Quent

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

.........and that MINT! Great price too what with all the work and that neck. GLWTS !

NOW SOLD. Thanks for looking. 15 minute sale.

Hi everyone and I hope you’re fairing well. Selling my beautiful Jabba 5 Classic 2016 to help fund a Sandberg TM2 4 string already upstairs. Reached breaking point now ( space and dosh ) so strictly one or two out to fund next indulgence / experimentation. I bought this in Jan 2019 from Bass Direct and it’s in the same condition with home use only here. Hence the super bright images below of my bass, which were taken at Bass Direct. You’ll tell which are mine! There are a couple of small dinks to the upper and lower black gloss edge which don’t even show on the Bass Direct photos but they were minor. I’ve drop filled and polished 3 and show them on my photos. It needs a proper pro buff I reckon to get back to full gloss there but you might manage it. Two faint marks on the neck rear. Only other comment I’d make is that the tone and bass/treble controls seem looser ( when turning ) than my other basses but I don’t know the trick to solve that, all solid and stable, just easy to accidentally nudge from their position between songs. It’s all packed ready in a good Anderton’s box and a new Fazley padded bag and tons of padding around and at each end. All original with Aguilar AG 5J-70 jazz pickup set and Mayones M-BP2 , 2 Band preamp, Active/Passive switch and the controls are Vol Vol Bass/Treble stack and Passive Tone Control. The specs are on the link below for this discontinued Jabba version and you’ll see ,in the info there , that they changed the control set to Vol Blend after a long run of Vol Vol. Let me know if the link doesn’t work. I’ve had a problem attaching it. Jabba classic 5 Jabba Classic 5 (Pre-2018) • Mayones Guitars & Basses I’ve got some lurgy at the mo and my brain is failing me already but please ask if I’ve missed anything vital. She’s in great nick apart from the above minors. The BD photos make the scratch plate look a pale vibrant blue but it just isn’t ! It’s more a grey blue to me with gunmetal type screws. The whole bass is lovely and virtually swirl free. Clean fretboard and shiny frets with no wear. I have some lovely Jazz Fivers. This one will raise more funds though and the compensation is that the Sandberg I bought is blueburst too with maple and black blocks. Here are the main specs incase the link doesn’t work. I have plenty of feedback and notice Bassman666 sold one of these in July 2020. I bought his Warwick Dirty Blonde 4. Still got it. My serial number only about 3 before his bass. Cheers all and I hope you don’t catch what I’ve got! ( Not Covid) Weight is 4.47 kg on my digital kitchen scales ( 10kg max) from Amazon. That’s 9lbs 14oz. Body is alder. Flamed Maple Top and matching headstock Scale 34.25 inches 24 Jumbo Frets ( Flat tops if you zoom in on my photos ) Nut 45mm, 66 at 12th , 76mm at 22nd fret. Black blocks and binding. Side Dots Hipshot Ultralite Tuners Neck Hard Rock Maple. Matt finish. Schaller Locks ( in front pocket of gigbag) Strings are Ernie Ball Slinks 40 60 75 95 125 Not used much. Bass might suit something less bright but that’s personal preferrence. Serial Number JAC 1602153 Now what have I forgotten? Photos! Cheers, Quent

Have a Bump from me Marky Screen. This is a great price for a 2021 as they are at least £599 new currently. I have exactly the same bass ( and other G&Ls) and as you say, it delivers a great variety of tones and the pickups are hugely powerful. Switches are for passive/active/ active with treble boost, middle one for series or parallel , third one for pickup selection. Knobs Vol, bass, treble. Excellent build quality, 40mm nut. Great creamy white gloss finish. Some great demos of the settings possible on Youtube. GLWTS.

Bump ! I too upgraded the neck pup to Seymour Dunc and it really makes this a very versatile bass which has a super comfy neck and the EQ is very useful. In passive you get a good range of other tones so for £300 this really is a bargain, well made and the flamed necks are beautiful! I bought dub-junkie’s ( see above post ) first one with the “crazy figuring”. Got the SD 1/4 pounder neck pup off here for £40 too. GLWTS PS Hi to dub_junkie in Shropshire ! You get about a bit don’t you? Ayrshire to Shropshire. Tried the Shropshire Blue cheese yet ? Very underated. 🤓🍻

I’ve decided to change this 5 pot preamp , good as it is and working perfectly without any background noise or hum. No passive/active switch just the Pre engaged only. NOTE that the B M Treb are FIXED at 1.25 inch centres / 31.75mm. Works with both active and passive pickups, see EMG link below. Usually comes with 2 tall knobs and 3 shorter ( BMTreb) from EMG. As this was already standard in my Schecter ( with other knobs ) I do happen to have some EMG knobs from other basses but it’s a 3 tall, 2 short set so you can improvise. eg 2 Short for Vol and Blend or one tall for the Mids. What ever. Vol Blend Treb Mids Bass I’ll change it for something else giving a wider range of frequency changes for the bass mids and treble. It came as standard in my 2012 Schecter Damien Elite 5 along with two passive EMG MM5HZ humbuckers ( not for sale ).The photos include a shot of the installation in my Schecter. Removed by Steve at the excellent Guitarlodge.co.uk , Felixstowe. The battery leads have been snipped as you’ll see in the photos. I’ve kept my nice metal Schecter knobs but can include the 3 tall EMG knobs and Two short ones, black plastic with brass insert shown, allen key too. The pots turn really smoothly with a nice resistance and going to the centre detent is strangely orgasmic. Best not to go there mid song ! £60 includes UK postage. Run on 9v in my bass but apparently can be 18v and EMG recommend that if you play particularly hard for some reason. Links below for EMG description then second link for more detail, frequency graphs and installation guide ( no good asking me ! ). Hope you’re all keeping well. Cheers. Quent https://www.emgpickups.com/b64eq-sys.html https://www.emgpickups.com/pub/media/Mageants/b/3/b30_b64_controls_b245.pdf

Awesome bass and beautiful finish with the binding and contoured flame maple top. Brilliant value , I have one too and the GTB ( White with black binding ). Yes, M2000 very versatile ( and I like my L2000 too! ) GLWTS.

Dosh sent now.