Delberthot Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I missed out on the one that was for sale on the forum last week and I think that for the first time ever was genuinely disappointed that I hadn't seen it sooner so set about looking for another. A casual browse on Facebook marketplace brought up one about 20 minutes from my house and another two PMs from members on the forum who had them as well. I decided to go with the one on Facebook as it looked really nice in the red ( I must admit that I also like the green and blue ones ) and picked it up. I gave the fretboard a good clean with lemon oil and the body a wipe down with a clean microfibre cloth. This was followed by a new set of D'addario Prosteel EPS165 strings plus a 135 B that I had bought separately some time ago A quick play revealed that it badly needed setting up and when I got the capo and feeler gauges out I discovered that the neck was poker straight with absolutely no relief at all. The truss rod nut was quite tight so I gently moved it and thankfully it began moving no problem at all ( I wonder if this was why it had been so straight, maybe tightened really tight and the owner couldn't loosen it) I had to remove the little black plastic thing that protects the body from the allen key as I couldn't get the allen key in properly with it in place It is in incredible condition, I can't quite work out how old it is. I tried one of the websites and was told it was 1989, 1999 or 2009 by the serial number. The plastic is still on the control cover. There are a couple of light dents in the paintwork but no scratches and the only damage to the paintwork that I can see is on the headstock. The hardware is a little tarnished in places due to age but everything works I absolutely love it and the only way that I can describe the tone is that it is very 80s and will really suit a lot of the stuff we do with the band when the time comes to gig again. Anyway, enough waffling - now the pictures: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
such Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I thought about these a lot in my early years of playing, when the time came to upgrade my first. 1999 for sure, had the catalog until recently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Near identical to the one I had as my first 5 string, mine had quite a bit of wear on the gold hardware and the body but it was a great bass, still in regular use with a friend of mine. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Lovely. 1999 is correct as it wasn’t in production in 89/09. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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