JPJ

Am I being a bit cheeky with the price or is the market really that slow at the moment? Well how does £100 posted sound?

Now sold thanks

Here we have my Headway EDB-1 preamp for sale. I used to use this to blend the in-built magnetic pickup with a pair of J-Tone Red's on my KK Baby Bass before I realised that I didn't really need the J-Tones at all. Now that the KK has moved on to a new owner I no longer have use for this excellent preamp. Bought secondhand from here a while ago I can't find a mark on it. So for those who don't know, this is a two-channel preamp with jack, stereo jack, and XLR inputs, and both channels have their own gain. Five band very musical eq and a really useful switchable semi-parametric notch filter. Finally there's a master volume control, a phase reversal switch, a selector for Violin, Guitar, or Bass instruments, a mute switch, phantom power switch, ground lift and power on/off switch. Output wise, there's a standard unbalanced jack or balanced XLR. Can run on phantom power, or with the provided power adapter or from a 9V battery. This really is a Swiss army knife for acoustic or semi-acoustic instruments. Price includes UK postage oh and it comes in its original box .

Now sold, thanks to all for the interest.

Hi Phil, Yes she is still for sale and all working perfectly.

On hold until the 29th for a clandestine car park meet some where close to the border 😉

Final bump before withdrawing

She’s 3/4 scale, definitely more double bass than electric. There’s a great video of Ed Friedland playing one here

Continuing my “I’ve got way too much gear for the space I’ve got” here’s the next item I’d like to move on - my five-string (low B) KK Baby Bass Traditional. I bought this bass about six years ago secondhand from a guy in Wales who unfortunately shipped it to me via ParcelForce. When the Bass arrived, the fingerboard was detached, and the body had suffered a few small dings (all shown in the photos). We both learned that the ParcelFarce additional insurance is worthless for musical instruments and after a while the seller simply ceased responding to communications. Being a reasonably competent engineer, I reattached the fingerboard myself and this has remained stable ever since. I mention this as I like to be open and transparent in my dealings. About a year after I bought her the standard tailpiece failed (probably as a result of the transit damage) and I replaced this with a modified Thomastik tailpiece with the added benefit of fine tuners which are really useful for quick fine adjustments mid-gig. Bottom line is as much as I love this bass, an old motorcycling injury to my left thumb makes playing this (or any double bass for that matter) for any length of time an uncomfortable proposition. I originally paid £850 for the bass but I’m now selling for £650 in respect of the history of damage. Obviously given previous experience I am extremely reluctant to ship the Bass but would be happy to meet halfway within reason. Alternatively if you wish to try before you buy, tea/coffee will be available 😎I will also include a Stagg double bass stand in the deal. The Bass comes in it’s original KK ‘gig bag’ case which is in pristine condition with all zips, straps, etc intact and working as they should. Any questions, fire away!

Final price reduction. I saw one of these recently sell at this bargain price on a Facebook group page and that was without the flight case. I'll give it a couple of weeks and if she doesn't sell I'll hang on to her.

Purchased this from the US many years ago to see whether it would fit my then Fender DLX Jazz V - it didn’t! Nor does it fit my Overwater Jazz V or Sire v2 Jazz V so I guess it really does only fit the American standard Jazz V 😂 Looks gold in the photo but is actually bright shiny silver. Price is £5 + postage or collect from Killingworth Newcastle upon Tyne.