Burns-bass Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) (This is mad, but I recently got this back from Brian after selling it, but I’ve been offered a 60s jazz at a price I can’t refuse so this is up for sale for the same price as Brian. I’ll pick it and send it using his lovely packaging!) £850. This is (as far as I can tell) 100% original, including the brass plate at the top and the inscribed back plate. The condition is, for a late 70s bass, very good indeed, but obviously not mint. You can see there is some buckle rash to the back, some slight chips to the front and a few scrapes to the back. That's the bad stuff out of the way, now the good stuff... This thing sounds immense! It's a full bodied 80s beast. I can only liken it to a Wal in terms of feel, sound and weight. You can coax a huge amount of sounds out of this and, if you want to stick some super-bright strings on, would slap like a beast I'm sure. You can see the condition of the hardware is excellent, with little to no discolouration or damage. The bridge, tuners and everything else are great, and function well. I've tried to picture it, but if you can't see, the frets have huge amount of life in them. Finally, it comes with the original Ibanez branded case too which is in fair shape. It's usable, but I wouldn't tour the world with it, let's put it that way. Edited February 20, 2022 by Burns-bass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Had one of these that I gave to my son. Fabulous basses! Sting used to record with a fretless one when no-one from Fender was looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCH Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 hour ago, scrumpymike said: Had one of these that I gave to my son. Fabulous basses! Sting used to record with a fretless one when no-one from Fender was looking. So did I...very high quality build....but so heavy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Done and gone! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 1977 - Walked into Holiday Music in Leytonstone, East London to buy a Rickenbacker and walked out with one of those. What a bass. Tempting !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I'm not too sure exactly what vintage tones means, but I know that this is the opposite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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