binky_bass

Hi all, So along with my Overwater Progress III 7 string, I'm also looking to sell this spectacular Noguera Bruno Ramos Custom 8 string bass. This thing really is a masterpiece and the tone is just stunning! Yes it has 8 string and has 20mm spacing, but it is very easy to play as the balance and ergonomics are perfect. This would be north of £5000 if ordered today, so my price of £1950 is less than 2/5 of the retail price! Below is a totally non-plagerised description I definitely didn't steal from @Hellzero. Body : 2 pieces red alder from Noguera original stock Top : book matched flamed maple from Noguera original stock with in between veneer out of ebony from Noguera original stock Neck : 1 piece hard rock maple from Noguera original stock (with stiffening rods) Fingerboard : flamed maple from Noguera original stock Frets : 25, yes 25 Headstock : 4 + 4 shape (angled) with flamed maple top from Noguera original stock with in between veneer out of ebony from Noguera original stock Pickups : 2 Noguera single coils hum-cancelling (stacked humbucker) in 60's Jazz Bass position and ebony covers from Noguera original stock Preamp : Noguera 3 bands custom made for this unique bass to Bruno Ramos exact specifications Controls : neck volume (push-pull for active/passive selection), bridge volume, bass, mids (push-pull for 400/800 Hz selection), treble Tuners : Hipshot Ultralite Bridge : Noguera patented 2 pieces flamed maple from Noguera original stock with zinc fully adjustable saddles Strings spacing at bridge : 20 mm Nut : bone Strings spacing at nut : 9 mm Knobs : Custom Ebony knobs, will also come with Noguera wooden knobs from Noguera original stock Scale : 34" Hardware colour : black Truss rods : 2 (fully working) Finish : very light gloss Land of craftsmanship : France Serial number : none as it's a unique model Year : 04/2012 Weight : 5.6 kilos (on the light side for an ERB 8 strings) Action : from 1.5 mm under the F string to 3 mm under the F# string at 12th fret The bass has been fully set up professionally by Christophe LEDUC. It has a new battery and has been fitted with a brand-new set of Kalium BH-190-8BS hybrid nickel round wound strings, except for the F that is plain (19P - 31 - 43 - 59 - 79 -106 -142 - 192). Collection from Basildon, Essex is preferred, however shipping can be arranged if absolutely required. Any questions, please ask! Russ.

Hi all, So I am debating another custom build... as such I'm turning loose this rather splendid 7 string Overwater Progress III bass. It's a beautiful bass in immaculate condition and works exactly as it should. It has a mahogany body with a fantastic quilt maple top and a nice thick ebony fretboard. Looking at the current Overwater price list, this would be near £4500 to have made today, so save yourself over £3000 and buy my one! The tonal palette is vast, you can achieve crisp, bell like, paino-esque tones through to super boomy bass and pretty much everything in between. This is only for sale to fund another custom build, otherwise I'd keep it! It has recessed strap pins that work with Dunlop strap locks. The bridge is the standard Overwater high mass bridge, and excellent piece of design. The pickups are Overwater Kent Armstrong pickups and it had 'factory' custom wood top hat knobs with centre indents. It really is about as good as you can get for a bass! Scale is 35" Spacing at bridge is 18mm Spacing at nut is 9mm weight is 5.9kg All in it is an absolute monster of an instrument in the best of condition made in the UK by one of the finest luthiers. £1400 is a steal for a mint £4400 bass. Collection from Basildon, Essex is preferred, but postage can be arranged. Any questions, let me know!

This cab with @ryancowell25's MarkBass SD1200 would make for a horrendously good rig capable of the full 1200w. At £995 for the pair it's less than £1 a watt!

Sorely tempted to sell a bass to buy this... may very well do that tomorrow!

You clearly said 'post it for an extra £200'.

My PM to you was polite, completely inoffensive and was an offer that you could have just said no to. You didn't need to go down the silly route of asking for £200 postage. All you needed to say was 'No thanks'. Until you edited your thread, your post contained in capital letters a good number of lines saying 'PLEASE BUY ME, MAKE AN OFFER' or words to that effect. My offer wasn't rude or insulting, if you feel like me mentioning your response in this thread is out of line, then that tells me you know your response was uncalled for. You wanted £70 (as per your pre-edited thread), I offered £60 with postage costing £10 netting you £50, I quite understand if it's not enough, that's absolutely fine. Just less of the needless passive aggressiveness next time please. For clarity: Stay classy Frank.

The Markbass SD1200 is a fantastic amp, and at £425 it's a great deal! The headroom on this amp is massive!

Sending a bass uninsured via ParcelForce UK/UK through ParcelMonkey is about £10. I did mention this. But still, the price for postage was £200. If the offer I made was not acceptable, the best option is to say so, and not take the time wasting passive aggressive approach!

So @soldersqueeze is asking £200 for postage. I did ask if that was a typo, but it's not. £200 for postage just in case anyone was thinking of having it posted! I did make an offer, but it wasn't a ridiculous one, so be prepared to pay £200 if you want it posted.

I've merely punted an offer! It may get rejected and then you're back in the hot seat!

Fine, I'll bite! Sent you a PM.

Just to play devils advocate, this bass was made probably 3 years or so before Bass Direct sold Grossman basses, and from what I can see they are selling one Grossman basss commissioned by themselves so I'm not sure where the link is between the defect on this bass and Bass Direct unless it's just to try and get in contact with Christian through Bass Direct. I would also be surprised if after speaking to Grossman that they had anything to say about this as A: it may have been a customer request or B: it might have been sold with the defect mentioned. I would think your best bet is to speak to the seller and understand why the 'defect' wasn't mentioned or shown in the advert. Realistically, IF the bass is a quality bass in all other areas, IF it sounds and plays well and has been built well (bar this issue) then there are a number of cheap ways you can mod the bass to be 'correct' from using a dot of black nail varnish (assuming the dots are black) to make the 12th more noticeable (maybe 3 dots?) or speaking to a luthier about professionally dealing with this, perhaps the seller would refund a small amount to allow this to happen. Just a few thoughts!