eubassix

Anybody know messrs. 'cotswoldbassguitars' ? :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181246067564?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 Bass was listed on BC for a while :- http://basschat.co.uk/topic/167814-fs-shuker-5-string-custom-jazz%3B-sold/page__hl__shuker eventually sold on ebay ((£700) :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shuker-Jazz-Bass-5-String-/160974481983?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item257ad3aa3f&nma=true&si=F72I6NAXEAF64cucPyFmmbngMX4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 just a while before 'c-b-g' came into being (on ebay)......................

[quote name='LeftyJ' timestamp='1384506738' post='2277394'] Wow, those look killer! Were the tops cut from the same piece of wood? They look so similar! [/quote] Thanks. Yes - tops taken form the same piece/section of burl-poplar; same with matching headstocks.

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1376785154' post='2179196'] You just missed one for sale in Middlesborough yesterday [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Musician-MC940-924-fretless-bass-MIJ-1980-/161083736641?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item258156c241"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item258156c241[/url] [/quote] [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1376928028' post='2181026'] eubassix made a nice little earner on that one... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251281014276#ht_292wt_988"]http://www.ebay.co.u...76#ht_292wt_988[/url] [/quote] Just noticed this thread and thought I would ad some photos / details of my Leduc U.bass fretless 5. re. the above (previous) posts - the bass I bought (and had to collect) in June was something of a mess. It required a lot of work (as you can see by comparing my ebay listing photos with those below), + both replacement / refurbished parts. I'd still be interested in a more perfect example. The bass I sold on (as described) was a great player /complete once it had been re-built, but nothing more. [b]Leduc U.Bass lined fretless 5-string[/b]: lightweight swamp ash body, floating spruce top, 3-piece maple neck, and lined ebony fingerboard. Bass features the "floating" top for which Leduc U.Basses are famous: effectively a hybrid solid-body / acoustic bass; the ash body is hollowed out and the bridge rests on a floating spruce top which is braced like an acoustic. It gives you a DB/eub)tone: very warm and "woody." The LaBella 'Deep Talkin' Bass' nylon tapewound strings (as currently fitted) add to this (and they're ultra smooth to play / very low tension). The mini headstock (truss-rod/s beneath) /clamps are designed to work with regular strings... so no need for double-ball strings. 34” scale; 1 & 7/8” nut; 10/18mm string spacing (nut/bridge); 7 & 3/4 lbs

Marleaux Signature 4's (fretted / fretless) :-

[quote name='Ticktock' timestamp='1384172597' post='2273443'] At first glance I thought the first pic was a cake. That is pretty nice, man. How does it play etc? [/quote] Thanks Tt - exceptional instrument for that DB/eub tone in an electric bass guitar. Christophe Leduc still produces the U.Bass (which has changed slightly in design over the years), so it will be featured on his website. It would be my #1 FL bass, if I didn't have this one :-

Photos (I'll add details shortly) :- Leduc U.Bass lined fretless 5-string: lightweight swamp ash body, floating spruce top, 3-piece maple neck, and lined ebony fingerboard. Bass features the "floating" top for which Leduc U.Basses are famous: effectively a hybrid solid-body / acoustic bass; the ash body is hollowed out and the bridge rests on a floating spruce top which is braced like an acoustic. It gives you a DB/eub)tone: very warm and "woody." The LaBella 'Deep Talkin' Bass' nylon tapewound strings (as currently fitted) add to this (and they're ultra smooth to play / very low tension). The mini headstock (truss-rod/s beneath) /clamps are designed to work with regular strings... so no need for double-ball strings. 34” scale; 1 & 7/8” nut; 10/18mm string spacing (nut/bridge); 7 & 3/4 lbs

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Recent deal with Nick, conducted without any problems - even though he was in Turkey at the time ! Highly recommended - prompt PM's and everything went smoothly.