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carlsim

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  1. I have an Atelier Z 2 band preamp for sale. 4 pots, Volume, Volume, Bass and Treble setup. Works great. The only reason I changed it was for a volume, blend bass and treble. This suits me much more as I much prefer a single volume control, otherwise it's a great little system. For reference, the pics show the yellow and purple pickup hot wires so you can identify each of the volume pots. Will include postage in the price. Any questions, please ask.
  2. That's what mine is... a PJ 5 fretless... I think I must have got one of the last ones Thomann had as they only did the fretless ones in black... It's great though - a bit of fine tuning for setup but it plays great and as it has an ebony board, tons of mwah! Carl.
  3. You should do what I did… £10 for a new decal and voila! sand it off, couple of coats of poly, apply the decal and a few more coats! reassemble and the Tesco style logo is gone… I did my fretless and I’m waiting for my CAR fretted 5 to turn up and I will do the same to that one…
  4. Having just pulled the trigger on a new bass - will do the bass with FREE POSTAGE for 1 week!
  5. That feels about right for my 5 fretless... not super lightweight but certainly not boat anchors either... 9/9.5lb is a good weight in my mind...
  6. My fretless 5 is amazing… I think the early ones were a mixed bag… later ones do seem to have fixed the issues… no idea what the new ones are like though.
  7. For anyone interested, i picked up today a Sadowsky Metro Express 5 String in CAR for £369 from Thomann! Considering I paid £479 for a fretless 5 one of these a few months ago, this is a bargain! I know these had a bad rep in the beginning but the newer versions of the old headstock design were much better... my fretless 5 plays great! Anyway... just thought I would mention... https://www.thomann.de/gb/sadowsky_metroexpress_5_21_hybrid_tb.htm - sunburst 5 at £369 The CAR and Greens are also at £369... some of the 4 stringers are even cheaper!! Considering these were £700+ when they first arrived... that's a second hand price for a new bass!
  8. I feel your pain… genuinely I do. I just had to sell one of my favourite basses to raise some capital…
  9. For the money they can’t be beaten… if it was a p7 I would probably keep it!
  10. I took this in on a trade recently and although it is great and plays amazingly, I just don't need another jazz 5 in the stable. Happy to look at trades - sterling Stingray 35, something with soapbars perhaps, p-bass maybe... would be happy to add some cash to the right deal. It's brand new, still has the sticker on the plate and comes with a basic fender gig bag. The previous owner bought it new and took it out of the box and put it back as he has about 20 other basses. It plays really nicely and is a lot lighter than a pervious Sire I had, the maple board and blocks looks great against the sparkly blue. Excellent versatile sounding preamp, for the money, the basses can't be beat. Way better than squires et al. I just don't need another jazz bass which is a shame. Price is firm at £350 plus postage if needed. I can chuck in a fender hard case if postage is required instead of the gig bag. The case has been repaired with an ABS slurry in places but is still perfectly functional and looks fine. ( I can send pics of the repairs...) Any questions and trade offers - get in touch! Carl.
  11. So... it wasn't today, it was Friday and a joy to behold and play it is. Feels great, sounds punchy and funky (shame it doesn't have a tone control in passive mode) but overall, very pleased with the bass. I will add that I was a little disappointed in the condition it arrived in from the supplier (who I won't name but some of you may have seen the bass for sale there, in direct line of sight... ). It had an inspection sticker on it but it was filthy. There was some kind of liquid stain over the scratch plate, under the strings near the bridge was covered in grime and dirt and overall, it looks like it had come in to the shop in that state and gone straight back out again with no checks at all. I had to strip the pickguard, control plate, strings etc and give everything a thorough polish and make adjustments to the truss rod and lower the action (a bit too much turn up at the nut end for my liking). I would have thought a 30 minute check over and clean would have been a standard procedure. Oh well... it's proper sorted now, nice and clean, fresh strings and plays and sounds like a demon. Atelier Z - you have a devoted follower. One thing - the sticker is pretty tatty. Do I remove it or source a replacement? If a replacement, anyone know where?? The Atelier shop only ships within the far east as best as I can tell...
  12. Big price reduction to £1700 plus some new trade options added... circumstances dictate that I need to sell this now so get in touch with trade offers / cash...
  13. Thanks mate - it's a shame to let it go but I'm firmly sold on the Atelier Z brand! @lee650 I would assume so - although I know is that it plays amazingly!
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