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  1. I am absolutely gutted to be putting this up for sale but needs must. A Pre CBS 1963 Precision which is all original on parts but has a refinish that was done way back in its past in Lake Placid Blue All the pickups, wiring loom, neck, body reverse tuners. Bridge etc are all original. It has a Brazilian rosewood fretboard which Is just dark and lustrous. The truss rod is flush with pocket and set up to perfection (for me) but still turns freely both ways. I have listed this early before obligatory stripping for pictures of neck, pocket, loom etc to judge the interest in it, it is set up perfectly and I’m not going break it down if no one is interested. The tone is rich from this and the pickups are hot, for a passive it pumps out the bass as I’m sure @walshy will chime in and confirm. Something I know I can never replace but real life takes over nostalgia. There is no original Case but it does come with a fitted Fender red label moulded hard shell or I have a brand new fender tweed modern hard case if you would prefer that. It’s strung with old La Bella 760Fs deep talking 45-105 flats and it’s a beast with these on. It comes with the bridge and pick up covers. I will send the serial to anyone that wants to check it, I welcome and do encourage anyone interested in the bass to come and see/try it for themselves. I won’t be posting this, I will hand it over personally. If you want me to take it to bass direct or bass bros for authentication I’m happy to do it at the buyers cost. I approached Will at bass direct earlier this year and he said he would list it at £6,900.
    11 points
  2. I’ve been mulling over this for a long time as I absolutely LOVE this bass, but it’s time. We’re moving house and the proceeds of this sale will go towards the deposit… This is a fantastic example of a 1966 Jazz Bass, classic transition-era “target” sunburst with dots and binding. Bought from pmjos of this forum in 2018 (original ad here). It’s a dream bass. It’s had a refret with period-correct frets, performed amazingly by Martin Petersen of the Camden Bass Gallery, to ensure that the binding has remained intact and that there’s no damage, cracking, etc. I felt this was necessary as, when I got it I think there may have been a minor hump in the upper fretboard which caused some choking out in the upper frets, and it relieved that issue. The bass plays cleanly on every fret of the register, and I’m a pretty heavy-handed player…Otherwise, the bass is totally original in every other aspect. You can see the details in Phil’s ad, but this is a great-sounding bass and super clean. Since I got it, it’s been scrupulously cared for and has only been out of the house for recording and never gigged, so no additional dings or damage. The pickups sound fantastic, each with their own character when soloed (particularly fantastic classic burp on the bridge pickup!) but with that textbook lively mid/late 60s JB tone when combined. It comes with the original case, and also the original funny little leather strap and registration card. I’ve included some general pics below without taking the thing apart, which I’m always loathe to do, and also some shots of the neck so you can see the quality of the refret. I’m also a pretty lousy photographer, but you can view an excellent shot PowerPoint depicting the more detailed aspects of the bass here. Obviously, it also comes with the pickup and bridge covers/ashtrays, I just don’t have these installed currently as, as most probably know, it makes it a bit more difficult to play the bass. Weight confirmed at 3.977Kg I’m looking for £6750. Just to clarify I would strongly prefer collection and inspection from my home in London NW3. No international shipping! Sorry. I’ll consider UK postage, but only with discussion and careful consideration on courier method to ensure that there’s no possibility of damage during shipping, and this will definitely need to be arranged by the buyer with appropriate insurance. Absolutely no trades on this, unfortunately, as I need the cash. I hope everything’s clear, but happy to answer any and all questions. This is clearly a beautiful piece of bass and Fender history and I’m immensely saddened to have to make the decision to move it on.
    10 points
  3. Original SVT II 300 watt All valve amplifier. This thing is a beast and the tone is all it should be. A lot of people say this beats the SVT II pro and I have to agree. The Bias is good and I play through it a few times a week so the caps are all good as are the tubes. This model doesn’t come up very often for sale. There is a a wheeled generic Flight Case with it and due to the weight it’s not a shippable item(unless the buyer takes ownership and responsibility for it.) im happy to drive within a 30 mile radius from my home B14 in Birmingham and further for some petrol money.
