Matte_black

Hello! I need to get rid of this nice puppy, I have other basses and I need a new cab and hardware for the basses I'm working on...
It's a nice '57 Reissue Precision bass made in Japan, probably in 90s. It's very light and resonant. I don't know if the body is Alder or Basswood, anyway it was refinished in (I guess) Sonic Blue or Baby Blue... don't know how this color is called by Fender. The neck is one piece of Maple. Frets, truss-rod, electronics and pickup work fine. Threaded saddles bridge, pearloid pickguard. Can sell it with or without a case, it's your choice. £300 shipped to Europe. I can take PayPal (verified) and have feedbacks here for selling all my old vintage stuff (a couple of Jazz and a P-bass) - I also bought some basses as well
I'll take some decent pics asap so if you're interested just drop me a line. I offer a 24hours approval period and you'll have a full refund minus shipping. But I doubt anyone would return such a good bass, really.

Good points. But you all should keep in mind that there aren't two wood pieces with the same "character". This is why instruments always tend to sound differently, even if you A/B two examples of the same model. The neck is the most important factor. Body wood affects tone far less than that.
But I can't justify factories using such a cheap stuff. I mean: there's for sure some resonant piece of Agathis out there... but decent wood isn't that expensive, I know it for sure. So they could use Alder or Mahogany without mortgaging their asses

Yes, sorry for the crappy slang
Anyway I like that bass. Still fighting against myself but high shipping costs still brake me.

[quote name='Scoop' post='49876' date='Aug 23 2007, 10:58 PM']I have an electro which I like hugely but which I may need to sell on to part finance a new custom built Roscoe four string I've got in the pipeline. I have a few theatre type "production" shows coming up in late September and I think my Electro will be perfect for a few of those numbers so I plan on keeping it until afterwards but keep in touch coz it's almost certain that I'll want to let it go after that.

Edit: Just read your post in context of whole thread - hope that you manage to arrange to get Steve's. Not trying to gazump him or highjack his thread. Apologies if I gave that impression.

cheers
scoop.[/quote]

Don't worry, I didn't see your post as a try to hijack the 3d. Maybe Steve will kill you, anyway

I always wanted to try an Electro... it's a shame I'll probably never see one around if I don't buy it. Oh well, it's pretty much what happens with every decent axe available on the market.
Steve, waiting for a shipping quote!

Up for grabs the molded case American Standard Fender basses usually come with. Pretty good conditions, latches work but I don't remember if there's a key for them...
£50+shipping (and this could be an issue since I'm not in UK).

I'm literally fighting against myself to NOT buy the bass, really.

[quote name='Bigwan' post='3881' date='May 21 2007, 07:18 PM']BEEP![/quote]

Just bought a bass from Bigwan... it was just as described, the shipping was fast and the package was sturdy. Great guy to deal with, really. Thanx a lot!