** SOLD ** Conklin Sidewinder Custom “Melt-Top” 5 £2500

[Acebassmusic]

Price drop : Now down to [size=5][color=#FF0000][b]£1,650 [/b][/color][/size][b] [/b][b] [/b]plus shipping

For sale or trade is my original USA made Conklin Sidewinder Custom “melt-top” 5 string. Lovely bass and I have enjoyed our time together but I’m looking for a change……

I bought this bass from the original owner in the States and have played it for just over 2 years. It was built for him in 1992 and although this is a 22 year old bass I would give it a 9.5 / 10 for condition. No major dints or marks that I can see only some slight surface “scratches” on the battery cover which I couldn’t get to photograph!

Bartolini passive pickups
Bartolini XTCT-LZ tone control module handling treble, mid and bass
Bartolini DTA1.3 dual buffer preamp which controls the volume and blend controls
9 volt electronics
5 piece neck through construction
String spacing at bridge 18mm
Nut width 48mm
Scale length 34”
Ebony fretboard
24 frets
Gold hardware
I believe the melt top is a combination of flamed cocobolo and flamed maple
Neutric locking jack
Edge mount fret markers
Weight 10lbs
Serial number 8110-01
Flight case

Most Conklins you see in Europe are the Groove Tools Korean models. Have a look at some of the crazy work they do here: [url="http://www.conklinguitars.com/"]http://www.conklinguitars.com/[/url]

Trade wise I'm pretty much sorted for basses at the moment but ones I could be interested in are Fodera Emperor, Mayones Jabba Custom, JCR CM or ST, Shuker, Alembic Rouge (only if it weighs less than a small planet....lol), Sei Flamboyant etc. It would need to be a 5 string with active electronics, 24 frets, 17 / 18 mm spacing and strangely enough I do like a highly figured wood top.

Edited May 5, 2016 by Acebassmusic

[Mikkoantt]

PM'd

[Mikkoantt]

EM'd

[auvergne81]

So beautiful bass , rare and beautiful.

[Bass_Guardian]

That is AWESOME!

[Acebassmusic]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bump for an officially awesome bass :-)[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Price drop : [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=5][color=#FF0000][b]£1,650 [/b][/color][/size][/font][/color][b] [/b][b] [/b]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Alternately I'm open to possible P/X trades. [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Trades I could be interested in are Fodera Emperor, [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Mayone[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]s, JCR[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] C[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]M or [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]ST, Sadowsky, Sei etc. I'm looking for 5 strings with active electronics, 24 frets, 18 mm-ish spacing. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color]

[binky_bass]

Sent you a PM.

[Luke Capon]

Hi mate. Any interest in this??

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/283967-shuker-singlecut-5-string-trade-feeler/page__fromsearch__1