Crews Maniac Sound Precision MIJ LPB £950 London

[Hydra19]

Crews Maniac Sound P bass in dark lake placid blue with 'cloudy' lacquer finish. This one has the 5D Power bomb pickup which is highly respected and vintage sounding. Nut width is around 42mm, very comfortable neck, and a vintage style bridge. Weight is 4kg
In terms of trades, I would like an Aria Pro II sb1000 or sb900, or would consider a white p bass

Edited November 27, 2022 by Hydra19

[Hydra19]

Bump, offers accepted

[wateroftyne]

What’s the story with these? Can find much about them. What weight is it? Looks lovely.

[Hydra19]

The weight is around 4kg, I don't notice any weight difference vs my other P basses.
Crews Maniac Sound is a brand originally associated with MusicLand store in Japan, they ordered some guitars and they sold quickly. From what I've read their guitars are made either by Momose (PNG) or Terade factories that also made the Gibson by Orville copies. Anyway, their Les Paul line of guitars is highly respected on the Les Paul forums, and some models, called 5D go for over £3500, so pretty high end. Also they also make their own pickups and one of the builders is the person who built the Dry Z greco pickups that are very expensive used if you can find any.
This bass has great specs for the price, 2 piece body, Power Bomb pickup, vintage spiral bridge, nitro finish and gotoh pots.
It's currently strung with Rotosound Swing 66's and sound growly and deep.

 

[Hydra19]

Bump, trades considered

[Hydra19]

Would love to trade it for an Aria Pro SB700 or SB900

[Hydra19]

Anybody have a Fender Japan PB bass they'd like to trade?

[Hydra19]

Bump, I'll take £750 for this or trade it for another bass, anybody got anything or does nobody want this bass?

Edited July 11, 2022 by Hydra19

[Hydra19]

Bump, a high end Japanese bass going cheap, interested in trades as well

[mikeycrikey]

Lovely looking Bass. Surprised it's still here. GLWTS

[Hydra19]

Bump, there's another bass i've got my eye on so i'm open to offers.
Lovely high end nitro finished P bass for sale!

Edited September 7, 2022 by Hydra19

[LukeFRC]

Wow, I was clearing out my eBay watch list and came across this - hadn’t realised it hadn’t sold yet!  

[decko]

PM

[Hydra19]

Bump

[Hydra19]

Another bump, now £700 and I'll throw in a free set of rotosound flatwounds

[Jackopie1]

Hi, 

 

Is this still for sale? And if so, what sort of profile/thickness is the neck?

 

Thanks. 

[Hydra19]

It's still for sale, the neck is a little more round than a Fender PB bass, and feels great. 42mm nut so not too wide either. The neck is a C shape

[Hydra19]

bump

[umcoo]

This is crazy cheap. Played a few Crew Maniac basses on a trip to Japan a few years back. They're great quality. 

 

I'd snap this up if I had some spare cash. Good luck with the sale

[Hydra19]

Thanks, it does seem that Crews are only known by Les Paul fanatics as everyone mentioned they're not familiar with the brand.
As far as I know, it was a special order for SoundHouse Music Shop in Japan and that most were made in the Momose factory.
 

[Hydra19]

Bump, still here, probably will be forever but in case someone is looking for a blue P bass, there's one still here
I've also got a new Edwards P bass in Olympic white that I wlll also be selling or trading, but I'll make a new thread title for that.
 

Edited November 22, 2022 by Hydra19

[Hydra19]

Bump, offers accepted, especially as there is another bass i would like to buy

[Hydra19]

Bump

[Hydra19]

Bump, looking for around £700, I would like to buy an Aria SB  bass instead

[Hydra19]

Bump