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Morning all, Here's a new ad for this very nice Yamaha BB2000. I withdrew it for a while as it's a terrific bass but, on reflection, I do need to move it along. It's priced to sell and firm. It's a great player and has a wonderful straight neck/ low action and good weight for the reassuringly chunky early 80s BBs. Also, it is not mint and has a few dings with some finish chipping on the headstock and a little bit of finish loss on the upper horn (pictured). It also has visible wear to the frets that will at some point need dressing etc However, that does not detract from this being a terrific bass that plays well (video attached) and overall it still looks good with 42 years on it. As I often say, case queens are sometimes case queens for a reason. This one has been used because it is awesome There is no case so shipping is not possible. It will have to be a meet up and handover at a mutually agreed location. Specs - flame maple/mahogany through neck - alder wings - reverse P/J config - passive electronics - ebony fingerboard - weight about 9 3/4 lbs OK, here are the pics and the video!

A modded 40 year old JV Precision hence the lower price. It has been routed for EMG PJ active pickups with a Jazz pickup at the bridge - a classic mod! The bass also has a countersunk Hi-Mass bridge. The bass weighs 4.3kgs and sounds and plays as a good PJ ought to. Classic JV quality in a lovely original fiesta Red finish. All hardware is original other than the mods. There are areas where the paint has been touched up near the neck pocket and bridge and the Jazz rout but nothing drastic. The mods are from the mid 80s when the bass was toured. At one point there was a switch that has since been removed and the hole on the original white scratchplate has a plastic cap over it. I’m selling my long scale basses that have no sentimental attachment owing to issues with my fretting hand. I’m not interested in trades other than shortscale Fender Mustangs or Stingrays. It has a gigbag and I would prefer pickup. Postage not impossible but at buyers cost and UK only. Thanks!

The cull continues…… I may well regret this but I already have a Jazz Bass and am now more of a Precision man, so this beauty is up for sale. It is in absolutely fantastic condition, plays superbly and sounds great. The build quality and paint finish is exceptional, Fender really did a great job with these limited edition basses. The full specs and blurb from Fender are in the photos. Please feel free to ask any questions or if you would like additional pictures.

Pack shuffle time. I'm selling my Harley Benton HB-50 semi-hollow bass. This is a prototype bass which was shown at Guitar Summit 2023 and then sold to me as a one-off by Thomann. I don't know why they're dragging their heels but at time of writing this ad it is still not available to buy yet. I was not satisfied with how it was supplied, so I made some reversible modifications - put springs on the pickup screws so the height can be adjusted sufficiently, rewired it with decent pots (stock ones were garbage), replaced the three way switch (which gave you single coil (north), both in parallel, single coil (south)) with a three way rotary wired parallel/single (south)/series, added a neat, custom ordered "poker chip" to show parallel (P), single coil (1), and series (S). Full details of what was done can be found here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/484563-belated-nbd-harley-benton-hb-50-prototype/ Basic specs: Semi-hollow bass, maple body, arched top, maple set neck, laurel fretboard. White body/neck/f-hole binding. 22 frets. 34" scale, 42mm nut. Artec MMC4 Vintage Alnico 5 humbucker Controls: Volume, Tone, 3 way switch for parallel/single coil/series. Weight is 4.3kg/9.5lbs. The bass will come with a very high quality Blake Bravo gigbag, a big bag capable of swallowing any long scale semi-hollow bass you could throw at it, loads of padding, moveable neck support. I'm looking for £250 posted. It's no secret that I bought it for £200, but considering the work that has been done to it to turn it into a much more useful instrument, and the premium gigbag which I think was like £150 new, coupled with the fact that this bass cannot (at time of writing this ad) be bought anywhere else, I think £250 posted is a reasonable price. Can lop some money off if you don't want the gig bag.

This is a Sterling SB14 body with a maple USA EBMM Sterling neck. I bought the neck from eBay and the SB14 from this site. I was looking for a candy apple red bass with a maple board neck but couldn’t find one so I built my own! This has been my main gigging bass for a few years but owing to fretting hand issues I’m now selling my long scale basses. I’ll regret this as I’ve invested quite a bit of gigging life into this one but it’s now gathering dust. The bass has Hipshot tuners and a drop D tuner fitted. The active electronics sound as good to me as my full fat US Sterling bass. It’s light at 3.9kgs and plays really well. There is a scratch at the top edge of the neck near the fretboard - I thought it was a hairline crack but my luthier said it was nothing to worry about. See fifth picture. It comes with the installed Armstrong black scratchplate and the original white one. There is a Sterling gigbag included. No trades sorry. I’d prefer pickup but can post at buyer’s cost UK only.

I have 2 Ampeg premier edition SVT II pros for sale. These were a limited run of 250 The predecessor to the full release of the SVT II pro, hand wired I believe. Both heads are in great condition and all the tubes are good. They get fired up once a week to keep the caps in goods order and they sound amazing. Yes they are heavy but I’m 58 and have no trouble lugging them around, my main is still an SVT II. Looking for £900 each, if your going on tour and need them both I’ll take £1700 the pair. They are to heavy to ship but I’m willing to travel 50 miles from Birmingham, further if you cover fuel costs. im happy to take trades WHY?

Danelectro 56 Baritone Black Metal Flake, 30" Scale, £350 Bought new by me, home use only, excellent as new condition. Poplar body frame and middle block Masonite top and back Maple neck Pau Ferro fretboard Tape binding Scale length: 756 mm 24 Frets Dolphin headstock Pickups: 2 High Output Lipstick Single Coils 1 volume and 1 tone control Fully adjustable bridge Transparent pickguard Kluson style machine heads Colour: Black Metal Flake Approximate Weight (bathroom scales): 3.0 kg / 6lbs 6oz Pickup from Newbury or Reading town centre. Alternatively open to meeting at a nearby rail station, message me to discuss. No trades unless it's lap steel / pedal steel related.

This amp probably doesn't need much introduction, given the focus of this website. I've had it for around fifteen years and when I got it was told not to remove the American mains plug as Walter Woods objected to having to find ways of adapting UK plugs to sockets in his workshop. I've no idea if this is true but I left it on anyway and use an adaptor. A few years ago I sent it to a specialist in Berlin who serviced the amp as some of the pots were getting crackly and not responding to contact sprays. He did a great job and his label is on the bottom of the amp. I'd recommend him to anyone in Europe needing work on a Walter Wood amp. I don't need a two channel amp any more and could use a few quid at the moment so here it is. Both channels work fine and the amp really impresses with the right speaker cabinet. Pick up in person from Woking, Surrey.

Analog Octave Up / Down Pedal Purchased new by me, home use only.