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[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1316699929' post='1381662'] they have great balance and are very comfortable. [/quote] Thanks, those are true words! Also should I come up with sale price?

Some of you might not know that GMR is luthier company from Poland with quite some similarities to Mayones or Maruszczyk and also other influences in their work (like Warwick or Sandberg). I bought this bass not so long ago mainly because I really digged the look. Unfortunatelly I more and more realise I can't simply switch between 4 and 5 string basses. And because 5 is being my main bass now this fact becomes quite uncomfortable to me - I put fingers on wrong strings all the time. So even though the look itself is fabulous it can't compensate my stupidity. This is Bassforce 4 Classic model, where Classic means it's bolt on (four screws). The workmanship is very, very nice. Everything is smooth and nice, the bass balances nicely due to extended upper horn and the lower one is good for practice while sitting. Neck is very comfy (think of slightly thicker jazz bass) and fast feeling. Overall condition of the bass is pretty good (I would say 8,5/10), there are couple of minor dings at headstock (see pics) and some maple discoloration here and there. The body has only few hardly noticeable minor scratches... Body is two piece mahogany with really nice grain and nicely matched together. Control cavity is shielded by aluminium tape and the cover is made from mahogany too. The neck is three piece maple with two rosewood stripes, matching mahogany veneer headstock (with another thin rosewood veneer between). Rosewood fingerboard with nice grain to it. Two octave 24 frets (medium/jumbo I'd say), side dot markers only. Black hardware: Schaller sealed tuners, hold in tune very well and the ETS bridge is awesome. It's high mass, has adjustable string spacing and simple quick release of strings. Electronics: Bassculture (some say it's "Nordstrand of Germany" and I have no reason not to believe) musicman style pickup in wood cover coupled with Noll 3-band electronics with push/pull volume for active/passive mode. Controls are volume, treble, middle, bass. The bass sounds like... like the bass with MM pickup, although it's not exact MM clone (which suits me well). The sound's not especially aggresive, but still could achieve nicely rounded growl. Nice thing about the preamp is it doesn't color the sound - the bass sounds very similar passive and active when set to flat (controls have center click). Controls have milder effect, you can't totally mess the sound by turning knobs. [attachment=89991:1.jpg] [attachment=89992:2.jpg] [attachment=89993:3.jpg] [attachment=89994:4.jpg] More pics: [url="https://picasaweb.google.com/109477358010488105925/GMRBassforceClassicIV#"]https://picasaweb.go...forceClassicIV#[/url] Trades, cash adjustement possible both sides: - TC Electronics RH750 - quality semi-hard gig bag - Zoom H1, H2 or similar recording device Sale price is reduced to [b]£[/b][b]510[/b] including courier to UK and cheapo hard case.

[quote name='noelk27' post='1242338' date='May 23 2011, 11:00 PM']Not sure about it being the dad, but maybe it could be the uncle that no one talks about.[/quote] And that is a mistake... Cool bass.

Come on people, this is not even funny now!

No wonder, this is a killer price!

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I thought I had a need for very strong fuzz and it seems the only thing I need was GAS satisfaction. It's gone and fuzz needs to go too. This is quite strong guitar fuzz, but in some cases it could be used for bass too with quite a success! To achieve good result you need to a) either have a bass with strong output or play fast, ideally with pick or c) play electric guitar in death metal / grindcore band. I tried it with my jazz like bass and when I was playing with fingers it worked, but not that great. Picking quick notes was much better option with way better results. It has cool feature of blend knob which obviously blends fuzz with clean signal. Works with classic 9V battery or adaptor. There is short clip on guitar (by the creator): [url="http://youtu.be/HM51yO2Yy6o"]http://youtu.be/HM51yO2Yy6o[/url] I'm looking for £40 + few coins on postage more pics: [url="https://picasaweb.google.com/109477358010488105925/DalekAttack#"]https://picasaweb.google.com/10947735801048...25/DalekAttack#[/url]

This is incredibly nice!

What are all the controls? Description seems a bit out, since there are 4 single knobs, 1 stacked and 1 switch... Also the bridge looks like it has 5 instead of 4 saddles ;-)

How does it sound? Compared to classics like JB or PB...