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I sold it! Squier Affinity 5 String Jazz bass aka The Life Saver OK here's the backstory. I live in the Midlands, Lichfield to be precise... and I regularly gig with a band based in Loughborough. I agreed to do a gig with them down in Taunton - however, they had van driver availability issues, so I agreed to drive to Loughborough and pick up the van. All the way to Loughborough, something was playing on my mind... you know, that feeling you get that you've forgotten something but can't quite put your finger on it. You mentally check... cables, amp, strap etc... all check. Get to pick up the van and move my gear from my car into the van. Oh dayum. Where's my bass? Band leader says, no worries, I got a 4 string P bass you can use. I'm all, nah, it's OK, I got time to call back via home and pick up one of my basses. So I drive home. Dayum. Guess which idiot left his house keys in the car... back in Loughborough. Time was getting on and there was no way I could make it back to Loughborough, then back to Lichfield, then get to the gig in time... especially as I had all the PA in the van with me. Cue lots of phoning around trying to find somebody local that I can beg, steal, borrow a bass of. In short, couldn't get to anybody in time to pick up a bass and get to the gig... so drove to PMT, walked into the shop and asked for the cheapest jazz bass they had and take it straight to the till. I think I was in there all of 3 minutes. Got to the gig ok, a quick setup and the bass is decent to be fair. I would keep it but already have a low priced Yamaha that fulfils the role of a cheaper bass. So in short. I'm an idiot. This bass has been played for approximately 2 hours. I bet there's examples out there with more miles on it due to being on the shop floor. It's in as new condition, complete with the original cardboard box. My idiocy can be your gain. Anyway, dropped to £150.

This is a truly superb example of a P bass. Great build quality and weighing in at a very shoulder friendly 8lb 12oz. All original and everything functions perfectly. The finish is lovely, just a few dings and the paint job is still vivid. Pickguard is not buckled, just the very common crack adjacent to the output socket and plenty of pick marks . Nut measures 42mm. Frets are all good and the trussrod works as it should. Neck pocket is nice and tight. Pot codes dated 38th week of 1974. Neck end stamp. 0103-1255. Which is: P bass. Fretted maple. 12th week. Friday. 1975. The case, which I believe has always been with this bass, is an older and rarer one, issued between 1967-71. The condition is exceptionally good and the catches all function properly. It also comes with Fender hang tag and the original owner’s manual. This is one of the best seventies Fender basses that I’ve owned and I’m not really sure about selling it. I might well decide to sell a few others and keep this one to gig with. Anyway, it’s up for sale at the moment. I would much prefer collection from my place in Herts. If this isn’t possible I will be happy to post but only with a courier of my choice and with proper insurance. Let me know and I will get a quote. For sale at £2,450. I’m not looking for trades at the moment and offers by pm only, thanks. Cash or bank transfer.

Selling a Cali76 CB in great condition with just a few marks on the sides, Perfect working order. Blurb Here's What Origin Effects Say About The Cali76 Bass The Cali76 Compact Bass is an 1176-style studio-grade FET compressor, complete with dedicated controls for parallel compression and side-chain filtering. We’ve taken everything that was great about the original Cali76, added new features optimised for bass and compressed the whole lot down into a pedalboard-friendly package! In addition to this pedal’s low-noise circuitry and fast, musical FET response, two special features lift the Cali76 Compact Bass above the competition. The first is the Dry Blend control, which lets you mix your dry signal back in with your compressed signal for true parallel compression, an indispensable studio recording technique. By combining the compressed and dry signals, you get all of the tone thickening and increased sensitivity of the Cali76’s 1176-style compression, while retaining the natural attack and dynamic expression in your playing. It’s the ultimate in transparent compression – both fat and punchy at the same time. This pedal’s second secret weapon is also culled from the studio engineer’s handbook. The Cali76 Compact Bass allows you to rein in the amount of compression applied to the lowest frequencies via a variable-frequency high-pass filter placed in the compressor’s side-chain. With the HPF control dialed in, the compression ratio effectively becomes frequency dependent. The low strings come back to life, adopting an extra weightiness, power and dynamic response, while the higher strings are strictly controlled, preventing slapped and popped notes from leaping out of the mix. This unique bass compressor is like having your own studio engineer sat on your pedalboard! Specifications 100% Class-A discrete signal path Classic, ultra fast “FET” response Studio-grade discrete-transistor preamp Combined Attack/Release control Dedicated Ratio control Dry Blend control for parallel compression Variable-frequency sidechain filter (HPF) control Rugged jewel-lamp gain reduction metering Optimised for bass but can process any source High-current, low-noise electronics Ultra-wide frequency response Ultra-high input impedance Silent switching High-quality “signal-conditioning” bypass mode Premium components throughout Advanced power supply filtering and protection Flexible external power requirements (9-18V DC) PSU Spec. 78mA @ 9V / 103mA @ 18V Designed and built in England Price includes UK shipping.

I did arrive as a bit of a stressed out wreck. 😛 Gig was actually pretty decent in the end though!

Man! I would have been in a rage by the time I got to the gig. Every bass line would have sounded like something from Anthrax. 😂

Action was lowered considerably when I set it up to suit me (after I got it), no fretwork needed. BTW if you think that action is high, check out John Pattituci’s or Macca’s action, some people just prefer it.

It's a Fender(style) thing, It's usually only noticeable if you're looking for it, and you certainly can't hear it. It shouldn't put anyone off buying this bass.

Will consider trades for a nice 4 or 5 string bass. Beautiful bass in great condition. Nice and light and extremely easy to play. Collection preferred but will post if needed. Will include padded gig bag. From Bass Musician's review: 'The Ibanez SR 756 6-string Bass is one of very few 6-strings that I have seen in a P/J pickup configuration. This is one of the main features of this bass as it gives you the best of both worlds. The natural flat finish over the maple body with the bubinga top and 5-piece jatoba and bubinga neck is very appealing to the eyes, not to mention the great tone that these combined woods produce. The SR 756 is very comfortable to play, even for smaller hands, due to the very thin neck. The 24-fret fingerboard is rosewood with medium frets, complete with abalone oval inlays and double inlays to mark the 12th and 24th frets. I noticed recently that Ibanez has started using Nordstrand pickups in their basses, which really seem to highlight and bring out the true tone from the combination of the woods used for the SR 756. Both of the Nordstrand pickups are passive. The neck pickup is the Nordstrand CND P and the bridge pickup is the Nordstrand CND J Pickup. The EQ is 3-band Ibanez Custom. Controls are Volume, Balance, Bass, Mid, and Treble. As this is a true active/passive bass, the treble control is also used as a passive tone control the 3 band EQ is not engaged; there is an EQ bypass switch to engage and disengage the EQ. The 3-band EQ is powered by a 9-volt battery that is easily replaced with the clip style battery compartment. The bridge is the accu-cast B306 bridge with 16.5 mm string spacing, which allows ample room for both finger and slap style playing. All of the hardware is of a black matte finish. The Ibanez SR 756 6-string bass is a very comfortable bass to play and can be used for the many genres of music that we hear today. It performs equally well both live and in the studio and is definitely worth checking into!'

I had one of these almost 30 years ago. I remember it quite fondly.

Still available. Great price for a great bass.