https://espguitars.co.jp/lakland/shoreline/sl44-94-classic/?variation=black_/_maple_fb

(sorry for the early bump, thought i was editing last post. Posting pics of my bass as a few posts above there are some detailed pics of a bass which isn't the one for sale. Gareth's Fender AV is pretty nice, no doubt, but the sale thread is about my 1988 Fender CS jazz bass).

It's what they used indeed at that time, the CS started using COA for its regular production models only in 1990 AFAIK. They were at the very beginning of the CS only used with limited-run of signature models. 

@garethThanks for the kind words, 1988 is admitted as 1st CS production-year, following winter 1987 Namm CS instruments release but i read there were some of them produced before. It's indeed a real-interesting story. 

Nice Fender AV you got there. What i do like with my CS is the wood selection. Body's super resonant and though being super fast the neck's super stiff too. I get pretty low action with 45-105 steelcore rounds. 32 years later, it's amazing how good it is as an instrument.

Recently bought a super sweet jazz bass to Miguel. He's a nice chap to deal with, lightning-fast shipping. Thank you Miguel, the Geddy Lee is awesome !

£2090 / 2300€ bump

£2280 / 2500€ or trade with a pre-75 rosewood fingerboard Precision.

Price dropped again : £2380 / 2600€ 

Price drop, now £2570 / 2800€

Forgot to mention the stacked pots. In the 80s they were notched, which makes it very easy to go through different tones, and recover them instantly.

Monday bump for what is a wonderful jazz to play and hear imo. Forgot to mention its weight, which is 8.8-9lbs / 4-4,1kg on my bathroom scale. The bass is so balanced and easy to play i actually thought it was even lighter !

For your consideration this sweet early Fender CS jazz bass. The bass was made in november 1988, which is considered as Custom Shop first year production. Red CS stamp on body and neck heel, signed by Scott Buehl who's CS master luthier now.

Everything is original, except fresh Lo-Rider strings (45-105), the bass being in nice condition. A few nice crazes and some checkings here an there on neck and body, but it's minor considering its nitro finish. As an instrument, it's just great. Neck's dead straight and very stable, trussrod fully working with life's left, slim frets are in good shape. Nice low action without fretbuzz anywhere on the neck, this bass just sings, tone being super even across the strings and the neck. Neck is to die for, super fast one. Ultra-resonant body, this bass has loads of sustain. 

As for tone, well, you instantly get why these early CS are much coveted and aren't for sale quite often. I'm a jazz bass nuts, got a bunch of them in past few years, including a 65 L-serial and early 70s ones, this one is on par with the greatest ones. Super deep and defined lows, growly mids and singing highs. Instantly reacts to your playing, there are so many sweet spots with these stacked knobs ! There's something in the craftmanship and the woods which were used during these first CS years that makes these coming quite close to 60s pre-cbs basses. 

No COA - they were used for 'standard' CS basses 2 years later. Comes with a vintage Yamaha G&G-like case, in good condition.

£2870 / 3100€, now £2090 / 2300€ let's discuss shipping courier options. 

As for trade options, i'm looking atm for an early 70s rosewood neck Precision. Getting older i guess

Some feedback here :

Sold

For your consideration this sweet Pbird handmade in Japan five years ago. The brand isn't well-known in Europe, but uses high-end specs such as full-nitro on body and neck, Montreux repro pickups, and premium selected woods, easily on par with high-end Japanese replicas (Vanzandt, Navigator, Freedom...). Gorgeous Madagascar rosewood fingerboard, 2-piece body made with old mahogany stock. The wood used in my 1961 Gibson EB-0 just look like this one. 

Bass is set with a nice low-action, no fretbuzz anywhere on the neck, trussrod working fine and with lots of life left. Pretty comfy C-shaped Precision neck. Electronics and hardware are working as they should - bridge pickup pot is a little stiff. As it's full-nitro lacquered, it has some checkings. Did my best to have some pics of the 'worst'. Medium-weight: 4,3kg / lbs 9.5. Perfect balance.

Pickups are wired in series, tone's huge with this distinctive tbird growl ! Pretty resonant body with loads of sustain. What i planned is a push-pull mod so that you can switch to a parallel wiring, and use more easily neck or bridge only. Or have some Stellartone ToneStyler in there. Like it is now it's a bass with tremendous tone, which fully nails this tbird's heft and clarity. But it not has the flexibility you'd get with a parallel wiring. These are easy and not expensive mods if you decide to have them done.

