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That neck looks like a beautiful piece of quartersawn wood. That doesn't come standard on these basses does it?

That is a very good price for such a nice Japanese made bass.

Hi, you say its light, but can you please specify the exact weight of the bass?

Thats a nice BB! What makes you want to go for the BB3000A? I've had all the versions, the BB3000, the BB3000A and currently the BB3000S. Although the BB3000A is great and punchy bass I found the BB3000 and the BB3000s a little more natural and organic sounding, but that's purely personal of course..

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It's not a Shoreline, it's a Skyline Japan series. Made by ESP indeed, see here: https://espguitars.co.jp/lakland/skyline/sk-5dx/ I have owned a SK-4DX before. These are great basses, quality and build is comparable to the Lakland Skyline 44-02, it only has different pickups and electronics.

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If you like passive, why don't you use the passive switch on the bass? That will truly bypass the preamp.

Nice bass! I do believe this is a 1972 model however. In 1975 they already had serial numbers on the back plate. <edit> just read your post that it was from before they put serial numbers on. I should learn to read first 😉

Fantastic bass. I have an almost similar Lull P4 (the ultra vintage model), and it's hands down the best P I've touched. At least as good as Fender custom shop models, but with the added benefit of it being very light. At this price it should sell fast.

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I believe that's a Mayones bass, not a Mayonne :-) Beautiful bass though!

The Vox is not available anymore, it's being sent off to it's new owner :-)

Humptybump

Still available guys, make me an offer...

Last pricedrop: now 700 pounds!

Price dropped to 750 pounds inc. shipping

Very pretty bas. I used to have the teal green version of this model, well worth the money imho.

[color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I just made a quick video with some soundsamples, see below. Never mind the fret buzz, that is from my fingers digging in too deep :-)[/font][/color] In the video the bass is strung with roundwounds, but it probably would sound awesome with flatwounds, and played with a pick. [media]http://youtu.be/-jBWrRUeawU[/media]

Beautiful bass. Love the way the graphite neck is joined with the wood at the heel, looks very comfy to play.

Looking straight from the top the E string does not completely miss the pole piece, it's on the edge as you can see in the last pic in which the bass is in it's hardcase. It doesn't seem to affect the sound. If you look on the [url="http://www.voxamps.jp/products/VBW-2500/index.html"]Vox website[/url], you'll see that the blue bass pictured there has the exact same string/pole piece positioning on the E string, so I think that's how they are built. The pickup is adjustable in height only. However, the spacing of the strings can be adjusted on the bridge saddles, since the saddles are of the brass ribbed type that allow you to move the strings from side to side, like the old jazz basses used to have.

It balances quite well actually. It stays in position with a normal strap. I think the weight of the toneblock under the bridge evens out the weight of the neck pretty well, and the bass itself is also very light.

Now that's a great P-bass. I have one myself, I'm very happy with it. It has even become my main gigging bass over the last year. Very lightweight because of the swamp-ash body but heavy in the sound department. Also very comfortable to play because of the '71 type neck.

Thanks! It really is something else than the regular J and P basses.