richardcoughlan

Fender American Elite Jazz Bass V Rosewood 3 Tone Sunburst (5 string) - with John East J Retro Deluxe preamp

I bought this bass in 2017 to use in a production of Dreamgirls in the West End and it served me nicely for a few years. Haven’t been using it lately so looking to move it on. 

Plays and sounds great. Has a fair amount of wear considering it’s been played in for 6 years now. Most noticeably a ding on the rear belly contour and a scuffed area where a pick was stored on the upper horn under the pickguard (as pictured). Crucially there are no dings on the back of the neck effecting the playability. 

I had an upgraded preamp installed in the last few years - John East J Retro Deluxe with Fender style knobs, worth £215

Equivalent model now is American Ultra V which is £2,135 new

Last few posted/sold on basschat

- Natural, very good condition £1450

- Champagne, excellent £1700

- 3TS, excellent £1500

Asking for £1200. 

Collection preferred from Rochester, Kent or Central London (case isn’t included)

If not possible for £50 I’ll include a Fender molded hard case (well used - as pictured) and post it to anywhere in UK. 
 

A couple of videos ripped from Instagram playing this bass:

Any questions please ask, I’ll try and get a better video demo together soon. Cheers

Spec from Fender website;

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple

Neck Shape: Modern "C" to "D"

Scale Length: 34"

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"-14" Compound Radius

Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo

Inlays: White Pearloid Block

Nut: Bone

Nut Width: 1.5"

Truss Rod Nut: Heel-Mounted Spoke Wheel Adjustment

Neck Plate: 5-Bolt Asymmetrical

Bridge Pickup: New 4th Generation Noiseless

Middle Pickup: New 4th Generation Noiseless

Bridge: 5-Saddle HiMass Vintage (String-Through-Body or Topload)

Tuning Machines: Fender "F" Light-Weight Vintage-Paddle Keys with Tapered Shafts

Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black

Control Knobs: Vintage Style Black Plastic Jazz Bass

Finish: 3-Tone Sunburst

Hi Jonathan, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. It’s sold I’m afraid - didn’t realise it wasn’t marked as sold. 
Someone’s selling one here for the same price 

Cheers, Richard 

DeArmond Starfire Bass 1998 (excellent condition)

Asking for £800, bass is in Rochester, Kent. Can arrange collection/meet up - don’t have a case that fits this shape bass so would prefer not to ship!

Condition - excellent. All wood is near mint, only signs of wear is small amount of pitting on screws/bridge

Here’s a clip of Tim Lefebvre playing his DeArmond Starfire

DeArmond Starfire Bass Specifications:

PRODUCED: 1997 – 2000 approx
ORIGIN: Korea
TYPE: Double cutaway semi-hollow body, passive 4-string
BODY: Bound laminated maple with two f-holes
NECK: Maple set-neck, 21 jumbo frets
SCALE LENGTH: 781mm (30.75-inch)
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, bound with dot inlays
HARDWARE: Chrome, stylized Bridge/tailpiece with individually adjustable saddles, Schaller sealed gear tuners
PICKUPS: Pair of DeArmond 2B Dual-coil humbuckers made in USA
CONTROLS: Volume & Tone for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector switch
FEATURES: Semi-hollow body, medium scale length

Recorded this quickly this morning after a few people requested some sound demos.
Preamp is set flat and there’s no processing. 

Put it together quite quickly so excuse any ropey playing and my lack of video editing skills!!

Hey just replied. 
 

for those that have asked for a couple of recordings, I’m going to get to it over the weekend so will be sure to post them here 👍

3 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

These don't hang around.  How much does it weigh? 

hi, weights in at 10lbs. Cheers

Overwater J5 Classic
 

Specs

Swamp ash body

Maple neck

Maple fingerboard with ebony blocks, black binding and MOP side dots

Scale length 34”

Through body stringing

20 frets

Bridge spacing 19mm

Nut width 46mm

Hipshot tuners

Overwater bridge

John East J Retro circuit (flat response)

Bartolini 57CBJD1 pickups (deep)

Vintage style knobs

Received this bass in February, only left the house once so it’s in mint condition. 
I don’t have a case for it so collection preferred (either from Rochester or central London). 
 

List price with upgrades is ~£3675, asking for £2500. 

DeArmond Starfire Bass 1998 (excellent condition)

Asking for £800, bass is in Rochester, Kent. Can arrange collection/meet up - don’t have a case that fits this shape bass so would prefer not to ship!

Condition - excellent. All wood is near mint, only signs of wear is small amount of pitting on screws/bridge

Here’s a clip of Tim Lefebvre playing his DeArmond Starfire

https://youtu.be/miSSW1SsSNk

DeArmond Starfire Bass Specifications:

PRODUCED: 1997 – 2000 approx

ORIGIN: Korea

TYPE: Double cutaway semi-hollow body, passive 4-string

BODY: Bound laminated maple with two f-holes

NECK: Maple set-neck, 21 jumbo frets

SCALE LENGTH: 781mm (30.75-inch)

FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, bound with dot inlays

HARDWARE: Chrome, stylized Bridge/tailpiece with individually adjustable saddles, Schaller sealed gear tuners

PICKUPS: Pair of DeArmond 2B Dual-coil humbuckers made in USA

CONTROLS: Volume & Tone for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector switch

FEATURES: Semi-hollow body, medium scale length

I got this bass new in a trade with something else. Barely been used, is as new. 
Includes the vintage style hard case and can ship no problem. 
Collection from Rochester, Kent or Central London. 

