Richard Jinman

Hi, I've decided to sell my Meinel ply bass which was made (according to luthier Martin Penning) in Markneukirchen, Germany circa 1960s. Martin (he's based in Frome and he's ace) did a fair bit of work on her several years back including fitting the adjustable bridge and the Realist pickup. The bass has just arrived back from The Bristol Violin Shop (also ace IMO) who have set it up. It's wearing an almost new set of Spirocore lights and it sounds great (but you'll need to be the judge of that). I'm selling for the simple reason that my carved bass took a tumble and the neck broke off. Assuming it was curtains for said bass I bought the Meinel. only to discover the magicians at Bristol Violin Shop could reattach the severed neck. Double basses aren't exactly inconspicuous and my wife has suggested I don't need two of them. The Meinel is in good condition for an instrument from the 60s. There's some wear on the edges where it's been laid on the floor, but no cracks or nasties. The tuners work as they should and it stays in tune. I've got the adjustable bridge set low and to be honest I wouldn't mind it even lower. The Realist pickup is working. There's a decent soft case which is well padded, but has some wear. I paid £950 for the bass a few months ago, added the Spiros (£160 from Thomanns) and spent £130 on the set up. It's ready to play. Of course you're welcome - encouraged - to play it before buying. We live in South Somerset (not far from Glastonbury) and I'd be happy to meet up halfway with a serious buyer (not sure how that works with a DB though. Guess you could try it in car park). I might be persuaded to bring it to London, but clearly that's not an option I'd relish. I'd add some sound files, but I'm a learner on DB so I'd be a bit bashful about that. Ask for some sound files if it helps. All the best, Richard

Good luck… hope it sells so I can stop looking at it and wondering what I could sell to raise the necessary

Love the scars … electric basses don’t know the meaning of ‘road worn’. GLWTS.

That’s so red it’s hurting my eyes.

Thanks Kevin

A recent foray into upright bass means I'm not playing my electric basses a great deal. This is the P bass I spent a long time trying to find. Firstly, because I was smitten by the natural ash with black scratchplate appearance, but also because the PB70 has a relatively narrow (40mm) nut. I believe this bass has passed through the hands of a couple of BassChatters who will hopefully confirm any details I omit (or don't know). But what I understand is that this is the non-export version which means it had US hardware and pickups etc. When I acquired the bass I swapped the original PUPs for Custom Shop '62s (brand new, professionally installed), but the original PUPs are part of the sale if you want to restore it to full original. The condition of the bass is extraordinarily good... excellent really. Particularly given its early 90s provenance. I can't find any marks or dings on the body. There is a miniscule indent on the side of the neck, but it has no impact on playability. I don't really have the kit to weigh it accurately, but every review of this model I've seen has it at about 4.2-4.3kg. The period correct tuners all work perfectly and it is strung with a very. new set of LaBella Deep Talkin Flats. It sounds amazing and feels amazing (to me at least) because of the extremely playable neck. Frets all in great condition. There's a Non-OEM hard case (pictured) which won't win any awards, but does the job. The bass is in South Somerset, but I do come to London fairly frequently so I could bring it to EC2. Alternatively, I will post it at buyer's expense (using a decent courier). Thanks for looking.

Pm’d

A birthday bass for this 58 year old, but will have to settle for socks as usual.

Stunning….