ead Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) For sale is my Farida ‘precision’ bass. These basses were commissioned by Mansons and were built in the same factory that builds the Squier CV series. As such this represents a well build and great value P bass alternative. [b]Construction: [/b] Body Wood – Probably Basswood but might be Alder not 100% certain tbh Neck – Maple with a Jazz profile, I measure the nut at c.37mm Fingerboard – Maple with 20 vintage style frets Scale length - 34" White/black/white pickguard The custom-made black/cream/black pickguard from Jack’s Instrument services can be included in the sale. [b]Electronics:[/b] Farida P type pickup and volume tone controls. A Fender US P pickup and a Kiogon sourced harness can be included. [b]History: [/b] I acquired the bass in January as part of a trade on the forum. I had heard good things about and briefly played one a while back. Safe to say I was very impressed with the bass to the extent that I decided to upgrade a few of the parts and get a new pickguard that I felt suited the bass more. It will cause me no pain at all to keep it should it not sell! The neck is nice and straight and very nice to play on. The action is set lowish. There are a couple of small blemishes here and there as I have tried to show in the pictures. [b]Weight/ergonomics: [/b] The bass weighs in at a around 8.6lbs according to my bathroom scales. It is a very nicely balanced instrument both on lap and strap making it very comfortable to play. The neck is fantastic, slim like a jazz neck and very comfortable to move around on. [b]Sound: [/b] With the new bits very smooth, the classic P bass sound.. [b]Strings: [/b] Currently strung with D’Addario nickel-wound strings. [b]Case/bag: [/b] The bass comes with a good quality Fender tweed style padded gig bag. [b]Sale price and collection/delivery options:[/b] Option 1 – All original Farida FPB-8M for [b]£150[/b] Option 2 – As above with custom pickguard [b]£190[/b] Option 3 – With all upgrades (custom pickguard, Fender US pickup, Kiogon harness) [b]£230[/b] All prices collected from my house in Chorley (near M6/M62/M65). I am also happy to meet up or deliver within a reasonable range; please PM me to discuss possibilities. Delivery to your door using UPS or similar can be organised (at cost), although I would by far prefer to arrange personal delivery/exchange if at all possible. [b]My feedback:[/b] Please see the links in my sig. below. Thanks for your interest. If you need any more pictures or any more details please drop me a PM and I’ll do my best to give you a comprehensive response. [b]Trades:[/b] Happy to consider similar value fretless 4-string basses. Some pictures of the original bass and the upgrades as currently fitted. These are relatively low resolution but I have the original hi res pictures if required: Edited May 26, 2016 by ead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 For 230 quid that is some bargain with all the extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks Tom, I do believe that this represents excellent value! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 TTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNkShUi Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Someone is going to get a bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksterphil Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 These are great basses....I have Jazz variant...can't fault it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Thanks for the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Last bump before I split the parts out I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagsieblue Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 These are great basses - not just for the money but great basses. Bargain price here and top guy to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Now sold elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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