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Quent

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  1. 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
  2. Monarchy of Roses with wild guitar and wonderful high backing vocals whether John or Josh playing. Learnt this last week just to join in with the craziness ( at home! with video playing on my desk monitor as I do all my playing for last 5 years). Bass rumble start is a menial task but you can listen to mad guitar and drums but the second half of verse /chorus is a great gallop? Easy slap fun after V2 and the end 6 variants easy enough even for me as the song climaxes ! This one has extended intro 1:30 before vocals but Josh includes nearly all the recordings’ killer sections and high vocals. EPIC! Helps keep a 69 year old rockin ! Come ON !!!!
  3. Thanks again guys. My attempt at a SUMMARY so far. Trying to put this together then it seems Secursus insurance claims follow up and support is outstanding and when bought as an Add On to a delivery booking made by nearly any courier ( this is what secursus say on their site which jrixn1 above kindly gave us https://www.secursus.com/en-gb/ ). Separate courier with Added on Secursus Insurance idea courtesy Fleabag above. Thanks. Noted Parcelchuck and even UPS can be a nightmare when claiming. Just did some phantom bookings. UPS £37.55 for next day delivery using their own site, signed for and collection from home. ( 10kg 135x45x17cm box) Add secursus £1000 which is £10 bought separately on their site. Total £47.55. Using Overlandexpress site ( which uses secursus Ins but at double cost, 2% of £1000 = £20) and overlandexpress comes up with DHL next day £55.67 . ( UPS didn’t come up as option. Parcelchuck did. Cheaper but stay away! ) Total 55.67 + 20 = £75.67 vs more reliable UPS + separate secursus Ins booking £47.55. I signed up on the secursus site already. FDC has his example of UPS delivery of £2700 bass for about £60 but I don’t know what insurance company / claims help is like. Also noticed using UPS own site that they do an UP TO £1000 cover for £6 so choosing that would cost £43.55 for a £1000 next day del signed for collection from home.........but you wouldn’t have the Secursus Insurance Back Up Squad to support you (£47.55 ). Secursus just need the basics of your booked courier, name, contents, addresses Tracking Number and must be signed for and pref next day delivery. IF the Track number comes to you during the day after transport has started you have all that day to add it to your Secursus Ins cover on their site but you do have to add it that same day. Cheers for your help and info! ( There might be other messages below this.) All the best. Quent.
  4. This is really useful thanks. 1. FDC. Did you book the £2700 bass for £60 insured going through UPS directly on their own site? If not, which site did you use please? This sounds very promising ! 2. Re Parcelforce claims. I had to return a G&L M2000 GTB ( the white one with black binding ) to Thomann who sent it. No case, just inner box/ outer box. It was rammed so hard at the butt end that the strap button was halfway lodged into the body. Anyway, Thomann happy for return refund but the Parcelforce paperwork for them to verify the damage was in transit went on for ever and they weren’t enthusiastic at all. Presumably Thomann had to then take it up with Parcelchuck Quent
  5. Hey thanks guys. That’s interesting re secursus insurers......if you read Jezzaboy’s input ,above, he recommends Overlandexpress who exclusively use secursus for insurance at 2% of bass value along with a separate courier and Jboy says you can speak to Overlandexpress and get good help.
  6. Thanks Jezzaboy, yes, there’s small print and TnConditions to consider. Sounds like it’s our responsibility to make sure a guitar is not excluded. So would you consider £80 reasonable for UK insured delivery for a £1000 bass? Maybe I’ve got out of touch with current normal insured delivery costs. Cheers, Quent
  7. If it makes you happy (Sheryl Crow ) ( More seasonal! )
  8. Hi everyone, We’re all selling basses but finding a reasonable ( under £50 for a £1000 insured bass ) price for delivery within the UK using the usual online searches is a nightmare and I’ve just spent 2 hours on this. By the time I sell the next bass a year or two later the goal posts have moved. Any up to date suggestions please? Late 2022 into 2023. Just a quick website suggestion and an example you’ve recently paid for please. We’re all sending the same package aren’t we? Approx 9kg 135 x 45 x 16 cm box. Used to be great with Eurosender and Basschat discount code until fffffffffbrexit. Sorry. Bit of a moaning tone (!) to this but itmay help a lot of you if we strike gold on some good recommendations. Perhaps they could be highlighted somewhere so new and longer term members can pick up on them. We’re all doing the same thing and it’s frustrating not to have some reliable ( depending on who’s throwing the box!) courier site suggestions with reasonable insurance costs. Some forums suggest DHL but their chuffin site says 120cm max length even though they helpfully have a tab to click to enter your Custom Size Parcel. Best I got , insured is about £44 for a £500 bass using APC via the Interparcel site. A £1000 bass would be £81 though! The insurance rockets. One forum raves about overlandexpress.co.uk because their insurance is 2% of bass value not bad but not sensational but if you type in a trial typical bass box it’s high £50s then the insurance. I’m going to be selling two soon for £600 and £900. I’d like to sort delivery myself but am tempted to say “ Buyer to organise and pay for courier with collection from my home address please.” Then the agreed selling price sorts itself out as I’ll be factoring a £25 contribution from myself. ANY SUGGESTIONS? On a cheerful note I am now a Grandad ! WAYHEEEEY !! Not GrumpyGramps..........just POPS which goes with a Bass nicely. Cheers all and enjoy your Christmas, even more than........Last Christmas.......NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
  9. 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.
