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Last chance for this great bass. £475 and that’s it. PM me to arrange free delivery from The Gallery. Cheers.

Thanks very much for your expert comments guys. Someone’s going to love this bass but I’ve had my own 3 years of fun with it so time to pass it on. Sensible offers considered still. Cheers.

To clarify Price already dropped from £645 to £545.

Thanks for the recommendation! Yes, an endless variety of tones available and she’s a real beauty. At this price, I’ll get the same on here as if anyone buys it from the gallery direct ( their commission vs me paying postage to get it back from them and then post on to you - Palaver ! ) PM me and I can drop slightly on price. Cheers. GnarlyQuent

Thanks for the Bumps guys. Guess what? It plays tunes too !! Great Glock 2 band to launch the excellent clear and punchy Haussel pickups. I have another Maruszczyk to keep me happy here and need funds to pay off some other basses so she’s got to go. Lucky to have had her for home play only for a few years. Cheers.

Ha! You’re always funny! It’s absolutely gorgeous in the “flesh” and might sound an understated combo of Haussel pickups with Glockenklang 2 band but they cover everything any pair of singles can do. Dead quiet too electronically.

……..OR, send me a PM if you want to buy it from TBGallery and I’ll do Basschatters rates.

Likewise your listed B-206SM ! 👍

I’m in Ipswich Mike. The bass is at The Bass Gallery in Camden currently. They will post it back to me here if a Basschatter wants to have it. Thanks for the other comments guys. Cheers

PM sent to you Tredders.

Hi everybody, Here’s my 2018 Sire V7 Marcus Miller 5 Gen 1 in mint condition, not played that much as I have a few to play fortunately. I bought it new Dec 2018, then got a Sire Fretless 5 and P7 Gen 2 fiver so I need to shed one of them. Sold it before ,briefly ,then bought it straight back on Basschat! I need to pay off a recent purchase and my Bass Fund is empty. They’re exciting basses. Very versatile, a controllable powerful preamp whether Gen 1 or 2. I’ll only consider close offers because this is in perfect condition and even the nice tort pick guard faint swirls have buffed out. I’ll use the original Sire cardboard coffin box and an outer with packing between the two. The pickups are single coil pickups made with a fiber bobbin, Alnico 5 magnets, and heavy Formvar magnet wire. They are positioned in the ‘60’s position. Like everything else on this bass, the pickups are made by Sire Guitars. This 18-volt preamp is the most versatile preamp I have used on a bass. When strapped up or balanced on the knee, the bass balances very well without any neck dive. Specifications: Body Material – North American Alder. Gorgeous creamy antique white gloss. Weight - 10 lbs 6oz / 4.7kg using accurate digital scales. Body Shape – Marcus Miller Jazz Type , nicely balanced, no neck dive. Neck Material – 1 Piece Hard Maple with two graphite rods. Really nice wavy figuring on this neck. Neck Shape – C-Shape Scale – 34” Fingerboard – Very Dark Rosewood (looks like Ebony but Spec with bass said Rosewood, darkest I’ve ever seen, beautiful. ) with Ivory coloured Binding. Fingerboard Radius – 7.25” Frets – Medium Small, 20 Frets String Nut – /5 String: Natural Bone @ 46mm width Inlays – White Pearloid Block Neck Joint – 4 Bolt Steel Square Plate Pickups – Marcus Miller Super Jazz Single Coil. Alnico 5 magnets Electronics – Pre Amp is an 18v Marcus Heritage 3 system. Both batteries OK at 9.1 v checked today. Controls : See photo of layout. The knobs protrude rather oddly but that’s how they are on this model. Volume/ Passive Tone (Stacked Pot) Tone also works alongside the EQ Pickup Blend Treble Mid/Mid Frequency Sweep (Stacked Pot) Bass, Mini Toggle (Active/Passive) See photo of control layout. Bridge - Marcus Big Mass 1, with big block type saddles vs barrels. Through Body. String Spacing @ Bridge – 5 String: 18mm 6 month old set of D’Addario EXL170 45 65 80 100 125 ( 130 replaced) Bass not played much but only due to having a good few to play luckily. Hardware Finish – Chrome Pickguard – Tortoiseshell on 3 ply White/Black/White Thanks for looking. Ask if you need more info.

