sbrag Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Very nice 5 string Hohner B Bass from the late 80s/early90s with a through neck and active/passive electrics. Bass is in good condition for it's age and has had a new set of Rotosound 45-130 strings, along with a set up and electrics checked and a coat of lemon oil on the fretboard. It plays very nicely and sounds great. It does have a few scuffs which I have tried to show mostly near the jack socket but they are only cosmetic and the neck is in excellent condition. Only selling as I bought it on a whim thinking I needed a 5 string and it's just reminded me I don't get on with 5 strings. Collection from Downend in Bristol preferred and can try and sort a socially distanced trial. I can look to courier at buyers cost and risk. I will include a hard case in the cost to make this safer. I'd prefer a sale but will consider trades especially for a Barefaced compact cab or possibly other barefaced cabs or interesting 4 string basses of similar value (no black basses though as I have enough already ta). Trades in order of interestingness; Cold hard cash Retrovibe Renegade or Vantage Epiphone Thunderbird Pro (passive ones) Nice Jazz with block and bound neck Edited May 3, 2021 by sbrag Sold 6
alyctes Posted February 18, 2021 Posted February 18, 2021 I had one of these for a while. (Not this one.) I liked it a lot. If I was playing fretted fives I'd be after it. 2
dodgnofski Posted February 22, 2021 Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) Fabulous work horse Basses that punch way above their pay grade. The lucky new owner will be very happy 👍👍 Edited February 22, 2021 by dodgnofski
Marc S Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 Like yourself @sbrag - I keep telling myself I need a 5 string.... then deciding I don't lol But I'd be tempted by something lightweight, with a not too chunky or overly wide neck Any idea of the weight of this bass, and what is the neck width at the nut & 12th fret? These look quite a bit like some of the Nanyo Bass Collection range... and some of those are quite lightweight
sbrag Posted February 23, 2021 Author Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Hi @Marc S It is light weight 3.6kg or 8 lb according to my bathroom scales. String spacing is 9mm at the nut and 16mm at the bridge. Please let me know if you need any more info. Edited February 23, 2021 by sbrag
basexperience Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 Great basses. I got one new back in the day, still have it. I swapped the bridge out for an ABM and fitted an OBP-3. These really are excellent instruments, well built. GLWTS! 1
paul_5 Posted February 24, 2021 Posted February 24, 2021 I had one of these in the early 2000s - great bass. These are really playable, not too heavy and active eq to boot. Ultimately the string spacing was a little too tight for my ‘agricultural’ right hand technique. 1
sbrag Posted March 12, 2021 Author Posted March 12, 2021 Couple of things I'm interested in so price drop to £290 plus postage or £275 if you collect and don't want the hard case.
sbrag Posted April 1, 2021 Author Posted April 1, 2021 Open to sensible offers especially if you can collect.
sbrag Posted April 19, 2021 Author Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Final price drop to £250 collected. Hard case £20 extra. Postage (UK only) extra depending on your requirements etc. No offers please as I'll keep if for any less than this. Still open to trades as above. Edited April 19, 2021 by sbrag
sbrag Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 Thank you. I'm tempted to keep it as it sounds great but I never play the B string and the spacing is a bit close for my clumsy fingers.
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