molan

[b]Offer now accepted on this bass & it should be heading to the midlands fairly soon [/b] I'm having a bit of a New Year's 'tidy up' of my bass collection. I'm currently standing at nine basses & I simply don't have enough time to play them all so I'm going to start thinning them down a little It's a really tough call as the nine I have are all stupidly nice & it's taken me a while to get such a nice collection! So here's a beautiful Shuker in fabulous condition which is about two years old. Originally built to Zenbass' spec (with a lot of help from Jon). This is the actual bass Jon features on his site as an example of his work in the Elite section : [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/boelite.htm"]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/boelite.htm[/url] Specs are: 5 String Elite Custom 5A Flamed Maple 3 Piece Multi-Laminated Body with Black Accents Master Grade Madrone Burl Drop Top with Matching Headstock Book Matched Imbuya Burr Back with matching Control Cavities (this bass has just about the sexiest back I've ever seen, lol) 5 Piece Multi-Laminate Neck (34") - Flame Maple/Wenge/Flame Maple/Wenge/Flame Maple 24 Fret Birdseye Maple Fingerboard ABM Individual Bridge Brass Nut Shuker 18v EQ -- Bass, Mid, Mid Freq, Treble Dual EMG Pickups - Neck - EMG 40CS / Bridge - EMG 40TW - This has a Dual/Single Coil Dip Switch High Gloss Polyester / Polyurethane finish on Body Satin Gloss finish on Neck Zen's original quote on the flexibility of this tone system really sums it up so I've taken the liberty of 'lifting' his text: [i]"The sound is quite special..I had it made wanting a smooth Jazz tone and a in your face Rock tone and it certainly delivers. The eq allows you to dial in any sound you want from Jazz to P-Bass, Jaco Honk you name it..You will find it with ease. Inside the control cavity there's a 4 jumper switching unit that allows to cut freq's that you don't want to boost. This is fantastic when in studio conditions."[/i] Having owned a lot of high end basses I can say this is one of the nicest made examples I've ever seen. It has so many nice touches and I'm particularly fond of the flamed maple body (which is really hard to get a decent photo of!) and also the neck which has lovely birdseye on the board and is beautifully flamed on the rear. It has a few minor wear marks but nothing that detracts from the natural beauty of the bass. I'm not really looking for trades this time around as I'm trying to thin down the number of basses I have but I would consider something that was easy to sell on like a US Fender. Having said that you never know - if you have something interesting to trade then feel free to throw it at me, lol. It'll come in an ABS hard shell case so I'm happy to ship pretty much anywhere & have no problems selling outside of the UK I'm in no rush to sell so won't be taking 'silly' offers on the price I'm afraid. Watch this space for more basses up for sale soon! Pictures courtesy of Zenbass:

[quote name='J3ster' post='696951' date='Dec 31 2009, 08:54 AM']I still think shipping is a deductable irrelevant cost.[/quote] I think it gets complicated when you're importing from overseas. In general I tend to think of shipping within the UK as a 'lost' cost and generally wouldn't factor it into how much a bass has cost me. However I've bought quite a few basses over from the USA and if I have to use UPS (which some sellers insist on) then it's usually about $185 (£115). When you add VAT & import duties plus the additional 'hassle' of transferring funds then I feel it's Ok to factor to some of this in. As an example I recently bought something over that cost me nearly £125 to ship, £25-£30 in transfer fees & £335 in duties & taxes. Even taking all this into account it was still cheaper than buying one in Europe so I thought it was worth it. I'd certainly feel justified in adding these costs into my valuation of the bass and, if sold, then it would still be cheaper than someone could get it locally (and I've dealt with the vaguely complicated stuff in getting it all organised & over from the USA). Anyway, just my 2 pence worth & apologies for drifting off topic! Lovely bass - hope it sells soon

[quote name='Platypus' post='696049' date='Dec 30 2009, 01:09 AM']<<<NOW SOLD>>>[/quote] Thank God I'm really trying to slim down my bass collection (and my fretless techique is rubbish) but this baby has been gnawing away at me all night, lol.

Here's my original for sale thread with some pics [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=52894&hl=sei"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=52894&hl=sei[/url]

[quote name='alanbass1' post='696301' date='Dec 30 2009, 01:27 PM']Pickup selector I would think[/quote] That's what I thought - just seemed a bit odd to have a selector rather than a blend knob?

What does the switch do?