PM sent re Sire sale.

What a coincidence ET ! v similar paths but perhaps not beyond Czech beauties. Presume you’d agree that these 2016 NT4s are well worth the £s ? Superb feel, tone, sustain and punch from the Aguilar electonics. Thanks for the other Likes you guys and on my other 2 basses up for grabs currently ( Maruszczyk Absolution 5a and LTD Dlx J-1004 ). Cheers 🤘🤓

Hi Mr Greek. I’ve been enjoying your cheerful contributions recently! I’m a bit late to the Spector fold but knew resistance was futile once I’d played this belting NT a few times. Put off other purchases for 2 years but cracked eventually ! 🤓>😎 Cheers. Quent

Hi everyone. FINAL Drop to £385 inc UK Delivery ( NO offers at this price ). Now considering TRADES rough value £500. Trades : for approx £500 value for 4 string Active with Passive switch/ Push Pull. 2 pickups and Blend control. Tone Control in the passive mode. Must be in excellent condition and 4.1kg , 9lbs 3oz maximum weight. I will not sell my ESP LTD for less than this final drop to £385 including UK delivery. I will withdraw this bass by mid January. More bass for yer dosh than most on here so please read the detail below. I had this bass at The Gallery but have decided to get it back home and try again here. If you want the gigbag + D Tuner which fits but doesn’t match the others , the price is * £425 *. The old replies from my first posting of the bass here in summer 2023 are still on view. Excellent build quality, finish, top electronics and versatility. UK only delivery included. See recommendation in comments below by Harlequin74 ( July 15 ) who played the bass at The Gallery. ” Just a quick recommend for this bass. Tested it at Bass Gallery when there to pick up another bass. Lovely bass, with fantastic build quality and amazing tonal variation with John East preamp. Looks lovely too. “ I bought this 2002 (ESP) LTD DLX J-1004 in June 2020 from Basschatter “Bass Wielder “. He had upgrades done professionally about 5 years ago and it gives a superb variety of tones. It’s exactly 5kg , 11lbs using my accurate scales but is very well balanced and is therefore fine with a wide grippy shoulder strap and when you’re seated it’s reassuringly plonked and stable on your thigh compared to some light weights. Upgraded with 2 pairs of switchable Hot-Rod coils and a John East Uni-Pre. It has a lovely dark rosewood neck with abalone markers and side dots. Ash body with golden Quilted maple top and gorgeous binding containing abalone shards ( looks like that). So a hell of a lot of bass features and top electronics on offer here. Notice the great top edge contouring (photo) with rear scoop and front curve for arm rest comfort. See further details below for the Eternal Guitars and Hot-Rods detail on the windings and 3 way switches for each pair of coils. Series/Parallel/Single. The Modifications. *East UK Uni pre - Active /Passive bass pre-amp that simply is world class. *East UK BLI - battery low indicator tells you when 9v is almost out of power. Easiest to look at the Uni Pre using the John East link below. See 5 knob version. No noticeable change in Vol when pulling / push Passive tone knob ( sits above the line of 4 knobs on my bass). Line of 4 goes Vol Blend Mids/sweep Treb/Bass with pull for extra sizzle. The Treb knob is slightly scratchy when turning it but fine once in position. The passive tone works in active mode too but for me best turned full on for best clarity from the active EQ. *Hot-Rods custom made pickups - Specially made for this bass. It is like having four Jazz style pickups in a two shell package (3 way switchable between each pair of coils). The combination of this and the East UK has turned this instrument into a very versatile beast. From Marcus Miller slap to Jaco jazz to Pino P-bass if you have the skills ! 