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I didn’t notice any difference in feel. The taller frets allow you to bend notes by pressing down harder on the string. The neck on these new P basses is great and made me not notice that the nut is wider than I am normally able to play.

Why is this still here? This should whet people’s appetite:

Sold pending receipt of outstanding balance and collection on 07/03/2018.

Thanks, Ben. (Ben came to buy my Sterling so I wasn’t expecting him to take this too; I let him play it to make a comparison of neck radii and to try out some octavers (which work better on neck pickups).)

@CameronJ

Bargain right there.

The Xerograph has supplanted the Manta then?

Can’t believe this is still here. This is a great pedal and I’ve been playing mine all evening.

Just looked it up and you would appear to be correct. My mistake. Still sounds killer.

Sold to the fine gentleman who is @Gardenerben, long may he love this bass. I’m feeling a bit sad it’s gone TBH.

As mentioned in my other bass sale, I’m having to move house and need to raise funds for deposits and other boring stuff so need to sell a couple of things. Next up is a Japanese Fender 75 Jazz reissue. It’s a three-piece body. Weighs 4.7kg. In the interests of full disclosure, I got this on basschat last year, sadly from an unscrupulous seller (hopefully now banned) who misdescribed its condition, so I took it to Jon Shuker and got him to do a full setup, fix the loose wiring, replace the jack with a new Switchcraft one and replace the bridge with a new Fender Badass-style high-mass one. Got him to level and dress the frets, oil the fretboard and fill in and level a lacquer chip. It’s now in great shape. There is still a bit of oxidisation on the pickup screws and pole pieces but nothing which affects functionality. There are a couple of lighter lacquer dimples and a scratch. See photos. The finish on this bass is great, the neck pocket is a nice, snug fit. Lovely rosewood board and mother of pearl blocks. Truss rod is fully functional. Sounds nice and snappy, probably partly due to the round laminate as opposed to slab rosewood board. Is fitted with a just-nicely-worn-in set of 45-65-85-105 Rotosound steels (made me fall in love with roundwounds after years playing only flats). The neck profile is fantastic - better than the chunkier 74 profile, in my opinion. 7.25” radius. Comes with the Hiscox case pictured. The velvet is loose over the storage flap (see photo). There’s a bit along the metal seam which doesn’t quite close fully. It’s secure for carrying but may not be watertight. See last picture. Would prefer pickup from Sheffield or I might be able to deliver on the train as I don’t mind combining a visit to friends with delivering the bass. I’m due trips London and Bath soon. If we end up going down the postage route then it’ll be about £50 going via UPS premium fully insured.

Depends where the nearest one is; they keep closing the damn things down.

I’d prefer collection or to hand it over personally. Changes at work mean that it’s a bit trickier for me to have stuff collected as there’s no porter in my building now.

This is a bit of a feeler. Due to a change in my family circumstances I’ll need to move house in the next few months and will need money for deposits and household stuff. This means having to sell a couple of instruments (including my Rhodes Stage 73). This is a beautiful example of a Sterling. I struck lucky on this (I bought ten years ago from a store in the USA via eBay) as it’s a lovely, resonant thing with lovely grain. Weight is 4.2kg There are a few little marks from the previous owner - see pictures with the 5p coin. There are two tiny cracks in the outer frame of the battery compartment which were there when I got it and have never worsened. They are just visible in the picture (one is by one of the screws). The centre detentes aren’t as positive-feeling as on a new one but are still feelable. Comes in the Road Runner hard case pictured. Collection from Sheffield preferred or I can potentially travel (via train) to deliver. I’m fairly flexible about where I’ll travel to as I have friends in various parts of the UK I could visit and I can bring the bass along. I’m due a London and a Bath trip in the next month or so. Currently strung with 50-105 Chromes but there’s a set of Fender 50-100 flats and some D’Addarrio rounds 50-105 (not sure if they are nickel or steel as they came with the bass) which I’ll include as they are cut for this bass.