Sold !!! pending the usual Enfield Lionheart Standard 5 FS/FT £1200 Easter special £1300 Kings Lynn / London

[basslondon]

 Up for Sale  is this wonderful uk made   instrument.   In my current collection I can see it not getting played as much as a great instrument such as this deserves.

Im looking to retrieve what it owes me financially, which I feel is a very fair price.

The Bass has just had a new set of 45-130 Elixirs added  (at £50) as  this is my usual string choice. Suffice to say you’ll be fine for tone for a long time with those....

I’ll paraphrase from the gentleman I bought it from as he did a wonderful summing up of the instrument :

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Enfield Lionheart Standard 5 (2015 Model) 

Fantastic 5 string bass with a huge variety of tones available, thanks to the powerful Sims Super Quad pickups......have owned this bass from new (Brought directly from Sims Custom Shop) and it has served me very well over that time as a full time working instrument. Thanks to the pickups I have only ever needed to take one bass to a gig and it has had me covered for everything from Prog Rock to Jazz. Also with the pickup blend I have achieved many of the signature bass sounds I needed (P Bass, Music man, etc..)

It is a really light weight instrument thanks to its cleverly hollowed out construction but still retains a thick full sound. The neck is a vintage slim B profile with a nice low action and has an even balanced volume across all strings.  

The Bass does show signs of wear and discoloration due to its matte finish but does not affect the tone or playability in any way. Pics show any damage to the finish including a crack by the neck joint which I have had checked and it is definitely the finish on the bass and not the wood so nothing to worry about. Any marks are on the back / sides of the instrument so not noticeable from the front.

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The Neck is the unique construction of resonant Mahogany faced with a maple fretboard, so whilst there’s spank, there’s warmth also.

The defeatable  (volume control lifts for passive/bypass ) 2 band Glockenklang pre helps carve out  a very versatile sound. 

Trades wise im interested in German Warwick Thumbs/Streamers 4 or 5 strings... R basses ( those whose images cant be used here!) anything interesting, Failing that cash is king! 

Thanks for looking and thanks to CharlieBassMan for the splendid description and pictures.......

Edited April 20, 2019 by basslondon

[lee650]

my goodness thats gorgeous!!!!

[BassApprentice]

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That looks incredible! Best of luck to the new owner whoever that is!

 

[basslondon]

Update: weight is a frankly astonishing 4.1 ish KG and nut width is 51 mm

[Bassislife16]

Is the neck carbon reinforced on the Standard models ?