20 year old bass but only has a few small marks on the thick gloss coated body so they look no worse than a bit of dust on the bass. See arrows on photos. 1/2 inch crack in the gloss only, under the neck pocket, see photo looking under the neck joint. It’s stable so is not an issue. Some pick playing lines on body under strings at playing area. It’s quite a vintage golden colour on the body top. One or two minor scratch marks if you peer very closely and an edge gloss chip on the headstock (tuner-side ) so minor cosmetics only considering the age. I’ve polished the frets and a fretboard clean with a little oil. Frets look like they’ve had a proper levelling because it plays superbly, no buzz and actually sings when not plugged in. Minimal neck relief and the strings run from 2.2mm to 1.8mm E to G at 12th when fretted at 1st. Room for the saddles to go lower. This is all making me have second thoughts about selling again. Selling to help fund other purchases. I’ve had my fun with this (ESP)LTD J1004 experimenting for hours with the brilliant John East Uni-Pre, Two 3 way switches and some blending of the pups. It’s endless what you can create. I need to start replacing some basses if I’m to experiment further. I’ve spent up and now have no room to have more basses. A Note copied below on the bass’s modifications , from Dave at Eternal Guitars and (Hot Rod) Pickups. UK to Bass Wielder ( Hope that’s ok BW. All technical ) Unit 8A Littlemead Business Centre, Tangmere Rd, Chichester PO20 2EU, United Kingdom "Hi. Glad that you like the pickups so far! Okay, wiring: they are wound and wired in a similar fashion to a normal humbucking pickup but of course with the exception that each coil is a true Jazz bass pickup. To wire them in series you will need to join the red and green wires together and cover the join with tape or shrink tubing. If you plan to coil split, then the joined red/green will go to your switch. White is live and black is earth. Some details on the pickups: the neck pickup is two Jazz bass pickups wound to vintage specs and placed side by side - both pickups use forbon flatwork and eight magnetised poles. Either could be used individually if desired for a 'true' singlecoil sound or in series (as supplied). The bridge pickup is slightly different - it uses a vintage spec wound Jazz bass pickup nearest to the neck but the coil nearest to the bridge uses identical flatwork and magnets but with a 'hotter' coil wind. When selected on its own this coil will have a thicker and warmer single coil tone than a traditional Jazz bass. I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any help wiring them up... : ) Cheers for now, Dave Walsh Eternal Guitars & Pickups . Chichester. UK “ 34" scale Ash body w/quilted maple top and gorgeous binding with abalone shards. ** Maple neck w/dual graphite reinforcement rods** V advanced for 2002. Rosewood fingerboard 38mm nut width Abalone dot inlays w/model name at 12th fret Hipshot Gold Ultralite tuners, satin. Separate Gotoh gold D Tuner , polished. Hipshot "A" style satin bridge w/string-thru-body option. 21 Frets Brass nut **String through body or Bridge. Sounds: Extremely versatile and you can load the strings via the bridge or through the body. Has 45-105 Elixir Nickel plated steel strings ( Nanoweb Coating ) and they still a lot of life in them. I’ll insure the delivery ,probably UPS as usual. Very close offers welcome but this is very fairly priced for a beautifully constructed bass with superb electronics and versatility. Choose with or without D tuner and gigbag. £40 more with those. ( 435 + 40 ) Don’t forget you can zoom in on the binding and quilted top by tapping a photo first which gives a better quality photo, then zoom in. Thanks for looking. Quent

