Enfield Standard Cannon 4 String Bass with Sims Super 8 Pickups (plus case) £3250 Kent, UK

[Lobstrosity]

4 string Enfield Standard Cannon Bass, custom made for late family member.

Birds eye maple neck, with a rosewood fingerboard. The body has a walnut top and a Kingwood Back. Bought on the 01/03/08, this is one of the first made in its batch (according to Martin Sims, the bass builder) but barely played - it's been kept in a case and played a few times to test out amps but due to previous owner's poor health he wasn't able to play it, but didn't want to get rid. Condition is excellent. 25 frets, and has an XLR output so bass can played out of 2 outputs at once.

The bass has its own customised Super 8 pickups. These are designed to have 3 different pickups in one, hum bucker, split coil and single coil, the LEDs are telling you what mode they are in. Green LED - single coil, red LED - split coil, and blue LED - Hum bucker. Incredibly versatile sounds. These basses are very collectible as they are no longer being made. 

The body and neck are in excellent condition with no visible scratches.

(See photo) - we found a faint crack in the surface of the wood from above and below the pickups - had this checked over with a local luthier, who said that this was most likely due to wood warping over the years, but due to the multi-layered nature of the body, this was nothing to worry about, and would be of no detriment to the instrument itself. Sims said this could be easily covered with a thin superglue then sanded down, and confirmed the material was an extra strong heavy kingswood - this is something I personally do not feel confident doing myself, as the bass is in good condition and I do not want to mess up the cosmetic side with glue marks. So this is purely a small cosmetic point which I am being upfront about.

 

Includes postage in the UK.





 

[dub_junkie]

It was the Canon that had me drooling for an Enfield for a very long time. 

I ended up with a Lionheart Air which ticks all the boxes for me but if cost was not a consideration I'd have this in a heartbeat. GLWTS!