    9 points
  4. No idea whether anyone else does this (with their partners). Wife will fire up Gumtree or Marketplace, she'll do a search for bass guitars and will scroll; she'll show me a photo of an advert and ask what the bass is and how much it's on sale for. In most cases I'm correct with the bass, points deducted for a question ('Which country is it made? USA? Mexico? etc.). Typical exchange: 'Fender Jazz Bass Special,' I'll go. '£950.00.' '£900.00,' she'll answer. '£50.00 out. How do you know all this? You really need to stop spending so much time on Basschat.' Lots of fun.
    6 points
  5. Price edited to 1800£, NOW 1700£ Selling this Fidelity Guitars Stellarosa Bass. 5 strings 33,25 inches scale Obeche body, shell pink finish Leopard tortoise celluloid pickguards Roasted flame maple neck with wenge fretboard. 2x Mojo pickups Blade dyna bass 1x pickup selector switch (neck/both/bridge) 1x switch for pickups in parallel or series Weight : 4,165 kgs This is an amazing instrument that deserves an equally amazing new owner. Custom made to my specifications, I received it in April 2024, this sale happens partly to help me face some unexpected life events and partly to finance my second build at Fidelity Guitars. Comes with a Ritter gigbag, owner documentation and setup toolset. Shipped cautiously packed. Sound sample (crappy playing, sorry) without compression or EQ here : https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0j6n0686wf2b80ntfte7o/Test-Fidelity-Stellarosa.wav?rlkey=yzccxazfqp70rolmu1fziierr&st=nqsbcxdg&dl=0
    5 points
  6. Up for Sale a bass I purchased as a project to renovate, but when I got hold of it it played fine and is in great condition for its age, missing the pickup surrounds (I’m sure someone on here has 3d printed some) It doesn’t come with a hard case, I do have an old soft case It lives in atm. It’s not a light bass around 10 pounds due to the aluminium neck but it does make for a unique tone. If your looking to get your Mick Karn on, this will do it. I’ve looked for these online and most are between £1200 - £1600 albeit with cases. Im selling it for what I payed for it, im not convinced with eBay costings. Happy to drive within 30 miles or more for petrol. Without the hard case I’d rather not post but would trust it to @walshy man with a Van.
    5 points
  7. My mate bought what he thought was a vintage Les Paul, but he knocked it over and the head didn’t snap off - that’s when he realised it was a fake! 😄
    4 points
  8. Took my new pedal out for coffee It was too pretty to leave at home.
    3 points
  9. They're all so busy doing scales and practicing solos in front of the mirror that they've got no time to chat.
    3 points
  10. Really nice short scale Japanese Jazz Bass. I imported it myself from new & from what I can see online it was only really available in Australia & Japan. Specs are at https://www.fender.com/en-AU/electric-basses/jazz-bass/made-in-japan-junior-collection-jazz-bass/5682100306.html Not had more than home use & close to new condition - scratchplate still has protective plastic on! Includes gigbag, tags etc. Currently strung with Low Tension La Bella flats, but have the.original rounds to throw in too. Price is cash/collected from Newcastle, but can post (have original box). Pics: -
    3 points
  11. The new updated has an OC-2 and Meatbox model, nice for bass to get some attention. No experience with a Meatbox, but the OC-2 model is bloody good , compares very, very well with the original '82 I have on the board!
    3 points
  12. Did anyone take advantage of the plugin black Friday sale? I just wondered if any of the available plugins are worth it for bass? I've already got Rabea and Parallax.
    3 points
  13. That’s absolutely bloody gorgeous that. Mad as a box of chicken noodle soup - but I really like that.
    3 points
  14. Wife got me a GSS Baby Sumo for my birthday. It's tiny! It's loud! Comes in a lovely little metal flight case. It's barely the size of two paperback books. Just gave it a brief test with my Hamer Cruisebass into a GED2112-DI. (We live in a detached house, neighbours away. Chortle!) Man alive, the clarity is incredible. I've jacked the Ged into a variety of amps and effects returns thereof over the years and it's never sounded like this... it's almost been a disappointment at times. It sounds like when I've just gone straight into a mixing desk. Lovely!
