GMR Soundboard custom 4 8lb price drop £550 *Holding* £750 Bristol

[G-bitch]

Probably best if I link to the original owners ad from last year for the first of details:

It is a lovely bass, however soon after buying it I picked up an Ibanez ATK on a whim and arrived at the conclusion that nothing short of a USA sterling or older stingray 5 (for the ceramic p/up plus switching options) will do for me.

 

In terms of changes since I bought it, I've just raised the action and tweaked pickup height to my preference, removed glow in the dark markers from the neck and bought a hardshell case for it. It currently has Dunlop strap locks on, but will change it back to the schaller buttons it came with unless buyer wants the dunlops.

 

The only thing I'd add as a note to condition, is the slight raised top edge of the control panel cover which I've tried to show in photos, a few little dings/marks around the jack socket, and some slight shiny spots from player wear. All in all though, looks and plays great.

 

I'm Bristol based and would prefer pick up/meet up but I think if the case was packed out a little to stop movement internally and then boxed up, it would probably be fine to post, would just need to sort a box for it.

 

Asking £550 collected without hard case.

 

Edited 5 hours ago by G-bitch
price reduction

[HeadlessBassist]

Love how the pickup covers and control knobs are all made of the same maple as the fingerboard.

 

Good luck with the sale!

[Raslee]

Whats the weight on this? I remember seeing this first time around a recall it being described as lightweight. Cheers.

[G-bitch]

Apparently a smidge under 7lbs, but I've luggage scales on the way to check!

[G-bitch]

Have just done a weigh in with my cheapo eBay luggage scales and readings averaged almost bang on 8lbs, 3.65kg.

[wright/watt]

GMR make truly fantastic basses..

 

I've owned 4 string soundboard like this, and a GMR bassforce 4 string which was neck through..

Both wonderful instruments!!

 

Great playability and wonderful tone..Somebody will be happy..

 

GLWTS😃👍

[G-bitch]

It really is enormously versatile, like a more refined/polished version of my old G&L L2000. if finances allowed it would be a keeper, but my days of keeping a 'stable' are long gone (alongside the days of having disposable income 😁).

[G-bitch]

Offers welcome on this, cheaper ratty gig bag option instead of hard case available.

[G-bitch]

Just wanted to add some extra info on the neck following enquiry by pm:

 

It's not mega narrow, 41mm at nut, 55mm at 12th fret. But it is quite a flat profile, I make the neck thickness 21mm between 2nd and 3rd fret with a caliper.

 

I got comparing to my ATK - There's only a couple of mm extra on the ATK both in width at neck and thickness at the nut. The critical difference though is that the GMR barely gets any thicker up the neck - it's still only a smidge over 21mm thick at the 12th fret, the ATK is 30mm, so that contributes a lot to the slim/fast feel of the neck even if it's not a nice narrow 38mm at nut.

Edited May 26 by G-bitch

[G-bitch]

Open to offers/trades - I'll be travelling up to the Midlands tomorrow and London/SE in another couple of weeks if that helps.