Specifications

Series: American Original
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck: Maple, ‘60s “C”
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard: Round-Laminated Rosewood, 9.5” (241 mm)
Frets: 20, Vintage Tall
Position Inlays: Vintage Clay Dot
Nut (Material/Width): Bone, 1.48” (37.59 mm)
Tuning Machines: Pure Vintage Reverse Open-gear
Scale Length: 34” (864 mm)
Bridge: 4-Saddle Vintage Style with Threaded Steel Saddles
Pickguard: 4-Ply Brown Shell
Pickups: Pure Vintage ‘64 Single-Coil Jazz Bass (Bridge/Middle)
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Control Knobs: Black Plastic
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Strings: Fender® USA Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)
Case/Gig Bag: Vintage-Style Hardshell

Hi, afraid I’m not massively clued up on connecting different cabs..maybe someone can jump in and advise?

Regarding weight, it’s 26.7kg so not crazy light but definitely manageable. I can load it in and out of the back of my car on my own. Using castors would definitely help moving it around once on the ground. 
 

cheers!

Eden D115XLT (4 ohm) Cabinet

I’ve had this cabinet from new (2014ish), direct from Eden.

It’s the best sounding cabinet I own but I tend to only take my lightweight cabs out of the house now.

I’ll double check but I think I have the castors that came with it somewhere. They’re standard size push fit castors if I don’t have them anymore - will update!

Asking for £250. Full working condition, fair cosmetic condition - no damage just normal use but well looked after.

Collection would probably be easiest from Rochester, Kent.

Spec from website:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

GENERAL

Model D115XLT

ELECTRONICS

Power handling 400W Controls Tweeter level control Inputs 2 x Neutrik and 2 x 1/4" inputs

SPEAKERS

Unit impedance 4Ω

Speaker configuration 1 x 15" XLT speaker

Tweeter Aluminium

Frequency response 46Hz - 14KHz

Sensitivity 100dB SPL at 1W1M

Crossover 18dB/Octave at 3.5KHz

DIMENSIONS

Weight 26.7 kg / 59 lbs Width 584 mm / 23" Height 647 mm / 25.5" Depth 469 mm / 18.5"

https://marshall.com/eden-amps/products/cabinets/d-series/d115-xlt

Bartolini 57J (5 string American Fender size)

https://bartolini.net/product/57j/

They sell for £155 (plus import) new, asking for £100 posted to UK. Thanks

haha a fair point 😂 what I mean is, identical condition to when it left the shop.. ie. no dents to neck or wear on frets 👍

Fender Custom Shop 1961 Heavy Relic Jazz Bass, 3-Colour Sunburst - MINT condition

Owned from new for a year, mint condition with case, covers, strap etc in original packaging.

GAK are selling for £3700 though I think the model is discontinued, asking for £2950 posted to UK as its mint.

Cheers, Richard (Rochester, UK)

Bananana Effects Matryoshka Synth Pedal

https://banananaeffects.com/products/matryoshka

Never left the house, mint condition

Asking for £150 posted to UK

Cheers, Richard

(Rochester, UK)

Purchased the Realist Lifeline Double Bass Pickup with Jack Mount Kit from bass bags.co.uk around a month ago.

I installed it in my bass to AB with a different pickup and preferred the one I already had.

Paid £175 for it, asking for £140 posted to UK.

Cheers, Richard

(Rochester, UK)

FOR SALE: Zdzislaw Prochownik bass bow - silver mounted pernambuco (1996)

Silver mounted pernambuco bass bow by Zdzislaw Prochownik (Canada).

Purchased in 2011 from Jeremy Watt who had owned it for 15 years.

Small chip on corner of frog as pictured

Hair length of approx 55cm

Weight 138g

Been advised to sell for £2500, please message with any questions.

Cheers, Richard

(Rochester, UK)

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Vanderkley 112MNT (1x12”) 4 ohm version inc cover

Purchased brand new in 2016, have taken the cab out of the house less than 5 times since due to hardly ever playing live with an amp.

Spec:

• Model: 112MNT neolite
• Configuration: 1×12” Neodymium driver + tweeter
• Power: 600 Watts AES
• Impedance: 4 Ohm
• Freq. response: 40 Hz – 16 kHz
• Sensitivity: 99 dB 1W @ 1m
• Dimensions: H x W x D, 41 x 50 x 41 cm
• Weight: 16 Kg / 35 lbs

Price new with cover from bass direct is £715, seem to sell on Basschat for 350-550 - asking for £450

Vanderkley link: https://vanderkleyamp.com/cabinets/#!/112MNT

Cheers, Richard.

bass has now sold, cheers

^ this is flat eq no plugins on the bass for those asking. Cheers for the interest

this is the sound of the bass directly into my interface with the original bass track muted.

Bump. Going to get round to recording some clips today or tomorrow for anybody interested. Cheers

Hi apologies for the delay in replying to messages on this - have not checked in on Basschat for a while, the bassmods has just been at home in the rack at my studio.

Still available if anyones interested

Many thanks, Richard

it is quite zingy yes- I’ll try and get some samples done. Cheers

had a few requests for the weight, its 4.5kg

cheers