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Secretly hoping your recovery beats the race to sell this beautiful bass. Good luck, mate!

You are correct sir - I now own one though, in this very finish. Won’t lie, I’m tempted to have a second!

Now sold.

I see the BB435 has made a good impression! 😊

Final price reduction to £2,499 - I am not planning on any further reductions as I would rather keep it in my collection. Up for sale is my Sadowsky NYC Modern 5, from 1996. This is a PHENOMENAL bass, probably the most even-sounding bass I’ve ever played, playable on all strings all the way up the neck. The bass dates from 1996 and is fitted with a Glockenklang 2-band pre amp and Seymour Duncan / Fodera NYC dual coils. There is a three position switch allowing a choice of inner coils, outer coils and both coils, making this bass ridiculously versatile - it’s mostly MM / Precision oriented, with the characteristic mid-bump of basses with pickups further back towards the bridge (Ken Smith, etc). You can get more J-esque sounds with outer coil selection. The bridge is the popular Badass-esque Omega bridge Roger favours, and the frets are in excellent shape with the nice medium-low action I favour. The ebony neck has no inlays and is utterly gorgeous, and I think it is the key to the evenness of tone. Maple neck, ash body. The weight is very comfortable for a five string at around 3.8kg A couple video clips showing just how good this bass sounds: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeAffcnB5d/?igshid=1xmjxzce2lkfs https://www.instagram.com/p/B_4R1eLp9bO/?igshid=1bz6pnpp8vg21 Will consider trades (particularly if you have a Sadowsky P), but please don’t be offended if I am fussy... would prefer a cash sale really. Am not in a hurry so will wait for the right deal. Collection preferred from SE London.

On hold.

Did you mean me? Ha, no more. One of them is about to cost me about this much in vets’ fees! Will consider trades, but not upward trades (I don’t have money to add), pop me a message. I have a 32” fiver and the B is a little rounder than 34” scale. There’s not much in it at 33” scale. I had a 34-37” Dingwall once, and the B almost sounded too tight. I ended up trading it here for a 32-35” Dingwall and I like those a lot more. That said, I generally don’t like 35” scale basses, they’re not comfortable for me to play and I find high G and high C strings don’t sound that good. 34” is about the right compromise for me, and 33” adds that extra bit of playability.

For sale, my very lovely Shuker Singlecut 6 string, originally ordered and owned by @eude on this very forum. Lovely modern sounding instrument with lovely mid burp due to the pickup positions. Playability is superb thanks to the 33” scale and lovely neck. Specs: - white ash body - squareish front edge (to mimic old slab style bodies) - forearm contour, rear rib carve and rear edge rounded to 1/2" - dark amboina burr drop top - individual bridge rail units - 17mm spacing - black hardware - 2 X EMG 45DC - neck and bridge - upgraded 3-band EMG preamp with mid freq sweep - satin topcoat - 33" scale - 24 frets - medium frets - 5 piece maple/wenge neck - 20.5mm deep at 1st fret, 22mm at 12th, gentle slim C profile - plain rosewood board - 20" radius - marching dark amboina burr headstock veneer - gotoh gb707 tuners - 57mm nut - carbon fibre neck reinforcement - MOP side dots - two way truss rod - brass nut - satin finish Currently strung with Dunlop Superbrights if I remember correctly. Trades down (money my way) may be considered, although cash preferred.

For sale, the legendary Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 lightweight head (DB112 cabinet now gone). The head has a few more signs of use, a small dent in the wraparound casing, but works perfectly. The cab (now gone) has a soft cover and is in good condition, a couple of tolex nicks and a few scuffs on the protective metal bits, but that’s what they’re there for. Nothing noticeable from a standing distance. Looking for £800 for the pair collected from SE London, or £425 each if separated, but let me know if I’m way off. Photos below. And here are pictures of the head:

Is the Ibanez definitely an SR506? It looks like a Bari / Bass VI type.

I had a natural one of these back in the day and used it for everything. Superb instruments for the money.

Gosh!

Lusted after one of these after I saw a Paul Davids’ review on YouTube. So cool!

Still here.

Still here.

These look interesting with the switching. No less a force than Abraham Laboriel plays one (a 305).

Oof. Love that reverse P pickup.

My dream bass as a teenager. We couldn’t afford it, but I was lucky enough to get a TRB6 MkI, which I still have and is still a killer bass. Bet this is unreal!

What are the woods?

Seriously nice.

I’m guessing 1/2” padding.

Gorgeous!

Surely now it’s time...

If it’s a dream kit, make it perfect! I have an über-cheap Mapex M series that I picked up for £120 here (5 piece), and gradually added other bits and pieces to, and it is now set up with mesh heads and quiet cymbals in my front room. 20, 8, 10, 12, 14 and I have a 16 stored away to save space in the front room. Has really been a boon during lockdown! In live gigging guise.

My favourite sizes, gorgeous kit.