gafbass02 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) With great sadness I have to list this stunning bass for sale, I thought it was mine for life, but sadly it has to go. It's a warmoth walnut body with a custom world guitar parts neck. The pickups are wilkinson and the bridge is a babicz. The pickguard is from the USA. The set up is absolutely spot on, with a buzz free, fast low action and perfect intonation. It sounds very punchy and powerful, a pro playing friend of mine sat for an hour straight with it after picking it up once. He couldn't believe how great it was to play, a real 'slap monster' if you wish it to be. I always meant to upgrade the pickups, but it simply didn't need it!! It's only left the house once and caused the biggest fuss when folks saw it! It really does sound massive through my bass rig. It's not perfect, although all the issues are VERY minor: There are screw holes from the old bridge visible under the bridge overhang ('Babicz' logo) if you look for them, there are unused through body stringing ferrules should you wish to switch to a string through bridge, and two tiny, pin prick marks on the back. There is a wonky string retainer and one of the pickup screws is snapped, and the block inlays aren't the neatest I've ever seen. The weight is pretty heavy at 11lbs There is also an unused side jack fitted if you wished to add a preamp. That's the small negatives for the sake of honesty. The actuality is that it's an utterly jaw dropping, stunning instrument that looks, and plays, and sounds like a dream. I took hours and hours assembling and setting up and tweaking it, mainly on the set up, to make it play as well as it looks like it should!! It feels and looks like a four figure boutique bass. I'm after £500 Ono. Offers are welcome. (Collected only, I can't post) from or near to Cheltenham, I cannot post this, I don't have sufficient packaging I'm afraid. NO trades, if I didn't need the cash this would NEVER be up for sale [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/2333D65E-CCC0-4460-BC81-38CF3D13F144.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/2333D65E-CCC0-4460-BC81-38CF3D13F144.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/04E01E61-717E-4B60-8AC4-BD25148A253A.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/04E01E61-717E-4B60-8AC4-BD25148A253A.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/A8DB01D8-8972-4737-AEAE-EBFC50E7E582.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/A8DB01D8-8972-4737-AEAE-EBFC50E7E582.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/699FA7A5-F20F-494C-BC4A-310D7CDD9A62.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/699FA7A5-F20F-494C-BC4A-310D7CDD9A62.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/BC01EE01-85B9-418C-A73E-C5CF7A0FAD97.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/BC01EE01-85B9-418C-A73E-C5CF7A0FAD97.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/45F0298F-0A7A-4DBB-A20A-7E27C0DA6041.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/45F0298F-0A7A-4DBB-A20A-7E27C0DA6041.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/83D07B53-9F23-4E91-A6AC-1AA8AC21C900.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/83D07B53-9F23-4E91-A6AC-1AA8AC21C900.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/52587B88-5DF9-4DD6-827D-C7A55137A453.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/52587B88-5DF9-4DD6-827D-C7A55137A453.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It used to be fretless, looks good with no pickguard too [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-11.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/Mobile%20Uploads/image-11.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-12.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/Mobile%20Uploads/image-12.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-13.jpg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/Mobile%20Uploads/image-13.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A video of it as a fretless http://youtu.be/4v1u7f3HqOA Edited January 8, 2015 by gafbass02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolando Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That's stunning! I have 2 warmoth basses and I'm sure that will sound and play at least as good as it looks. I wish I had the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Very lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorVic Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Lovely! Is the fretted neck different from the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]fretless [/font][/color]one or is it converted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Thanks, yeah, different neck. The fretless one is gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Price drop £500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 It's gotta go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Offers considered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippyfloop Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Too heavy for me but I really love the look of this. Makes me wanna build something in the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thanks, it is quite weighty, I'll include a comfort strap in the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbassfoot Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Would you swap this for a orange 2x15 or iMac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbassfoot Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Would you swap this for a vintage orange 2x15 or an imac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 No trades I'm afraid, if it wasn't a dire cash emergency it wouldn't ever be leaving my side!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 It's gotta go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Big price drop. I'll take £400 ono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_Guardian Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milog Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 PM sent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milog Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 did you get my message? I'm interested...will drop you another message... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Still available, close to splitting for parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milog Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 It was a long drive (through weather that the Daily Mail said was killing 7 people a second but well worth it). Lovely lovely bass. Very well built - was it really your first? So glad you didn't end up splitting it. Many thanks....good cuppa too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 [quote name='milog' timestamp='1421521249' post='2662274'] It was a long drive (through weather that the Daily Mail said was killing 7 people a second but well worth it). Lovely lovely bass. Very well built - was it really your first? So glad you didn't end up splitting it. Many thanks....good cuppa too [/quote] I think you got a bargain there Buddy, it's a lovely looking bass. If it sounds as good as it looks, you're on to a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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