    2 points
  15. Unmarked semi acoustic Ibanez AGB200 in lovely violin burst finish. In excellent condition and working order. Bound neck and body. No gig bag but will be well packed. Shipping £15. £2.99
    2 points
  16. Super ego £100 Future impact 1 rehoused in my Future compact case £175 -comes with the original enclosure Beetronics octahive v1 £150 - Disgusting and gnarley fuzz, i love it, but just dont use it Analog music company SHSL £190 -filter section and saturation from the MS20 synth in a pedal format ZVEX mastodon £90 -this is where my love of gated fuzz started Lovetone love squeeze £80 -superbly simple sounds great set and forget comp. Fea opti fet £220 -the pick of the bunch, ill be sad to see it go. Behringer BDI 21 £25 -been laying in a drawer for 5 years, surplus to requirements. All pedals in superb condition and anything on the top row comes in the original box. costs include postage to your place.
    2 points
  17. From everything I've seen, Lydon's been an insufferable arse for years, so I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the other blokes never even gave him a call about the original benefit shows, doubt he'd have been up for anything that didn't benefit him. Throwing his support, little though it may be, behind Trump and Farage really just seals the deal that Lydon needs to be put out to pasture. Frank Carter has always been a great frontman, back in the Gallows days and more recently with the Rattlesnakes, so him smashing it with Pistols isn't a surprise at all.
    2 points
  18. A cracking bass. I have the slightly older version with the unbound neck, August 65 I think, a fantastic instrument and a testament to the period. Whoever gets this will not be disappointed I'm sure, real piece of Fender history. GLWTS.
    2 points
  19. Finally finished my PJ5 following @carlsim guide - first one went awry for me too so I’m glad I’d ordered two decals! Pretty pleased with the outcome all in all, and they’re great cheapy basses
    2 points
  20. Milton Henry is new to me, but what I've heard is good. Not much available online though. https://www.reggae-vibes.com/news/2022/12/milton-henry-passed-away-at-age-72/
    2 points
  21. I've had two, a Dingwall ABZ5 with 37-34 inch scale and an Ibanez with 32-30. I didn't find any tonal advantages at all and as at the time I was playing in a big band with transposing instruments and I needed the low C and F quite a lot I found that quite an annoying stretch over the course of a gig. I'm glad I tried them, but ultimately they are not for me.
    2 points
  22. Let us know when you get a phone-shaped bruise on your head.
    2 points
  23. Agreed. This sort of thing is nothing new and isn't limited to guitars. A pal of mine is a violin maker. I won't drop his name, but he's highly regarded. He told me there are plenty of name instruments out there that are exactly as you describe - cut and shuts, refins, or originals with some non-original parts, rather than out and out fakes. Virtually all Strads, Guarneris, etc have non-original necks and fingerboards, because the method of constructing and attaching the neck when they were made was different to how it's done now. Back then, the neck was not angled. It has been discovered since that angling the neck, creating a steeper break angle over the bridge, gives more power and a more brilliant tone, so pretty well all of them have been modified. Others have replacement parts, due to the ravages of time, several hundred years of use and even unfortunate accidents. Some have few original parts left. The line between a modified original and a re-creation/'fake' can be pretty blurred.
    2 points
  24. It's beginning to look a lot like shiny There's a few imperfections to deal with but nothing serious.
    2 points
  25. First appearance with my own band
    2 points
  26. I miss mine - wasn’t head heavy, or at all heavy…my Casady with rounds does a very similar sound…but my lord it was a cool bass.
    2 points
  27. Another new Shergold Bass, 34" scale this time.
    2 points
  28. I would love a Sandberg California VM… but it’s not going to happen unless I do something like sell one of my Wals. And THAT’S ABSOLUTELY NOT going to happen. The Sandberg, if it ever does materialise might look suspiciously like this!
    2 points
  29. This and the early 70s TV precision logo
    2 points
  30. Great bass head .purchased off fellow basschatter Walshy ..hand built in UK ..I believe it’s had a recent service by ashdown ..I have this along with an Ampeg v7 on sale here ...both great amps can’t keep both so whichever sells first the other will be removed. https://ashdownmusic.com/products/head-of-doom?srsltid=AfmBOortUWcsMLHKweXn7IPWCDgNIOoadTVRm8UUct53VtDq3DsmRvqZ
    1 point
  31. https://www.andertons.co.uk/behringer-bass-brassmaster-fuzz/?search_query=Brassmaster Preorder available - can't see them getting a shipment on NYE, but £59!
