tayste_2000 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) Right so the story goes I have 2 of these and one of them is for sale but both are available so which ever sells first, I'm keeping the other. So I have one in red and one in black and I will explain about each below. Black - This one I bought recently here and there is a problem with the pickups, when I got it the pickups were wired out of phase so I've had that fixed but they are very low output around 3kohms each which end up shunting each other down to about 1.5kohms which is much lower than the standard 5-15kohms most pickups are. It also has 2 holes drilled for what was originally coil splitters and series/parallel, so these holes I have put switches in that don't do anything to improve the asthetic. Soundwise acoustically this is the better of the 2 basses but it doesn't sound that great plugged in if this is the bass that doesn't sell I'm going to slap darkstars in so I recommend if you want to buy this, get this over the red one as it's in better physical condition and once you put the darkstars in it should kick some serious arse. Bare in mind Darkstars are a direct replacement pickup so no routing to be done just some holes to be drilled which are always covered by the pickup surrounds regardless of which pickup you have in it - Sold Pending Payment Red - This bass sounds fantastic and to me has more mojo than the black one, it just feels a bit nicer to play but that could be because this is strung with Overwater flats and the other just has bog standard rounds on. It has a few dings here and there but very minor and small but it looks a bit dirtier than the black one and the rear pick up is missing a bit of the gold foil but this is the real player bass where as the black one is the display piece. - Withdrawn due to sale of other bass Both come fitted with schaller straplocks and will include a fender softcase that fits them perfectly, I will also offer you a choice of strings you can have the old rounds or the flats on which ever you get, I highly recommend coming round to try them and you've not lived till you've played a short scale hollowbody which is closer to the original Guild Starfire than the Guild RI was, so it's you choice - Display piece?, Darkstar project? Funky little hollowbody. I'll get pictures up tonight I forgot to charge the batteries last night. Cheers Edited September 13, 2008 by tayste_2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest BassKS Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 where are you based Tastee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 I'm in Manchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toasted Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Sexy sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) What a wonderful opportunity, the creation of a Darkstar Dearmond Starfire! Sadly impending Uni means that I've presently got 7 basses put aside for selling at the moment so buying another AND investing in upgrading it would be complete and utter madness (why oh why is my mind straying to the possibility of trades - doh). Mind you the fact that one of these hasn't been grabbed yet is also complete madness Edited August 19, 2008 by GreeneKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 [quote name='Toasted' post='265225' date='Aug 19 2008, 09:04 AM']Sexy sexy.[/quote] You can see why it's so hard to part with them now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegarcia Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 If I hadn't just spent £400 on that Gordon Smith I'd be all over that black one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Top basses from a top bloke. I'd have 'em both if I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 [quote name='joegarcia' post='266149' date='Aug 20 2008, 10:53 AM']If I hadn't just spent £400 on that Gordon Smith I'd be all over that black one.[/quote] What happened not not having more than [s]3,4[/s],5 basses then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanOwens Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Whereabouts in manc ste? I'm in didsbury and wouldn't mind trying one out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2x18 Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='274178' date='Sep 1 2008, 12:32 AM']Offers?[/quote] Would you be interested in a swop of the Red one for my Fender Urge Bass? Link to original sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16336&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16336&hl=[/url] Regards Will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 Sorry man can't do any trades at the moment Thanks for the offer though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tayste_2000 Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Something needs to sell so I can buy my new cabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 If I could shift some gear I'd be taking the black one off your hands ste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 Good luck with your sales then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alastair Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Hmm...one of these that I dont really need but really want...or an ipod touch that I really need..and kinda want... Bah, damn you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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