Paulman custom 5 string - FS/FT £700

[timo]

I've had this bass for about 8 years during which time it's been my main bass and done hundreds of gigs. I'm playing my jazz more at the moment so thought I'd put some feelers out. It was made by the late Paul McNab (Paulman) from Huddersfield. Originally it was wired with the pickups straight to the jack so as not to mar the gorgeous flame with knobs; I needed more tonal options so Ged Green fitted the preamp. I'm planning on taking it for a setup in the next couple of weeks.

It's 35" scale, Delano pickups, Schaller tuners and bridge with adjustable spacing, John East designed ACG EQ02-PT preamp (vol/pan stack, treble stack, bass stack, passive tone), ebony fingerboard.

Most of the pictures I have are a couple of years old but they were taken with a better camera than I have access to now. Since those photos were taken I have replaced the broken tuner and some of the Paulman logo decal has worn away so I've added a new headstock shot. There are quite a few small varnish dings, especially on the back, but the worst damage came from a microphone falling off a crappy stand at a rehearsal studio and hitting the bottom edge last year so there's a new photo of that too.

Tradewise I'm after fretted 5 strings only, I'll consider anything (especially if it has a maple neck with black block inlays).

Photos: [url="http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/timo22222/slideshow/Paulman%205"]http://s1209.photobu...how/Paulman%205[/url]

Edited April 3, 2014 by timo