    1 point
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  33. One of the rare newer releases that Fender got right vs just another P/J Bass. So of course they discontinued it 😆 Someone is getting a great bass at a great price here!
    1 point
  34. Swiss Tony says the go slower knob is the one to have.
    1 point
  35. It really has turned out to be one of my favourites. I think it's just the simplicity of a precision and the fact that that neck is more J than P. It's the bloody venues. Feels like they just hate all bands and they all lie their thruppney bits off to the client about how their noise restrictions aren't ever a problem. You're constantly having to refer them to the contract the client has signed and you can never just enjoy the playing. Love December though. Lots of corporate Xmas parties so you get treated far better.
    1 point
  36. Reckon it's taken about 10 hours solid for me to get to grips with the new A&H desk, including just now setting up the tablet for remote access to adjust settings on the fly from the floor. Does feel like quite a step up from our old trusty, but decently capable, analogue desk. I think I'm feeling sufficiently confident now to give the desk a first outing at a pub gig tomorrow night. Wish me luck, haha!
    1 point
  37. 😄 I once had an Avenger that had a Rover V8 gear knob that I acquired from a scrappy. At the time I was convinced it felt like it made it go faster 😂
    1 point
  38. I was looking at those a while back, is there much difference between the two sonically?
    1 point
  39. Nec week on TalkPolka; "Some fecker stole my accordion case and left the accordion, what depraved fecker would do that?"
    1 point
  40. Spector Euro 4LX Ian Hill, the PJ version please.
    1 point
  41. Ok, so it's not a bass... but I absolutely adore the art-deco headstocks on the D'Angelico jazz boxes.
    1 point
  42. SOLD One of my guitars up for the chopping block is my 2018 Gibson Les Paul Junior Limited Edition. It’s a limited run from 2018 with the 40s style Gibson script on the front and banner logo on the rear. These were only briefly produced for over a year before the original range started in 2019 and rarely come up for sale. This is the first one I’ve seen in the flesh in the U.K. I’m not 100% sure how many of these Gibson made. It comes with a lovely tan Gibson hardcase and red plush interior in very good condition which contains a birth photo from the factory and a quality check guitar tag from Gibson. It’s in pretty good condition with the odd mark here and there, it has some lacquer checking on the front and rear of the body - something you’d pay silly amounts for if it was an aged Murphy lab model. Weight is 3.7kg/8lb 2 1/2oz This is a fantastic guitar and for me I think Gibson got the burst colour just about right. £950 Based near Stamford in Rutland. Willing to meet within reasonable distance.
    1 point
  43. I bought this to add modulation to some synth sounds (and to cop a Rocco Palladino vibe!), but I've now gone to down the multi-fx route (Boss GT-1000 Core). The price includes UK postage. Thanks for looking!
    1 point
  44. Long Beggs-related story. Feel free to scroll on by. Back in late '86, when I had hair and a discernible waistline, my rock-pop band were making our desperate bid for stardom. We lived in Reading, so it was dead easy to jump in the car and head into London to play gigs. We played quite a bit at the Red Lion in Brentford (RIP) -- our first few gigs there were as support to a guy called Philip Jap (the old farts among you might remember him) and his then band 'Secret Society'. I think he missed a trick by not calling them 'Jap's Eye'. Anyway, he asked us to play support at a party in London and we accepted. Being the mid 80s, slap was still acceptable -- almost mandatory in fact -- and our songs featured a lot of it. A lot. So there I was, thumbing the blazes out of my poor Wal, and it gets to the song with my showoff solo bit... I take a deep breath and go thwack-thwacka-ding wickety-wackety-wockity-dang, and having given it my best I look out at the crowd... straight into the eyes of Nick Beggs. Apparently an ex-label mate and friend of Mr Jap. I had a brief moment of wanting the ground to open up, I mean here's this bass god looking at me and I've just tried to impress this audience with something he could probably have done with one arm tied behind his back. But then his face broke into a big genuine smile, and with a nod he raised his glass towards me. I was walking on air for a month after that. I've bumped into him a couple of times since then, obviously he doesn't remember me but he's always been really friendly and happy to chat. Definitely one of our instrument's Nice Guys.
    1 point
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