meesterbassman

Apologies for the old thread revival- been advised to say hi to Andy (I still have your lovely blue SR5 which is a keeper and I’ve already done a few shows with!). Just somehow ended up with (oops) an SGC deity prototype (I think) which is mint apart from minor fret end lift (a dry ebony board I think) and needing pre amp EQ tinkering with (deep cleaning or replacing the pots with a bit of luck). Just lack of use for 25+ years I think (batteries were from 2001!) 

Great build quality, even with minor issues 

Thanks!  
 

I’m guessing there’s no model name/number for these?

hoping that a good clean of lots/board may get everything working properly. Or worst case new pots for the bass/treble. 
 

even with issues it’s very quiet for a 90s (?) Japanese bass and seems very powerful. No need to upgrade anything! 

Only a centre detent on bass/treble, not on the 850ohm one (notch filter)?

NBD. Scored this ultra rare (I think) SGC Nanyo with a (kind of) through neck. 
Precursor to the Godlyke Deity. 
Great build quality and lovely (and not expensive )  BUT had clearly been stored somewhere damp I think (someone having a clear out of dad’s gear I believe. London flat was a hoarders paradise when I collected..!) 

So…. Slight issues are some minor (?) fret lift (lovely enjoy board) and the 18v preamp had two 2001 (!) batteries in so some minor corrosion. 

Of more concern (after replacing batteries) is the EQ. 

Volume and blend work, but other 3 controls (I assumed to be treble/mid/bass) don’t work properly. 
Not sure if new pots needed?
2 pots seem to be bass/treble boost and cut (with centre detents) and 3rd (no detent) *may* be some kind of notch filter etc? I think the Godlyke had this?

Grateful for any knowledge (including model number/name if it exists!) and advice

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Thanks and looking forward to using it!

PMs sent 🙂

Sorry-I bought this a few weeks back. Lovely bass too if you can get one! 

Hi. Very interested in this-should I PM?

On 10/01/2024 at 17:43, neepheid said:

 

You don't need to determine exactly what they do because I already have - they're a coil split - both coils in series or single coil (the active coil in both cases is the one nearest the bridge.

just checking (now that I have one of these) - the 3 way switch is pickup selector and the switches are single coil or both (series) for each pickup. 
 

and in addition any idea which way the toggle switches work (I’m assuming the beefier sounds are humbucking)?

bass seems great (for £250 let alone the £120 I paid!) and pickups are actually pretty pokey compared to some budget basses I’ve had. 

Thanks for the info. 
one popped up half price (mint condition) online so I took a punt (can use it as a teaching bass/student loan bass if needed). 
£140 delivered as new and a REAL bargain. 
just as well made as my Sire, newer Squiers or higher end Harley Benton’s I own/have played. 
ridiculous for the price (or 4/5 times what I paid!). 
not plugged in yet but would be easy to upgrade if needed. 
 

bridge and tuners look cheap but no more so than anything else sub £500 these days I think!

and again, cheap/easy upgrades! 

Just thought you may be interested to know (having traded with the OP for this lovely bass) that a new set of Bass Centre Elites 45-105 and the intonation is back to normal (so assuming it was some kind of issue with the string maybe?)

lovely bass and goes well with my mini collection of early 80s MIJ Squier/ESP/Westone/Yamahas

Hi. Very interested (for a teaching/student loan bass) but I’m up in Manchester. Couldn’t get to you before half term (19th Feb onwards) unless you can post somehow? 
 

thanks 

Sorry to ask if I missed it- is it 34 or 35 scale? 
lovely bass btw

Hi. Very interested in This (had an NG3/5 I had to sell and miss it!). 
what year and what pickups are they (I’ve only played the newer NG3 versions)?

promised myself I’d get another Dingwall and would make the excuse and upgrade to a Canadian. 

interested to know how it is vs the active NG series in terms of build and being passive? Part of selling my (gorgeous silver) 10th anniversary was I didn’t gel with the darkglass preamp.
 

thanks in advance 🙂 

Finally managed to get funds together and collected today. Superb bass and thanks to @Kalim for patience and great deal on a fabulous bass. 
now to shift a few others to cover the costs! 

On 29/10/2023 at 16:43, Kalim said:

Ok, just let me know, thanks, as it is still here for sale.

 

Kalim

Just getting funds together 

 Very interested. 
need to work out what I can sell and when I can get over to Bradford. 
deliveries to the house of more basses are banned…. Haha

Just come across this due to a bass coming up for sale. Assuming it’s a prototype as it’s sub £300

might reach out to Mark Gooday on FB as he’s pretty accessible on the Ashdown FB group

I’ve got a Hartke Hydrive 15 (fairly light for a 500W and on castors) that would be a straight swap. 
Or a barefaced compact 15 with cover but that’s £400 
Also a Hofner BB in hard case for similar price.

Just wondering what kind of things you’re looking at re: trades?

Great basses- I have one. Hand wound pickups that change tone as you rotate (but be careful as it’s 80s wiring!) 

paid £500 for mine last year (had sat in case for 30 years). 
needed a decent fret tidying job (ends were rather proud of fingerboard)

my luthier was very impressed too. 
 

very solid mahogany basses with brass nut and a large but very thin body so no heavier than some of my other p basses. 
can do a variety of P bass sounds by rotating pickups. 
surprisingly comfy to play and a rare one to have in your collection-they didn’t make many basses compared to all the 6 strings 

mine is serial 01064 so yours looks to be quite an early one

Bizarre post and a shot in the dark. 
 

my old teacher Colin Bilham has just died (age 90).  First bass guitar chair in the west end and one of original Superstar and Joseph bands I believe. 
 

he *should* have sold his ‘64 precision to me a few years back (2005ish) but was arm twisted (I think) to flog it for (gulp) £750 by (I can only assume) some with minimal

scruples. (Supposition there!)

I was gutted. More so to discover that it then got sold on at auction in 2015 by Tennants in the UK at a price I could still have managed (£2.5k). 
the auctioneers tell me it left the UK but can’t say where. 
 

Colin bought it from the bass player in the Hollies...

anyway, would LOVE to track it down (and ideally buy it back for posterity) - I’m gutted he’s gone (knew him for almost 40 years).

anyone come across it (info here including serial):

https://bid.tennants.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/300/lot/437946?url=%2Fm%2Fsearch%2F%3Fkey%3DColin%2Bbilham%26search-area%3Don%26xclosed%3Dno

Only just heard the news a week ago (and the only reason i've joined Basschat in fact!) glad someone posted this - i worked / studied alongside Dave at music college in the early 90s for 4 years - he was a great musician, and one of the funniest blokes i've ever met! Will never forget his Darth Vader impressions just prior to walking onstage for Mahler 5 (i was in tears by the time i sat down...!). He was a force of nature, and a law unto himself throughout college (never choosing to conform if it got in the way of his talent or ideals).
Absolutely shocked he's gone already (especially being the same age!) - he did, as someone else has said, have half his career ahead of him. Thank god he did some big things with his life (both professionally and personally) in his short time
RIP Dave - wish I'd made the effort to get back in contact a bit sooner, but glad i got to know you for a while!

Phil Reynolds