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  1. Robert Manning
    I picked this up today and man it’s sooo good and so cheap £699. Just couldn’t resist at that price. after setting up, cutting the nut and dialling in my preferred set up I gotta say it genuinely embarrasses my other basses in the rack which at at a minimum cast twice as much. How is this fair ha. sounds a like a modern jazz, slightly darker, with slightly more tamed mids than my STD jazz 04 but with the active EQ you can of course sculpt it however you want. regardless of all the top level level parts the fretwork is really quite astounding- it’s been nicely levelled so you drop the action down crazy low (okay probably too low right now I’m just excited) and the ends are filed into nice sausages and polished. I’ll do so recording for my Instagram and uploading it here if anyone is interested:) I think if I had to have a life or death bass off where I had to slap tastelessly and overplay in order to stay alive I’d be using this ha
  2. Robert Manning
    Got a few things in mind but, there’s nothing I need for any projects so to speak so I’m fairly open to listen to any trade ideas cheers! r
  3. Robert Manning
    Got this a couple years ago at GuitarGuitar secondhand - so taking a loss priced to sell and will entertain offers and trades. good condition - no major bumps. both the truss rods work as expected and neck is dead straight. If you want to hear how these sound check out CharlesBerthoud YT he’s used on a lot. And there’s loads of good demos online. neck is smooth. Frets ends are individually crowned and rounded off in a lovely way - which I’ve learned isit even the case when you spend thousands. 😿 it’s heavy. It’s a beastly sounding bass - if you can handle a 6! I’ll get an weight if anyone is interest Tuners Schecter Fretboard Material Rosewood Neck Material Maple/Walnut Multi-ply w/ Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Rods Inlays Abalone Offset Dots Scale 35" (889mm) Neck Shape Thin "C" Thickness @ 1st Fret- .787" (20mm)/ @ 12th Fret- .866" (22mm) Frets 24 X-Jumbo Fretboard Radius 16" (406mm) Nut Graph Tech XL Black Tusq Nut Width 2.125" (54mm) Truss Rod Dual Truss Rods- 2-Way Adjustable Rod w/ 5/32" (4mm) Allen Nut BODY Guitar Colors Honey Satin (HSN) Hardware Color Satin Gold Top Contour Flat Top Dexterity Right Handed Construction Neck-Thru w/Ultra Access Body Material Mahogany Top Material Bubinga Bridge Diamond Custom Bass ELECTRONICS Controls Master Volume/Blend/3-Band EMG Active E/Q Bridge Pickup EMG 45HZ Neck Pickup EMG 45HZ Battery Compartment 18-volt w/Screw Plate
  4. Robert Manning
    That’s an old musicman SUB guitar from the 00’s based the Silhouette bit made be be more affordable.
  5. Robert Manning
    Bump, polished frets over the weekend and popped some DR sunbeams on this for a jam. (Pretty sure that are sunbeams they came from a draw of many many test strings)
  6. Robert Manning
    finacial issues art with comments like these! ha
  7. Robert Manning
    Just picked up a BBP34 Jeez this thing sounds fantastic. I’m officially a convert now. Sounds more like a P bass than a P bass somehow, and the jazz PU at the back is just perfect. Snappy and sharp sounding but still reads nicely as a bass sound. So fast and fun to play and it’s put together so well. im really considering buying another one to put flats on I like it so much. Only downside for me is those fret ends are a bit sharp/poky for me. They look great and have been nicely finished in a way (it’s no dog like a fender) but still bit sharp. I have ultra sensitive skin tho. No worries I’ll grab a file 🤘 best sounding bass on my rack.
  8. Robert Manning
    Trade; any fretless or modern basses (active) most considered. cheers
  9. Robert Manning
    Hey got some measurements. Nut: 43mm 12th: 56mm weight: coming up 4kg to 4.2kg. They are cheapo luggage scales so not an exact figure but I measured about 5 times and they were all around that number. Radius, I can’t measure it, but i took an photo with the ruler balanced in the middle of fingerboard 🧑‍🔬. Maybe that helps.
  10. Robert Manning
    Picked this up out of curiosity to spend some time with Leo’s last hurrah and because it was a bargain, but unfortunately it’s just not for me. Selling what I paid (which is very low) but I’m not a flipper!! So passing it on at the same price. Trade wise value I’d say it worth a wee bit more. Weight: it’s light, I’ll get official measurement later. has a jazz style thinner neck. Extremely fast. Alder body. Comes with OHSC and certificate signed by Fender’s misses. Condition is great for age some minor knocks on body but not chipped. A knock on fingerboard but can’t feel it as it’s in bass side. (Pictured). I set it up, truss works perfectly and locking bridge etc etc. electronics are perfect. edit: collection only at the moment - don’t have a cardboard box right now… come round for a tea and chat and we can talk about gear hehe.
  11. Robert Manning
    I have one of these, a great feeling and vibrant sounding jazz - the finish is amazing in person! good luck with the sale!