Hi everybody. Price already reduced but make me a close offer and UK delivery and new basic gig bag included. For sale only, my Spector Legend NT ,Neck Thru 4.( Not to be confused with Legend bolt on models ) Carved Maple NS design body with a beautiful Bubinga top , walnut stained , with a classy matte finish to body and neck. Mint Condition. No blemishes. ** Adhesive Spector style crowns cover the original pearl dots ** Now REDUCED to £700 Option with original black tuners and knobs or £750 with the new gold Gotoh GB707 tuners ( and all the metal knobs have dot indicators.) I can remove the crown markers. ( see RRP £1229 2015 in review below). Serial Number W160029 (2016). Bought preowned from The Music Centre, Tavistock Street, Bedford in “ as new “ condition. Manager Ross sold it new from there in 2018 to a guitarist just trying out at playing bass but he hardly played it apparently so returned it to the same shop in 2020. I then bought it 15/12/2020 and have only played it at home and not that often because I have a few basses to rotate luckily. Close body pics show a faint surface streak catching the light ,above fretboard end , which simply cleaned off with my Nomad matte finish detailer. Selling to fund a higher end Spector now that I’m hooked on them, thanks to this one being so impressive, responsive and easy to play. An extravagance on my part really because this bass ticks most of the boxes of certainly the Czech models (like my Euro 5LX) and they’re close to the US ones from the Spector forum opinion on here. ( Well worth a read !! and a wealth of knowledge there too.) This model was launched 2015 and you can see the specs in the notreble.com link below which mentions the Bubinga top. (Grain runs along length of body) Spector Introduces Legend Neck-Thru Basses for 2015 – No Treble If the link doesn’t work, search “ notreble spector introduces legend neck-thru basses 2015 “ There’s another detailed review below (2017) from Music Radar.(RRP £1229 even back then ) a year on from mine they put quilted maple tops on. There was an ex display one , blue fade 2017 at BDir for £1499. So, for my totally mint example of this quite rarely offered bass it is priced fairly IMO. I’m in no rush anyway but a close offer will do the trick no doubt. Spector Legend 4 review | MusicRadar The 3 piece maple Thru Neck has 2 graphite reinforcement rods alongside the truss rod so combined with the maple body it gives this bass optimal resonance and playing characteristics for a modern, versatile sound spectrum. Rock-solid tuning is provided by the Spector Locking Bridge in combination with precise die-cast tuners. Active Aguilar OBP2 2-band tone controls and Aguilar DCB ( Dual Ceramic Bar ) pick-ups allow for a versatile range of possible tones and plenty of punch. Vol Vol and the Bass Treble have centre detents. The dark Rosewood fingerboard is 16” radius has 24 frets ( no wear) and a 40mm Brass nut to make the strings sing. The contoured body is very comfortably against the player and the neck profile ensures easy playing. Set with minimal neck relief. 18mm string spacing at the bridge. Strung with new Rotosound RB50s 110 90 70 50 nickel plated steels (when I got it ) and they still sound lively to me. I wouldn’t go that large myself but they do seem to suit this bass. Feel and sound great and no extra effort needed. Not much winding on the E and A post ( gold larger diam than black posts) but it stays in tune. You’ll have your own preference for strings no doubt but worth knowing what’s on it first. I’d use those again if I was keeping it. The matte finish feels grrrreat on neck AND the body too. Something about it ! Heavy duty standard Spector bridge with saddle locking screws each side. Weight is 4.4 kg , 9lbs 11oz on my accurate digital scales so not light weight due to the maple body but in this case the benefit is the distinctive tone and sustain achieved and it’s nicely balanced standing with neck about 20 deg upwards. Videos below from Youtube to give you an idea. (5 string version of my bass) The demos don’t cover the full range of the EQ. Thanks for looking. Quent https://youtu.be/koiYsKcwoag https://youtu.be/LgSra42uIdg

