marcus bell Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) . Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 There is of course a website devoted to them: [url="http://www.shergold.co.uk/"]http://www.shergold.co.uk/[/url] And a discussion forum: [url="http://www.shergold.co.uk/forum/index.php"]http://www.shergold.co.uk/forum/index.php[/url] More than you'll ever need to know on that forum. Includes a chap that used to make them! Basically hand made in England, nice quality machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) . Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359384834' post='1953871'] Cheers buddy, got a great sound, would love to get one one day if the price was right [/quote] ...lovely to play too, the neck on my 1980 Marathon is something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) . Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Here's mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 That is absolutely lovely. Do you want to trade it for something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) . Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 One is just fine and dandy for me. That is a cracker!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) . Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359391070' post='1954049'] I really want a two pickup one... [/quote] A two pickup Marathon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) You could get a Hayman 40/40 basically a Marathon with two split Precision pickups - they are becoming quite rare though so be prepared to pay £400+++ Like the Shergolds they have great necks - Shergolds were initially made up from old Hayman stock by the way. Edited January 28, 2013 by ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ash Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Its a 40/40 in the picture - Modulators had interchangeable control modules and a slightly different shaped body. This is a Modulator Edited January 28, 2013 by ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359395738' post='1954126'] Think it's a modulator [/quote] Yes. The Modulator has two pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 [quote name='ash' timestamp='1359394863' post='1954112'] You could get a Hayman 40/40 basically a Marathon with two split Precision pickups - they are becoming quite rare though so be prepared to pay £400+++ Like the Shergolds they have great necks - Shergolds were initially made up from old Hayman stock by the way. [/quote] I had a 4040 in the mid seventies, heavy as I recall but a good sounding bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) . Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359397680' post='1954187'] That's what I want!! [/quote] Good luck if you can find one. It won't be cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookys6stringbass Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 They're great basses ...I love my two 6ix string Marathons.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 [quote name='hookys6stringbass' timestamp='1359400556' post='1954251'] They're great basses ...I love my two 6ix string Marathons.... [/quote] .....and so you should!!! Have you seen the Masquerader that's on the bay at moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookys6stringbass Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1359401073' post='1954260'] .....and so you should!!! Have you seen the Masquerader that's on the bay at moment? [/quote] No I haven't ...besides i've got one of them as well, although it's in bits at the moment... I used to have the four string Marathon as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShergoldSnickers Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359391070' post='1954049'] I really want a two pickup one... [/quote] Had a Jazz style pick-up fitted near the bridge in the 80s, replaced a few of years ago with a Wizard. It sounds like this: [url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Fretless Marathon, bridge pickup.[/url] It looks like this: Not much resale value though, too heavily modified. I'll be hanging on to it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 [quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1359485513' post='1955523'] Had a Jazz style pick-up fitted near the bridge in the 80s, replaced a few of years ago with a Wizard. It sounds like this: [url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Fretless Marathon, bridge pickup.[/url] It looks like this: Not much resale value though, too heavily modified. I'll be hanging on to it though. [/quote] Tis a thing of beauty! What's yours like re: the body finishing cracking (the Shergold curse). Mine's not too bad compared to a some i've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 [quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1359485513' post='1955523'] Had a Jazz style pick-up fitted near the bridge in the 80s, replaced a few of years ago with a Wizard. It sounds like this: [url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Fretless Marathon, bridge pickup.[/url] It looks like this: Not much resale value though, too heavily modified. I'll be hanging on to it though. [/quote] Could be Jaco himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShergoldSnickers Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1359489581' post='1955636'] Tis a thing of beauty! What's yours like re: the body finishing cracking (the Shergold curse). Mine's not too bad compared to a some i've seen. [/quote] Yeah, it's got some cracking mainly in the sections adjacent to either side of the bridge - the photo doesn't really show this. The slab side nearest the bridge has a few chunks of the finish missing, a combination of wear and the cracking problem. [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1359491622' post='1955700'] Could be Jaco himself! [/quote] Not a bad sound from a bass that even by the standards of the day was hardly high end. It was money very well spent at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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