owen3371 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) for sale an early nightingale bass in excellent condition,bought off a fellow basschatter a couple of yeard ago,ive decided to sell it to fund another prospective purchase from another basschatter,the bass has an awesome sound from slap to heavy rock fitted with sims leds and just been serviced a couple of weeks ago£600. i,ll upload more photos tomorrow it also comes with an excellent hard case. owen Edited October 20, 2011 by owen3371 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Don't see too many of these around! Good luck with the sale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Gorgeous bass! I used to have the 'harlequin' model and I LOVED it! Have a free bump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheBassP Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 [quote name='owen3371' post='1151836' date='Mar 6 2011, 08:12 PM']for sale an early nightingale bass in excellent condition,bought off a fellow basschatter a couple of yeard ago,ive decided to sell it to fund another prospective purchase from another basschatter,the bass has an awesome sound from slap to heavy rock fitted with sims leds and just been serviced a couple of weeks ago£750. i,ll upload more photos tomorrow it also comes with an excellent hard case. owen [/quote] Good luck with the sale owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shantijoe Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 [quote name='owen3371' post='1151836' date='Mar 6 2011, 08:12 PM']for sale an early nightingale bass in excellent condition[/quote] Hiya it looks very nice but more information might be helpful: Fingerboard ebony or rosewood?, Body woods? Year? I have a Goodfellow classic and admire his work- best of luck, joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I really like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen3371 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 the bass is around 1988,im not sure of wood used but it seems exotic enough,on the fretboard there is what looks like a small blemish but its part of the wood that bernie used,it gives the fingerboard character ,circuit board is embossed with "the bass" which is a bernie trademark. ive only gigged with it for a year{i bought a modulus flea which is my main bass for four years} so its been kept under the bed in the hardwood tolex covered case,ive had it on here for sale last year,but couldnt bear to part with it but ive seen an awesome bass on here and id really like it you know how it is .so ive included more photos that will speak for themselves . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpalt Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hi. This was my bass for a while, and it was one of my favourites, having a superb tone and it was very easy to play with an incredibly low action. The leds are a great colour as well! I was under the impression that the fingerboard was macassar ebony, which has natural swirls and patterns in it, and its certainly not a flaw of any kind! The wood looks like some kind of burl, and had a wonderful smell (which I often wondered about!) Its a really nice bass, and is on my shortlist of instruments that I miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen3371 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 [quote name='owen3371' post='1151836' date='Mar 6 2011, 09:12 PM'] for sale an early nightingale bass in excellent condition,bought off a fellow basschatter a couple of yeard ago,ive decided to sell it to fund another prospective purchase from another basschatter,the bass has an awesome sound from slap to heavy rock fitted with sims leds and just been serviced a couple of weeks ago£750. i,ll upload more photos tomorrow it also comes with an excellent hard case. owen [/quote] Still for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen3371 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen3371 Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Friday bump,cant understand why this things not shifting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I do like these basses. I remeber going into Bernies shop in Selhurst when he was making these and they were far above what was generally available at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eubassix Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 (edited) I have this unusual example of Bernie G's original basses, which 'disappears' if you happen to be wearing a grey, herringbone suit whilst playing (!). Re. the 'Nightingale'(s) - I thought these were all built by Bernie's early/former partner Neil MacDonald ?!! Edited June 15, 2011 by eubassix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Remember seeing one of these in a shop in Soho sq in the 80's. It had a spalted top and looked like marble, never seen anything like it and was completely blown away with it. I had just bought my beloved Pangborn so couldnt afford it ....or it would have come straight home with me. Lovely lovely basses !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 [quote name='eubassix' post='1229922' date='May 13 2011, 01:59 PM']Re. the 'Nightingale'(s) - I thought these were all built by Bernie's early/former partner Neil MacDonald ?!![/quote] They were built by both of them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheBassP Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 [quote name='cetera' post='1229969' date='May 13 2011, 02:35 PM']They were built by both of them....[/quote] bump for a great bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth_william_crossland Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I've got one of these too, a green harlequin one, it makes you go dizzy when you look at it. They're fantastic instruments. Good luck with the sale. If I didn't have one already I would have done something stupid to my credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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owen3371 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Monday morn bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I used to have one of these - a nice 4-string Nightingale, the old shape with the yin-yang/bird's face logo on the headstock, with a genuine MM pickup in the bridge position and a lovely snakewood fingerboard. Loved it, one of the ones I regret selling the most. The thing sounded massive. Anyone have any idea of what happened to Neil McDonald? I've not heard anything about him since he moved out of that little basement shop he had in Denmark St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen3371 Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen3371 Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 [quote name='owen3371' timestamp='1299442369' post='1151836'] for sale an early nightingale bass in excellent condition,bought off a fellow basschatter a couple of yeard ago,ive decided to sell it to fund another prospective purchase from another basschatter,the bass has an awesome sound from slap to heavy rock fitted with sims leds and just been serviced a couple of weeks ago£600. i,ll upload more photos tomorrow it also comes with an excellent hard case. owen [/quote] bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BIG.J Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 PM'd!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen3371 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Still for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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