  10. 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. 🤓🍻
  11. Hi Eddie, As in “first bought New “ by Basschatter Oliver Morgan , as per his enclosed Thomann receipt dated 5/7/17. Reflecting the care you took with it, thanks. G&L USA Cert manufacture date 19 Jan 2016. Cheers and Come on England !! in Sunday’s Euros Final. 🍻🤓🤘 Quent
  12. I had my G&L USA MJ-5 delivered today ( 2 July 2021 ) from Eddie ( Pinball ). Really easy purchase thanks to Eddie’s quick and helpful replies. A very fair price for a bass in perfect condition , 4 years since it was first bought. Very well packed and promptly dispatched. You can deal with Pinball Eddie with every confidence. PS Empress light weight body, 7lbs 13oz ! Rosewood FB. Midnight Blue Metallic with matching headstock. Oh boy !! Quent
  13. 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
  14. Thanks for the quick payment and very well packed pickup Nigel. Great job and good price for the Seymour Duncan SJ5-3 neck pup. Very easy and fast comms so deal with Berserker with confidence, despite his scary name ! Cheers. Quent
  15. 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.
  16. Just sold EMG preamp to Gary. So easy to deal with when selling or buying with quick payment and great fast easy going comms. Top guy ! 👍
  17. These are currently £30 new on the EMG website. Less than 4 years old this came from a custom wired EMG preamp in my bass so I know it is in perfect working order but the whole 5 pot system didn’t suit my taste so I’ve had it all replaced. I’ve included a photo of the pot within the 5 pot system so you can see it’s position between Vol Pot and the EQ board, but I have now sold the other 4 pots. Please NOTE : This pot is specifically for use with EMG Active X Series pickups. It’s a B106rD tone pot , 25k. I’ll add the EMG website link to it below. B106rD VLPF pot, Variable Low Pass Filter. https://www.emgpickups.com/active-tone-vlpf.html https://www.emgpickups.com/pub/media/Mageants/V/L/VLPF_0230-0168B.pdf Comes with usual brass inserted EMG knob and one push fit / solderless connecting dual wire , shown in photo , ready to compliment an existing system. £15 includes delivery. Cheers. Quent
  18. An easy, quick and enjoyable exchange of experiences and gear photos with Anth whilst buying his BigMuff Nano pedal. Great packing and a generous 1st Class delivery. Even though he’s a Drummer at heart I do think you can trust this man ! 😃 Obviously his Bass experience has rounded his character ! ( As in knocking off the very rough edges! I could go on..........) I can thoroughly recommend Ghost Rider Anth to deal with. Thanks again !
  19. These 5 pots have just come out of my Jackson Kelly Marie which has EMG 40DCX ACTIVE pickups. All upgraded before I bought it recently. Bass is 4 years old so this lot are less than that. The connections are all push fit Solderless. Can be a 4 pot (£35) Vol Vol Bass Treble if you do not use the Active Tone control which is for EMG X series pickups only. ( £35 without the Tone Pot) ( £15 for the Active Tone control on it’s own inc Del ). I’ve labelled the EMG pots in my photos but it’s for active pickups and VOL VOL ( B122rH right hand ) an EMG BTS Control of two pots BASS B100 has the board with two selector switches for altering the higher frequencies of the TREBLE pot B170 . There’s a final Active Tone Control B106 25K VLPF which is specifically ( according to the EMG parts site ) for EMGs X Series active pickups. Whoever chose this set up could have put a 5 pot BQS system in ( which I’ve just had Pro fitted ) but they chose bass treble tone for some reason. It didn’t do it for me, hence the change but it does work perfectly. 5 EMG knobs with brass inserts included , 6mm. I might have to sell the Active Tone pot B106rD VLPF ( Variable Low Pass Filter) separately but the £45 includes delivery in the UK and the 5 tall knobs. EMG info states The VLPF simply attenuates high frequencies to suit your required tone . I know the whole system works having played it. Couple of photos of it in the cavity before extraction for what it’s worth. On EMG site the BTS 2 pot is around £70 and the Active Tone VLPF B106 is £30 ( corrected ) and you’re getting yer Vols and the knobs are a rip off if you try to get them. Allen key provided. So the £60 inc delivery UK is very good value. EMG links below. Volume Pots B122 https://www.bestbassgear.com/wiring-diagrams/EMG-Volume-Wiring.pdf Active Tone Control VLPF B106 https://www.emgpickups.com/active-tone-vlpf.html BTS Control pots Bass B100 and Treble B170 https://www.emgpickups.com/pub/media/Mageants/b/t/bts_control_0230-0207re.pdf Cheers all. Quent
  20. Great bass and value for this “As New “ inc postage. Well worth it. I got mine exactly the same from Andos except mine is a jet black Ebony fingerboard. Version 2 like this with the upgraded pickups I see ( easier to control than than version 1 pickups but they’re fun too - still got my Sire V7 Jazza ) rolled and bound edges look and feel good too. Pre amp gives you a massive range of tones and the Tone control works in Active mode too. Passive mode gives tons of scope too. PJs are so versatile. You can even wear them in bed......or down the pub. Good Luck Selling it !
  21. Alternatively , for fun, you can now bid for my cabs elsewhere, Ends 1pm Tues. Cheers, Quent
  22. 1. Hey HAYZNUT I’ve PMd back to you. Sign in to see it. 👍 2. Thanks Wombat. Yeh , great all round cabs and fairly neutral speakers so they show off your bass’s character to the full. 3. Enjoy your Monday drinks you lot ! 🤪
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