Shaggy

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Used to be mine! Bought new for over £200 Great lightweight cab, and rather annoyingly this impressed my band far more than the US boutique gear I've had since, 'cos of the alu cones of course

Great nick, exactly like: http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/15010-epiphone-les-paul-case-for-standard-classic-and-custom-guitars.html/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=base&gclid=CIqi44eWu74CFRQctAodtFQA3w £30 collected from Swansea, or delivered for a tenner extra

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1400355187' post='2453204'] I nearly bought one from Johnny Roadhouse a few years ago....still tempted, if skint. [/quote] I know that feeling...... One at V&R for almost £1200 - I'd do mine for £750 Edited first post for possible trade offers

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1400010625' post='2449933'] Martin...mmmmm... [/quote] 'Tis luverly! Driving from S Wales to E Anglia next weekend type bump.....

Lovely old P bump Poss trade PM

I'll have please - PM'd

Absolutely can't believe this is still here; a genuine '57 for modern custom shop money. I came within a whisker of a trade deal for this (but found I just couldn't let my '65 P go....), but have dealt with Dan and have to say he's a total gent to do business with

I used to own this neck - as is the way of BC; Chris traded it to me, and I later traded it back to him attached to a '79 ash body (not the one in the OP I think), and have to say it's quite phenomenally nice. Would be so tempted if had the moolah..... (Co-incidentally my one and only new bass purchase was also inspired by Sting, but it was a fretless Ibanez Musician )

[quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1397329288' post='2422929'] PM'd re P [/quote] PM replied to

Utterly beautiful! Are these US-made?

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1396805194' post='2417529'] I recognise that P pup! [/quote] Lol - yes, and very nice it is! Plan certainly wasn't to sell on this quick......

(3) Next - Custom Thunderbird *WITHDRAWN* This has been my main gigging bass over the last couple of years; it’s gradually morphed from a Fenderbird with P/J pickups into a rather special Thunderbird. · Body – Warmoth one piece mahogany, book-matched cocobolo top with ebony pin-stripe between, gloss poly finish · Neck – maple, bolt-on, Epiphone (Korean I think) made, long-scale (34”), mahogany poly finish, fretted rosewood board. · Pickups – 2 x Thunderbucker “66” humbuckers, nickel-silver covers · Bridge – chromed solid brass “tune-o-matic” bridge and separate stop tailpiece (like ‘60’s T’birds) · Tuners - chromed Gibson-logo Schaller M4S’s, from ‘80’s Gibson Victory bass, 4 in-line · Controls – passive V-V-T, chromed brass knobs (solid cocobolo knobs fitted if preferred), output jack at body side. This was built so that I wouldn’t have to gig my 1965 Gibson Thunderbird IV, and in all honesty it sounds even sweeter than the ’65; nothing short of a Mike Lull will sound as good as this does. Main reason is the pickups; Thunderbuckers are hand-made to order in the US, reverse-engineered from original ‘60’s units – cost me around £300 for the pair, but boy are they worth it….. The only flaws are purely cosmetic and not obvious; (1) the neck-pocket on the body is Fender-fit, but the Epi neck is around 2mm narrower. So there’s a tiny gap between edges of neck and body, which I was going to fill with a couple of slivers of dark hard-wood, but haven’t got around to it. (2) same goes for the neck-pickup cavity, which was originally routed for a P pick-up – narrow gap at the backt of the pick-up ring. Likewise, was going to sort with a sliver of hardwood. Neither affects performance in the least. The polished aluminium-alloy “pickguard” which I’ve pictured, I got and never fitted (NO screw-holes!), will throw in included in price if wanted; it comes with a separate matt black back-plate but looks better without. In a really robust as-new Thoman soft case, but if posting I’d prefer to ship with neck off. EDIT: Now with a Gibson logo TRC, blank one included £450 collected (S Wales, or meet en route with regular drive Swansea < > Cambridge), shipping on top

(2) Next up - 1979 CF Martin EB-18. A rare bird this one; E-series was Martin’s last foray into the world of solid-body electrics. USA-made, 100% original, in excellent nick, with OHSC. · Body – solid maple, with walnut central contrast laminations, natural finish · Neck – set one-piece mahogany neck, long-scale (34”), fretted rosewood board. Rosewood veneer to front of headstock · Pickups – single DiMarzio Model One humbucker, crème plastic cover. · Bridge – chromed Badass unit (original model) · Tuners - chromed Grover Titans, 2 + 2 · Controls – passive V & T, phase switch, chromed brass knobs, output jack at body side. Typical Alembic-inspired late ‘70’s styling, but very funky I think. This one of the early models with the CF Martin logo branded into the rear of the body by the neck heel. Solid and beautifully constructed, tonally quite Precision-like with rather more sustain. NB: includes letter from Martin USA to previous owner dating the bass by serial no £800 - ********Price drop £700********