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  1. well at the end of the day, people must buy them otherwise musicman wouldn't bother making them
  2. did you say OLP have lost the musicman license?? when did that happen?
  3. dude you could say the same with any manufacturer who have custom options, look at warwick, fender etc etc certainly not just a Musicman thing
  4. mate don't list it on ebay without a reserve, its too nice for you to let it go cheap
  5. if your interested in a trade for either bass i have for sale, pm me
  6. interesting one this this is my parts built jazz bass. The body is from a westfield jazz bass, i believe it to be alder (same as fender jazz's). has quite a nice grain underneath the finish. has a few marks/scratches here n there. has a 3 ply black-white-black scratchplate, again with a couple scratches. some of the screws screwing this onto the body unfortunatly have damaged threads in the wood and so wont tighten, bout 4 i think, a couple of longer screws no doubt would sort this. It has japanese fender pickups installed, which sound fantastic, i played a mim fender jazz couple of weeks ago just out of curiosity, and this just sounded better. the bridge i have no idea who made it, but its very sturdy and a big improvement on the old bent tin bridge. one screw is missing from the bridge, again down to damaged thread in wood, but again a longer screw would work fine. the control knobs have been replaced with genuine fender jazz bass knobs. there is a genuine fender neck pickup cover drilled on nicely, which imo really makes the bass look the part. now onto the interesting part, the neck. the neck was made by a luthier who distributes his parts on ebay (or at least used to). it is the usual rosewood/maple jobby with a skunk stripe, and it is fully nitro lacquered to great effect, and is fantastic to play, and has a very similar feel to the neck on my old contrevesial precision/jazz. the neck alone usually sells for over £100, its very high quality. the rosewood grain is very dark and i really do like it. headstock is blank without any decal, tuner machines i know nothing about. the nut seems to be made out of ivory. the neck itself is great, its how its attached to the body which could be a problem. the screws for the neck when i got the original bass had badly damaged screw heads, and when installing the new neck, in my infinate stupidty, i didnt replace the screws, and instead forced them in again. this led to the neck being stuck to the body. i eventually managed to get 3 of the screws out again, and replaced them with new screws with spring washers (new screws i think are too long, didnt wanna risk going through the fingerboard!) so to summarise, one screw is stuck in the body/neck with a badly damaged screw head, but the rest are all fine. i cant think of a reason why you would want the neck off anyways, the truss rod is at the nut so it should be just fine. i think iv set up the bass fairly well, bit of fret buzz but not bad. so, its a bit of project bass, cosmetic it has its flaws, but playability wise it sound really good, as i said better than a mim fender, and the neck is a dream to play! because of the neck screw thing, im forced to sell this bass for quite a bit less than what it cost me to build more pics can be taken if required £100 collected from Bristol, £120 shipped. this and my peavey are feelers, i doubt il take offers on either a they are both as low as il go cheers
  7. thinking of selling my 2 cheaper basses so i can buy a decent 2nd bass instead, so this is a feeler Iv said lots of good things about these basses on the forum, i think they are brilliant. GORGEOUS mahogony body with a 5 piece mahogany/maple thru neck, string thru body and top load options, has such a warm sound its really nice, controls volume volume tone tone, the tone knobs being very responsive for a passive instrument. neck is very easy to play for a 6 string, not chunky and not too wide. Set up nicely, strings a bit of a mis match but the sound is even on all strings so it doesnt seem absolutly necessary to change strings. for the money these cost they are brilliant value for money, and you'l be hard pressed to find another bass in the price range with wood like this! control cavity has tons of room too if you were to wanna put a preamp in. £200 collected from Bristol, will ship for £220 cheers
  8. it was actually in a helpful form, because nobody will bid on it at that price, and to confirm it was actually the same bass and not a coincedence chill man
  9. having an aguilar amp head is part of my dream setup, im sure its fantastic!
  10. [quote name='dub_junkie' post='243009' date='Jul 18 2008, 07:45 PM']the one in Glasgow has the control plate without the pickguard which just looks plain wrong imo.[/quote] thats how musicman sabre/cutlass basses were isnt it?
  11. tbh id imagine that would rival US basses, id almost say for certain itd be a better punt than a mim fender
  12. na, its him, i emailed him askin him if it was the same bass, and telling him that theres a reason it sold cheap, the market is on its arse and you probably wont get the profit your after he replied simply 'thanks'
  13. Kev

    new post issue

    noticed it more recently, not too often no, but when it does its usually not just the one thread, its a few
  14. iv got a thumb pic, but its too small for my thumb! i guess they come in different sizes?? i definatly intend on tryin to master picking...il make it cool
  15. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Inceni-Zoot-Custom-Shop-Bass-superb-handmade-in-UK_W0QQitemZ260264001217QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260264001217&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Inceni-Zoot-Custom-S...p3286.m14.l1318[/url] same bass??
  16. ye finger style is more natural sounding no question about it, and i agree with it looking cooler too, but sometimes when i play i want the hard edged sound of a pic, and i just struggle with one
  17. unfortunatly not, i wouldnt have sold my jazz n got the readies for it in time
  18. Kev

    new post issue

    cant think what, my pc is clean and cookies are only deleted manually by moi
  19. i have the dha after the zoom, i basically use it as a tube preamp
  20. think that red passion appeals to me the most, lovely finish
  21. ye im sure, i was lookin at buyin something like a toneport or somethin for it the jack at the other end is stereo
  22. dude i would have never sold somethin i got free from the forum on
  23. could always contact OLP and see if they will sell you a bridge??
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