Hi everyone. This is For Sale Only, no Trades thanks. Close offers considered. Here’s my Maruszczyk Elwood Absolution 5a ( a is for Active preamp, Glockenklang 2 Band and passive too.) Haussel single coil pickups. Maruszczyk gig bag included. ( Maruszczyk basses are designed in Germany , made in Poland and are well documented as being great value for high end quality of construction and finish. See their site public-peace.de ) All original. It was made in 2014 ( Sn: 140119) , then stocked at gornymusic.ch in 2015 and I bought it new in Nov 2017 from them in Zurich. A Maruszczyk dealership run by the very helpful Bartek Gorny. This bass is as I bought it new and with my minimal use my price reflects this.No scuffs or swirls ,blemishes, marks, chips or scratches. Battery checked today and still 9.4v. Only used in my home and with my bass collection that means it’s not been played that much. A great sounding and versatile jazz bass with Haeussel ( often Haussel) pickups and a super clear sounding Glockenklang 2 band pre. Push pull vol control for active / passive , Blend, Bass and the treble is the passive tone control. The pickups have no single coil hum issues , even on headphones and my Noise Gate pedal isn’t required for home playing. I don’t record. A really broad pallet of sounds from the EQ and the Tone control ( Treble knob ) range is all useful with no large drop in volume when pulling the Vol from active to passive mode. Selling to pay towards another bass already bought. After over 5 years of enjoyment (but limited playing time) with this beauty someone else can enjoy it. This Absolution 5a really is beautiful with the blue flame maple everywhere. What a neck ! ( very comfortable ) and the MOPearl block inlays look like they’re illuminated when they catch the light. Gloss finish all over including neck. It’s a premium model with Master Luthier Syfon’s signature on the headstock. A nod to him which I like. You can see this actual bass on the gornymusic.ch site under the “Sold Instruments Gallery”tab. See the next link below. Zoom in on the headstock rear tip there and you’ll see the SN:140119 of my bass. Below those bass images in the link is a demo using Delano pickups instead of my haussel but it does have the Glockenklang 2 Band and it’s not far off my bass’s sound. ( They messed up on the Gorny website by the way, so the spec says Delano pickups for my bass instead of the Haussel JB 5s.) gornymusic.ch - Sold Instruments gallery - maruszczyk elwood absolution blue burst + video Below is an Adrian Maruszczyk demo with Haeussel pups and a Delano Sonar pre which sounds less warm/rich than with my Glockenklang 2 band and doesn’t utilise the bass pot much from what I hear. I have Glock preamps on other basses and they bring out the best in pickups. eg Glock 3 band on my Schecter Damien Elite 5 transformed the sound of the EMG HZ passive humbuckers which were poor with an emg B64 pre, really feeble. Copied some gornymusic photos of my bass and some of my own taken the other day. The shade of blue you see is as close to how the bass looks as I could get it. ( I had to Edit the colour my ipad camera picked up Toned it down 🤓. Used the Blues control. etc etc 🙄 ) The body edge is black/ v dark blue. Looks silver on the Gorny site, reflections I presume. Other Info. Comfortable contouring of the body rear. The pearl binding really is stunning. Fretboard top edge black dot markers too. Weight :4.8kg , just under, so 10lbs 9oz , fair do’s for a solid Fiver. Alder body, flamed maple front and back. The whole balance of the bass is Superb. Standing with my wide bass strap on , no hands, the neck is about 20 deg up, all ready to play. Consequently it doesn’t feel like a 4.8kg Fiver. Scale: 34 inch. The B string does it’s job very well. Strings: Spacing 18mm at bridge. Same strings as when I got it but the Glockenklang pre has enough to add to keep them sounding alive enough! Brass ends and blue silk tapers , not sure what they are. Best that you change to your own in other words and nowadays I prefer a 125 B string. 130 is on it. Nice chunky string retainer with slots. Monorail type bridge: Two allen keys included. Virtually no relief in the neck and saddles are right down currently for 2mm at 12th BEA and 1.7mm for the DG. Nut width ( See Zero fret photo) :45mm Looks like Graphtech but can’t find material listed anywhere. 12th fret 66mm 15th 70mm 21 Frets. No wear. Lovely smooth Ebony fretboard. Large radius prob 18 inch as it’s their largest option on the Maruszczyk Configurator. The Glockenklang ( made to M specs) controls feel great, turn smoothly with a nice feel ,sumptuous ?! to the detents too (apart from Vol control as usual). Very versatile pre which doesn’t cloud the openness of the Haussel pups. Maruszczyk thick padded gig bag included and I’ll pack well ,surrounding it with large bubble wrap and cardboard end packing. Delivery within UK included and fully insured. Thanks for looking. Why not make me a sensible offer? Quent