franzbassist

Combo deal: Buy both this and the Little Marcus 800 amp I am selling to create a super articulate and powerful mini rig for £900 collected.

I would love this. If only some of my stuff would sell!

The golden age of Smith basses, and that is a lovely example.

I have two fretted five strings, which is one more than I need, so I am selling this beauty from Franz Bassguitars, hand made in Bavaria by Xaver Tremel. It is new old stock, so it does show some minor player wear. The Merak is Xaver's interpretation of the classic Jazz Bass shape, and I love how understated it is, apart from the cool chestnut scratchplate that just hints at the custom nature of the instrument. The bass plays beatifully. The asymmetric neck is slim and fast and it's effortless to move around the fingerboard. The Delano pickups combined with the Glockenklang 2 band EQ are a well regarded combination: punchy and versatile. The slighltly curved body also means the bass hugs your body. The bass weighs 9lbs 2oz and balances perfectly. Specs as follows: BODY | European Alder, chambered and curved, with English Chestnut scratchplate FINISH | body: black matte laquer, neck: hard oil/wax NECK | 3-piece European Maple with carbon fiber reinforcement FINGERBOARD | European Maple with Compound Radius 10”-16” FRETS | 24 SCALE LENGTH | 34.5” TUNERS | Gotoh ResOLite BRIDGE | ETS STRAPLOCKS: Dunlop ELECTRONICS | Glockenklang 2-band active/passive CONTROLS | Volume, balance, bass, treble (active) /tone control (passive) PICKUP | 2 x Delano JC split coil humbucking pickup The bass is now strung with ACG nickel rounds, not the La Bella white nylons in the pictures below. To buy new would cost 2890 euros (about £2550), so this is a good saving (31%) off retail. I drive up and down to Cardiff almost every other weekend, so can easily deliver to anyone along that route too.

Pictures added. The feet are not fitted at the moment as the amp is gig bagged.

Superb amp. The EQ points are bang on. Only selling as it's way more power than I need for anything I'm doing these days. Pretty much mint condition as never used out of the (included) Markbass gig bag. Comes with custom footswitch to switch between EQ channels. Price is posted in the UK, in the original box. EQ1 ULTRALOW: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 65Hz) LOW: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 180Hz) MID: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 500 Hz) HIGH MID: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 1.4 KHz) HIGH: Level ±16 dB (Freq. 3.8 KHz) EQ2 OLD SCHOOL: Variable LOW PASS From 20KHz to 200Hz MILLERIZER: 5-12 KHz BAND PASS Filter (Level 0 /+10 dB) OUTPUT POWER: 800W RMS @ 4 ohms / 500W RMS @ 8 ohms

Now £475 collected

Excellent signature cab made by Markbass for Alain Caron. The 3-way cab features a new custom 12" speaker with 800W power handling, a special new 5" speaker, and a new 1" compression driver. Very high fidelity cab: you really hear what your bass sounds like. The cab has been used very little and is in mint condition. It comes with a very nice "Hot Covers" padded cover (£46). These are £729ish new. I'm asking £500 £475 collected. IMPEDANCE : 8 ohms SPEAKER SIZE: 1x12" + 1x5" TWEETER: 1" coil compression tweeter BASS PORT: rear POWER HANDLING: 800W RMS CROSSOVER FREQUENCIES: 1.5 KHz / 5.5 KHz FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 40 Hz to 20 kHz SENSITIVITY: 99 dB SPL WEIGHT: 46.73 lbs / 21.2 Kg WIDTH: 14.9 in. / 38 cm DEPTH: 17.12 in. / 43.5 cm HEIGHT: 23.22 in. / 59 cm

All sold 👍

Now sold

Used but in very good condition. These Gotoh GB707 tuners have been replaced by the Res O Lite versions on my Franz. Colour is a solid black. Three bass-side over two treble-side on a RH bass. £40 posted. They look like this:

PRICE DROP! £88 POSTED FOR ALL FOUR SETS!! I love these strings, but they aren’t quite long enough to fit my through-body 34.5” scale basses, so looking to move them on. Developed for Chicago Music Exchange by La Bella. Pure nickel roundwound wrap on a hex core. No silks at either end. 37" winding length Tension I would say is medium Tone is classic nickel: warm, with sweet highs Feel is wonderful; they are so smooth your fingers fly over them with much less squeak than normal rounds. New and unopened, I have four of the 45-130 sets available: £88 posted for the four or £24 posted per set. Thanks Gareth

And sold!

Never gigged black leather strap from Pinegrove in Hebden Bridge. A lovely piece of thick but soft leather: should last for years. 3" wide and standard length, so adjustable from 38" to 54". Strap end holes are punched for Dunlop straplocks. These are £60 new, so this is a third off for what is essentially a new strap.