Andy Manners - Explorer Bass - Sims Neck, Status Electronics £550 Bristol

[Burns-bass]

This is a custom made and quite incredible Andy Manner bass. Andy is based in Corsham and has built bases for the late great John Entwistle. An amateur he is not.

 

It has a SIMS made neck with leds. Electronics are Status and it comes with the world’s heaviest and best custom made hard case.

 

The neck is pencil thin and the craftwork  is exceptional. The bass works amazing well and is unique.

 

It sounds epic. 

 

It’s for sale at an incredible £550
 

Why? Well, I bought this a few months ago at Gardiner Houlgate for around this sum (after fees) and have paid for some setup work.

 

I used it on a few festival gigs but is now surplus to requirements.

 

The new cost would have been  thousands but I believe in a Basschat bargain.

 

This is strictly collection only. The flight case and bass are oversized and weigh around 16.5kg. Bass is around 4.5kg

 

 

Edited 54 minutes ago by Burns-bass

[three]

Absolutely beautifully bonkers!  If this was closer to the North West, I'd buy it now.  No idea why, but I would.

[Schnozzalee]

Very cool indeed!

[oldslapper]

Andy Manners's work is top notch. He was Vintage & Rares’ go to tech when they were operating in Bath. 
I take any work to Andy since moving to Bath.

Thats a cool bass 😎 

[BassApprentice]

The most Entwistle type bass he (surprisingly) never owned.

 

Super cool!

[Owen]

Mutter mutter 5 string mutter cough mutter

[Owen]

To put it another way, it would be so monumentally wrong for everything I do. But with a B,I could not stop myself. I would be all over it like a bad rash. 

[Burns-bass]

8 hours ago, Owen said:

To put it another way, it would be so monumentally wrong for everything I do. But with a B,I could not stop myself. I would be all over it like a bad rash. 

It’s a competitively priced indulgence. I’m going to fire it up later and get some pictures of the LEDs and so on. 
 

There is no sadness if it remains here, but I believe it’s made to ramble on.

[Beedster]

Glorious thing, I've messaged someone who may be very interested 👍

[Beedster]

14 hours ago, Owen said:

Mutter mutter 5 string mutter cough mutter

 

Your life would be so much richer if you stuck to four Owen 🤣

 

Or poorer, depending on which way you look at it  

[Burns-bass]

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

Glorious thing, I've messaged someone who may be very interested 👍

Lovely stuff. I’ve been offered significant sums to trade in, but better someone gets a bargain than all that. 

[Beedster]

15 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Lovely stuff. I’ve been offered significant sums to trade in, but better someone gets a bargain than all that. 

 

I am SERIOUSLY tempted myself Lawrie but my GAS Therapist has been quite stern about it. Should have left the relationship purely professional and not married her    

[Burns-bass]

30 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

I am SERIOUSLY tempted myself Lawrie but my GAS Therapist has been quite stern about it. Should have left the relationship purely professional and not married her    

There’s no way anyone is sneaking this case into the house without being noticed…

[oldslapper]

That Gardiner Houlgate is a serious threat to my bank balance every quarter! 

[Burns-bass]

Ok, some more info.

 

Good news is that the bass and case weighs 16.5kg (some idiot was reading the lbs as kg - what was me).

 

LEDs are operated by the switch near the horn and all work.

 

The controls are a mystery to me. I assumed VVT and Boost but they don’t conform to that.

 

The sound is good, strings are low and the neck absolutely insanely easy to play.

 

It’s not even all the way up the neck. I’d recommend a set up and new strings. This has been factored into the price. 
 

On quick test, there is a crackle from the jack socket, but I believe this is from lack of use as it settled. No hums or nastiness.

 

No major damage and additional pictures below.

 

Price remains the same. I still can’t send this and don’t want to.

 

I sort of fell in love with it a bit when I plugged it in so I won’t be sad if it remains here. It looks really, really cool.

 

 

Edited 47 minutes ago by Burns-bass