Aidan63

Brand new in packet unopened inc UK postage Fancy trying a TapeWound on your UBass or 'other brands are available' UKeBass without buying a £34 set or have played your E string to death ?

For sale only no trades thank you in original Kala fitted gig-bag, 2012 Kala acoustic body UBass 2-FS model, in black, without preamp, shadow pickup direct output via strap pin type jack socket - Kala Gloss Black U-Bass Specs: Gloss Black Solid Spruce Top Mahogany back and sides Mahogany neck Rosewood fingerboard and bridge 16 frets 21 inch scale Custom Die Cast Tuners Proprietary Polyurethane strings Custom Kala and Road Toad logo inlays Custom Shadow Electronics Separate compensated saddles for each string List price includes a Deluxe Custom U-Bass Embroidered Logo Gig Bag Meets all airline carry-on requirements Set-up by Kala in the USA Price: $550.00 Rosewood fretboard and bridge parts if that matters for travel now and going forward, which given the portability of the instrument and part of the Ubass' very raison d'être I guess it might Fitted with a set of Aquila ThunderReds, the original Pahoehoe strings are included but they are 6 years old and were a already a bit stretched before I removed them it's just like this one on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwtzkNre1_k It's in pretty fair condition nothing much more than light use and normal marks, smoke free use: the rear hatch cover may have been replaced previously as it's not a perfect paint match or fit and there's a minor finish damage to the edge of it, but I see the one on the Youtube video also has a colour mismatch so that may be normal, I'm not the original owner, I bought it used from Ebay a couple of years ago and it had come used from the states via Ebay previously. I bought it as I wanted a fretted UBass to go with my fretless TWRBE, but I found a used fretted TWRBE so this is for sale now as I prefer the Tanglewoods with their slightly bigger dimensions (neck join 14th fret as opposed to 12th on Kala) , though the Kala is a better quality instrument but was certainly overpriced new due to 'brand value'. I have added a strap pin to the heel of the neck of this Ubass as I prefer strap attached there rather than acoustic guitar style shoestring behind the nut. Including shipping mainland UK and paypal fees, bass is in SY22 if you want to come and try it, REDUCED TO £150 cash collected, £158 bank transfer shipped Pictures are not the best colourwise, but I have already packed it up to ship as I thought it had sold a few weeks ago and I don't want to unpack it again just to take more pictures Thanks for looking

Still here, there are clearly many cheap basses in the world

No problem, it's back together but can be neck off again The fingerboard came up well and the frets polished up and the back of the neck is nice and smooth now If you want the action lower than 2.3mm you'd want to pop a shim in the neck pocket as the E string saddle is almost on the bridge plate, I found a card shim in there when I took the neck off, but without the shim it set straight back up to standard Fender Jazz settings, 0.014" neck relief at the 8th fret and 2.3mm string height, no fret buzz anywhere I found.

Update, rather than sell it as it was I have taken the strings off and removed the neck, the upper crack in the finish is through the wood but doesn't affect the neck pocket significantly because the neck pocket isn't tight as manufactured, it is painted on the inside of the neck pocket and the finish is quite rough in there from the factory, quite crude but not full of polishing compound residue like a lot of far eastern built basses are. I have cleaned the fingerboard, removed some varnish drips (from whoever changed the headstock logo I guess) from the fingerboard and polished the frets and oiled the fingerboard. It will get another oiling and a polish before I fit the strings I will sand the back of the neck to 2000 grit and oil it to give a nice satin finish and then refit the neck, pop on a set of lightly used Rotosounds that came off my Fender when I changed to flats and set it up and check it out The machine heads are okay, not heavily worn or damaged No change in price

SOLD Discreetely through this forum thanks for comments and bumps Vintage VJ74 Reissued Jazz Bass, gloss Black with Red tortoiseshell scratch plate and Rosewood fretboard. According to the Vintage website it's an Eastern Poplar body with hard maple neck and it has Wilkinson pickups, bridge and machine heads. I bought this from Ebay as temporary cover whilst I was rebuilding my MIM Fender, it was described as 'modified and road worn' 🙄 - basically it is a little tatty and hasn't been well looked after, but is a perfectly useable cheap Jazz bass (rrp £220-300 new), perfect for the shared rehearsal room or pub jam nights or leaving out somewhere the kids can play it or as a modding bass for experimenting with stuff before committing to modifying something more valuable. According to my scales it weighs 4.65Kg = 10.25Lbs so it's not lightweight, so balances as you would expect. The original Vintage logo (and serial number if it had one) has been removed and a 'Moon Bass' logo applied to the headstock, there's some scratches and dents to the body and a fair few dings in the neck (why do people stand up their instruments so they can fall over - of course some could be from getting too close to the drum kit). Cracks in the finish around the neck pocket as usual but it all seems solid enough, I haven't had the neck off. It has had a Fender type scratch plate on it in the past which had different holes so there are extra holes out of sight under the original scratch plate. Price includes UK shipping and PayPal fees. No case or gig bag, will be boxed in proper bass guitar transfer cardboard box with padding and outer box. If you want to come and collect or try it it's in Llanfyllin SY22, £55 cash on collection, £70 bank transfer. If no one wants it I will part it out thanks for looking