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Thank God, I will sleep easier tonight

I picked this up as part of a PX deal recently and, although it's great fun to play, it's really surplus to requirements at the moment so I really ought to sell it The regular specifications of the Artist includes a woven graphite through-neck with 24 frets, two Status soap-bar pickups, 2-band EQ with variable frequency midrange and cut/flat/boost switch and gold hardware. Individual mono-rail bridge / tuners are fitted and, in combination with a unique string retainer, both single and double-ball strings can be used. This particular model has the, very desirable, custom options of a lovely burr madrone top, a 32" scale (due to the innovative Status BendWell), some cool blue front leds an d16.5mm spacing (which means it's very fast to play). Both the BendWell and 16.5mm string spacing are exactly as requested by Mark King on all his instruments so this is the 'real deal' as far as an Artist spec bass is concerned Having said that the flexible eq gives lots of tonal options as well! The entire instrument is finished in high-gloss polyester lacquer and it has seen some wear on both the upper and lower body. These really don't show up from the front and the lower ding is barely noticeable (given its location). The rest of the bass is in great condition and obviously these lacquer marks don't effect playability or sound. Comes with a nice Status lightweight hard case. Price of one of these new with the custom options would be around the £2,800 mark but I've tried to allow for the lacquer damage by asking for less than half of the new price and listing at £1,300 I may consider trades for something that might be easy to sell on in the future such as stock US Fenders or Lakland Skylines etc. Happy to ship anywhere really - I'd estimate that fully insured shipping would be around £35 in the UK & £65 to mainland Europe if anyone wats me to check exact figures I'd be happy to do so. The previous listing has quite a few good quality photos so rather than duplicating everything please take a look [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=52246&hl=kingbass"]HERE[/url] for more information. In the meantime I've added a different pic to whet your appetite

[quote name='grottmusic' post='771940' date='Mar 11 2010, 06:22 PM']HI. If price is not good give me an offer .thx mike [/quote] Hi Mike, I'd suggest you search for sales threads of other Sadowsky NYC basses - that should give you a good idea of how much they have been selling for

Made in Mexico?

[quote name='Fianso' post='765925' date='Mar 6 2010, 11:26 AM']Thanks ! No i don't Know, but i already haved a Fender JB and the Louis Johnson is not heavier. But If you want, maybe i can weight it [/quote] That would be really useful if it's not a hassle. The older I get the more I seem to need lighter weight basses

Looks really cool - Do you know how much it weighs?

Wow - always quite fancied a White Falcon 6 string (in the days when I sometimes played them). Never knew they made a bass version!

I used to have one of these - great little amps and able to chuck out quite a volume (especially with the matching 1x12 extension cab

Wow - that's a great price for one of these! Nick is a top guy to deal with too So what is the 'dream bass'?

[quote name='jamiesonk666' post='762148' date='Mar 2 2010, 07:48 PM']Hi, I have a P bass too. It came with a receipt from a music shop my old gaffer used to work in and he actually sold it. The year of the Invoice was '76. Is there any way of finding out how old it is without butchering it. I had a gold anondised scratch put on, D marzio model p's and some schaller knobs. I can get hold of the original parts . How much roughly do you think its worth. ta jamie[/quote] Hi Jamie - get some pics together, as many as you can really and the serial number and post a question in the general bass forum. You'll get lots of advice there

[quote name='jsixties' post='760473' date='Mar 1 2010, 09:50 AM']Hi mate, good question. I guess you're right, not a big difference with my '78 but I think this neck it's smaller and more comfortable. I forget it: Comes with Dunlop dual straplocks and of course its original ones.[/quote] So the neck on this is smaller/shallower than the '78J? My old '72 had a very Jazz type neck, much nicer then the late '70's P bass I once owned which a very club-like neck.

[quote name='Bassej' post='760916' date='Mar 1 2010, 04:43 PM']I'm from Holland, so I guess it'll have to be send. I don't really know how much this is worth, so I'm still thinking about the price. I think a good idea for people with interests is to just bid.[/quote] As per previous post - you have to put a fixed price for sale in this forum. If you want to set up a bidding auction then you need to go to EBay (or something similar).

[quote name='BassBod' post='755633' date='Feb 23 2010, 11:00 PM']As a former owner of this bass, I can confirm it has THE best neck..ever. Big and solid like a Pbass should be - perfect. The body's not bad either![/quote] Does that mean it has a really 'chunky' neck like maybe a late 70'4 Fender?