Comes with fresh Ernie Ball rounds (45-105). As for the shipping, (EDIT: found how to ship this in a full-length parcel) insured shipping using French Post services, the bass comes in a 'as new' flight case. Shipping fees will be €77.  

£1200/1350€ shipped to your door in European countries.

Back for sale - the buyer finally had a crush on my MM Sabre.

* and someone else is buying the tbird.

On hold.

Guts pics - everything's original - and a good morning bump !

I'm selling my TBird Greco, built in Japan back in 1990. These are sought-after replicas due to their pickups, which nail this distinctive 60s tbirds tone, and also cause their ergonomics is far better than OG Gibsons. They're noticeably easier to play, less effort in the left hand, and got a more comfortable neck.

This one's just been checked by the luthier. Neck's straight, low action, frets have a lot of life left and are perfectly dressed. As a bonus it gets a nice bone nut instead of plastic OG ones. Got also new knobs, closer to old tbirds. Everything works as it should, fat and growly tbirds tones for days. 

4,3kg / lbs 9.5. Comes with its genuine gig-bag. Set with fresh 45-105 Rotosound rounds. 

As for the price: 840€ / £750 shipped to your door in European countries. 

Some feedback here :

Fresh pics bump. Dare i say my Sabre is the lightest, least expensive, and the coolest Sabre you'll find today in the interwebs ?

I'm selling my 1979 Music Man Sabre, all original down to the last screw. The full-nitro lacquer has aged beautifully, with a yellowed tint, crazes and checkings as well. This bass was taken care of and well stored since it left the MM factory 41 years ago.

Neck's straight, with nice medium-to-low action, trussrod has plenty life's left and is very responsive. Pickups and electronics are fully working, dead-silent, loads of output, with these very specific Sabre tones in spades. 

It's a joy to see, to play, thanks to its super comfy C shaped neck, and to hear. Icing on the cake this bass is pretty light for a MM Sabre : 4,3kg / lbs 9.5. 

As for the price: €2250 / £2025 shipped to your door in Europe. Neck and body will be set apart as French Post services don't carry bass full-length parcel. We can arrange UPS, DHL or Fedex courier, got to check extra-fees. In this case, bass will be shipped in a non OG as new case. Currently strung with 45-105 Rotosound.

Trade offers welcome, i'm after vintage basses, the usual PBass, jazz (1975 and before) and Stingray thing.

Some feedback here :

@Cuzzie : the Tonestyler kit seems having a concentric pot, another one dedicated to the capacitors, plus the switch. It may be tight in there but starting with 3 pots, i guess/hope it won't need further routings with a custom pickguard.

Their pre-wired system for jazz looks nice indeed, looks like i'd have to make a custom pickguard for the switch, with no further mod on the body... Pretty interesting, thank you !

Sorry derailing the thread, i want to mod the bass precisely to be able to play the neck only, and the Tonestyler looks like a great add some bark to the tbird lows. Very tempting.

Here's mine, from a Japanese brand. Has the same old mahogany as my 1962 EB-0. It's wired in series but i'll do a push-pull parallel mod, and the Tonestyler sounds pretty interesting on these tbird pickups too ! Would their duo model work with the pickups wired in series ?

Hi, you're right it wasn't indeed, except, in my mind at least, a 70s jazz with cash my way. I did my best to make my price appealing, losing a few hundred euros on what i paid for. Market's slow, brand's not a big name in Europe, even if it is in Japan, i think i'd have lost even more on a straight sale. I understand this but i think it's not on par with what this bass has to offer. Someone initially made a fair & interesting offer, went back with the same one despite price drops. In France we have a saying, only fools never change their mind. 

All the best,

Yannick

(TRADED)

Trade pending

€1400 shipped to your door. 

Here's a working link to a standard Retrospective Series J : https://www.digimart.net/cat03/shop169/DS05910935/#

a new custom-order P, with the same specs as mine, would cost around 500 000 yens / €5200 shipped to your door in European countries.

Price drop, it's now yours for €1470 / ~ £1220 shipped to your door in European countries. I think it really is a bargain at this price - plus it's quite unusual finding one 2nd-hand, even in Japan.