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[size=5][color=#ff0000]THE POSTS ABOVE HAVE BEEN EDITED TO REFLECT THE REDUCED FINAL PRICE: £1650 + £40 shipping[/color] (bank transfer only, please).[/size] [size=5]The bass will also be periodically on eBay. When an auction on eBay has started I prefer not to pull it and will let it run to the end. [/size]

I have owned 'Rays from every single decade, from pre-EB to current and Classics, about a dozen of them, and I have kept only two, both from 1989, IMHO the best year ever for EBMM production: the new saddles allow lower action than ever in the past, and still you have the mutes, the same untouched 2-band preamp, and the gorgeous birdseye glossy neck with bullet trussrod and the skunk stripe.... This is an excellent price for such a beauty, I know there's a crisis but these will be worth much more in a few years, it's a 'Ray as it should be, so take it as an investment and rob your nan if needed, or your bank....LOL Whatever you do you will not be disappointed!

Oh well, it looks like it's going to stay under the bed for a little more time...

Bumpoid

Up!

For the next couple of weeks I will be away from home, although still reachable.

For the next couple of weeks I will be away from home, although still reachable.

For the next couple of weeks I will be away from home, although still reachable.

Great bass, this is the same as what Sting used the first time I saw The Police live more than thirty years ago... After that I got its little fretted brother, the Roadster RS924, which then I have kept for donkey's years... These old Ibanez are killers and built like a tank.

Time to refresh BCers' memory...

Still here...

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I am always astonished when I see basses worth one or two grand shipped for peanuts. With the going courier insurance rate at £20 per thousand, how can such low rates be available? Do you know that 99% of couriers have very low liability limits when carrying musical instruments, if any at all? Take Parcelforce, for instance (aka ParcelFARCE): they're happy to take your insurance money, but in case of claim it's printed in their T&Cs that the max cove for musical instruments is £250!!! (Or, at least, that was what I saw last time I checked). For basses up to a grand, i use UPS through Interparcel, and over that, UPS directly from them. Not cheap, but at least they insure the full amount.

Very nice bass from a good EBMM period.

Well spotted, I completely forgot about that! I apologise, did not mean to mislead anyone. This was the personal bass of a Sadowsky Metro dealer and he did the mod as a matter of preference (likely not to have to touch the pot and change its setting/position when playing live), so now there's the mini toggle switch instead of pull-push. I can confirm that the minitoggle works perfectly and feels very sturdy, that the preamp (standard Sadowsky 2-eq stacked) is very powerful (a little does a lot!!) and that the VTC works correctly in both active and passive mode as you would expect.

[quote name='Arabesque-bass' timestamp='1404889949' post='2496644'] This is a bargain people!! If I had the money it was sold allready!! I guess you are not interested in trades?? [/quote] No trades, sorry, I am playing much less nowadays and thinning the herd. Thanks anyway.

I believe this to be priced interestingly, according to the non-original features

[quote name='Ulysses' timestamp='1404766641' post='2495592'] Hi, where is this bass located? [/quote] The bass is in Ayrshire, Scotland, just south of Glasgow.

[b][size=5]BASS IS SOLD[/size][/b] [size=5]Sadowsky NYC 5 Vintage (= with pickguard, as opposed to Standard, without it), ash/maple with beautiful birdseye fingerboard in vintage tint, in Black Pearl with black pearloid pickguard. Sadowsky hum-cancelling pickups in '60s position and preamp with VTC.[/size] [size=5]8.40lbs / 3.8kg only, quite lightweight for a 5-stringer. Perfect original Sadowsky case/portabag.[/size]

[size=5]If no interest here, it will be eBayed and the auction will take its course to expiration.[/size]

[size=5]NOW SOLD[/size]

[size=5][color=#ff0000]NEW REDUCED FINAL PRICE: [s]£1799[/s] £1650 + £40 shipping[/color] (bank transfer only, please).[/size]

[size=5][color=#ff0000]NEW REDUCED [s]£875[/s] [s]£799[/s] £750 OR NEAR OFFER + £25 shipping[/color][/size]

[size=5]The time slot for offers (intended for a potential quick sale) has now expired, so[/size][size=5] NEW PICS and [color=#ff0000]NEW REDUCED FINAL PRICE: £949 + 40 shipping[/color] (bank transfer only, please). GO ON, I DARE YOU to find another maple FMT package in this condition at a better price!![/size]

Hi Dan Pleased to hear my old Sterling served you well. Killer, snappy bass!!! Guys, this is the most unbelievable birdseye you will ever see!! Cheers!!