  12. Robert Manning
    More is more 😅
  13. Robert Manning
    Want to know something sad? I got this, a 2021 anniversary USA Jazz and a MusicMan stingray special this year… all of them had sharp feet ends, unseated frets (the fenders) and all of them had high spots. So they all needed levelling and the ends re crowned. it’s just how it is with new stuff these days. I think everyone notices sharp ends, maybe not the level frets though. It took me quite a few years to start to see that - but fret work for me is so huge in determining how much you can get on with an instrument. depending where you live in the UK it’s hard to find a good tech to finish the job, here in Edinburgh I had to wait two months! Needless to say, this one here is now golden haha. shouldn’t be ranting on my own sales thread lol but my girlfriend doesn’t really care to hear me talking about fretwork 🤣🤣
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    playing video sound demo and some photos of the P with my camera - noticed some finish blemish near the neck joint today so wanted to update cheers
  15. Robert Manning
    Apologies i just realised i missed the photo of the paint chip the bass! its added now cheers Robert.
  16. Robert Manning
    Trades open, send a PM. Quite open, as long as it has frets. No stingrays though. Made 100 times better by Chris McIntyre who has levelled the frets - and perfectly bevelled the edges (see close up photo). This means you can take the action down to paper thin levels. Nut correctly cut too. bass Bross said the weight is 4kg but my scales are saying 3.5kg either way it’s a light bass. Purchased not long ago on impulse. Potentially a dream P bass for many. not quite gelling with it - maybe I’m going mad. essentially as new 2023 apart from one small chip I made minutes after taking it out the case for the first time. neck is wide but really thin. photos from bass bros and a couple from my to show the paint nic. re-strung with chromes medium light. comes with all the case candy and all as new.
  17. Robert Manning
    Any trades open please send a PM A lightweight versatile modern bass. I like these so much I have two… this and a 6 string version. But I don’t need both. Weight on luggage scales = 3.35kg /3.45kg with some Middle-of-Lidl-£5-luggage-scales 🤠 These are somewhat underrated so IYKYK. the bass player on Krallice uses one of these and also that guy from YouTube, so needless to say these can cover a lot of ground. currently strung with Elixer ultra lights. 95-45 coated. collection From Edinburgh
  18. Robert Manning
    @ikay @ped Thank you for taking time to share you’re experience and knowledge- highly appreciated! the cross section of the neck is really informative. and thank you @snorkie635 for sharing the image of your 75AVRI I’ve kept Will informed and decided to exchange for something a bit more modern. I think the Shopify system they use has auto populated the page again so I’ll let him know that it’s come back. Thanks for the heads up. bassbros been great tho, so even it’s sad the 75 didn’t work out, the experience dealing with them has been positive. This is the 3rd bass I got from them the last two also came with great service. Again thanks guys!
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    Yeah I let BB’s know that I took it to a tech. Been keeping them updated. Cheers
  20. Robert Manning
    yeah I know. It does sound silly; but it was £1.4K, so quite a significant chunk of change - getting an instrument I think is a bit of an emotional thing in a way. When the honeymoon period is marred with doubt about the truss rod nut not behaving as expected - which may seem trivial, but it’s the kinda thing that sits in the back of you’re head and it kinda spoils it. Yano that's just me though I guess.
  21. Robert Manning
    Thanks for the replies guys. Appreciated. im going to think about it for a couple days. Although it plays perfectly and the truss rod works - there’s a small seed of doubt. Which is probably silly but it’s one of those things that I’ll be thinking about every time I play it. So I may potentially send it back for an exchange. Thanks for entertaining my thinking-out-loud on the internet woes. 😅
  22. Robert Manning
    So I got this last week from BassBros. the truss rod appeared to be maxed out as I couldn’t get it straight after a few turns - so without wanting to break it - I took it to my local tech. he popped a washer in the give it some more adjustment travel. And it’s done the job. The neck is now almost as straight as an arrow (my preference) and all is well. It adjust as expected. I did notice however, the bullet nut is now quite a lot closer inside the neck. should I be worried? Will it explode? I have the before and after photos. I’m worried that it’s like compressed into the neck wood or something but I’m no expert. Even though it plays perfectly there’s a niggling feeling of doubt in my mind that something is not as it’s supposed to be. But it’s my first bass with this type of truss rod so I wondered if anyone else came across something like that? thanks guys!!!
  23. Robert Manning
    Yup you’re right!!! I put them on my stingray. Quite a nice combination. still has an awsome slap and rock sound. The mellowness takes off some of that brittle top end on the MusicMan. I think it could help it sit in the mix without screaming ‘I’m a stingray’ too much
  24. Robert Manning
    I think they might be pressure wound GHS I did some further googling. Would explain why they feel soooooo smooth. Maybe a new string to start using. well they a bit spendy tho 😫
  25. Robert Manning
    they do but you have to ask for it. I got an anniversary jazz and the classic p bass II last month and he got me some Lebellas and and nice wounds on the other with set up. but for this one I just ask for no strings and I knew I would replace them with elixir (didn’t want to waste a set).
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