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    East Sussex
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    I was this bass' first owner (I bought if from Bass Direct) and can say that they are brilliant. You also have Jeff Berlin's signature on the back of the headstock, which he put on at a Bass Direct workshop. GLWTS
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    I bought this last year on BC and just haven't used it. I have Markbass amps and wanted it in case I used another make of amp and could use 'my sound', but I always either use my Markbass amps or someone else's, plus I already use an MXR M80 booster and DI. so it's surplus to requirements. Official Markbass power supply included I don't have the original box for it but it will be well packaged. Price includes postage. Here's the blurb from the website: CONTROLS LEVEL BOOST (level knob and on/off switch) VLE (Vintage Loudspeaker Emulator) VPF (Variable Pre-shape Filter) Filters on/off switch REAR PANEL INPUT jack OUTPUT jack XLR active DI output jack GROUND LIFT POWER jack (DC 12V) Power Requirements - DC input: +12VDC / 60mA minimum Product specifications are subject to change without notice For many Markbass amp users, the VLE and VPF filters are the only EQ knobs they turn! This pedal gives anyone access to these two magic filters. The VLE (Vintage Loudspeaker Emulator) filters out high frequencies to give you a mellower, less modern sound. The VPF (Variable Pre-shape Filter) boosts lows and highs, and cuts mids: especially great for slap and pick playing. The SUPER BOOSTER pedal also gives you a clean Boost, very handy for helping you stand out when taking a solo! This highly practical pedal features true bypass and buffered bypass circuitry and also acts as an active DI.
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    Oh, to have that and an electric bass made from the same material. Perfect.
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    Glad to see I'm not the only mad one around here converting a 4 to a 5
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    Maximum dimensions: Length - 128cm Upper bout - 32cm Lower bout - 44cm Waist 27 1/2cm Depth - 13cm Some minor knocks - used but definitely not abused Pick up, or we could meet up somewhere if not too far away or post (at cost)
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    Nothing much happening at the moment. A piezo strip has been fitted under the brass bridge whilst the preamp (based on an LR Baggs version) is somewhere in the post. The idea is to have two separate jacks (like the original Zenith), one for magnetic and one for piezo (we could try and blend them but then we are getting expensive - and this project is going to be expensive enough as it is - so we arnt going to do that, and I can always use two cables and an A/B/Y pedal if that were needed). So in the meantime Simon has routed out the cavities for the magnetic pickups.
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    How about a British made GUS G3 or G5 bass? Ever so slightly different and head turning
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    How much does it weigh?? Are you open to trades?
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    But then we are both GUS owners - well, I was. I once had 6 GUS G1 guitars, 1 baritone and 2 basses. All gone to pay bills etc But it shows that we don't like 'the norm'. I'm not too worried about the original pickups on the Zenith. I wasn't totally enamoured with them when I did have a 'stock' Zenith, plus, I like passive basses (less to go wrong), so always change the pickups to passive on anything I have.
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    The headstock is a direct copy of my early 90's Epiphone El-Capitan V fretless , so I am slightly obsessed with getting it right (sort of, says he converting a 4 string to a 5 string, adding a neck with an extra fret and putting in 2 EMG's). No idea how old the body is, but I assume it was made around 2010 (that's when they came out and they weren't around for long). I had a black 4 string version a few years ago but as I only play 5's now .......... Think it's camera angle trickery (well, iphone trickery really Just been to see it (I managed to get hold of a mini brass Epiphone logo that is on the original bridge which I want Simon to stick on for me. He says he's had it set up already and the string height and intonation is bang on. PS. For those worried about me sticking Epiphone logo's on the headstock and passing it off as an Epiphone (I don't think Epiphone is a lusted after enough brand, but you know what I mean), I'm not, apart from the truss rod cover and the brass bridge logo (both un-screwable and removable). The body is Epiphone but the rest isn't, so the headstock will just be oiled ebony (to match the fret board).
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    Like this:-
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    You should see it mocked up with the two pickups in place with a gold 3 way Gibson style toggle for pickup selection with a rotary series/parallel switch and master volume and tone. I can't wait for it to be finished and plugged in
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    Because we are converting a 4 string to a 5 string which happens to have a rosewood bridge (that, once again, isn't an off the shelf buy), Simon had to make a new bridge. He just happened to have a block of left over rosewood that was the exact right size. Because we couldn't find a piece of plastic/graphtech or bone long enough for the saddle, brass was used.
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    Next phase is to fill in the through body holes, route out new ones and make a new ferrule out of brass then apply chemicals to it to blend it in with the other 4 (the Zenith bass appears to have different ferrules to everyone else, so it wasn't an 'off the shelf' buy unfortunately).
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    Yup. It's Simon's. And as much as I absolutely love his stuff I can't afford it, so I'm using his talents in other ways I might try and save up for one of his G5 bases though. Rather gorgeous
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    And the headstock shaped.
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