Clarky

I bought these a week ago from Bassico in Germany (Thomann, the usual supplier, is out of stock). Cost me about £105 including post. These are excellent gut-alike strings (similar to Innovation Silver Slaps) which I bought as the lighter-gauge Ultralight set suit my Ampeg Baby Bass very well indeed. Unfortunately they don't suit my 3/4 1880s bass as well (its a bit too dark sounding), so I am sticking with brighter sounding Velvet Blues and Spiros as my two sets of strings for that particular bass (the choice depending on whether I am in an old school or growly mood). They have been on my bass for three days and are in essentially mint condition. I'll knock £30 off new price, so thats £75 posted in UK. Here's the specs [url="http://www.kontrabass-atelier.de/saiten_e.html"]http://www.kontrabas...e/saiten_e.html[/url] And a video (not me) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DIgO8bJbYs[/media]

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Thanks Rick and Loz! Here are some more of James' pics (hope thats OK James?). I can take some in daylight in next couple of days but its dark now Edit: I originally wrote that it had a 3-bolt neck which was obviously incorrect and also said it was 9.5 pounds, just weighed it and its actually 9.3 pounds- OP fixed [attachment=146330:P1020320.jpg][attachment=146331:P1020324.jpg][attachment=146332:P1020331.jpg][attachment=146333:P1020337.jpg][attachment=146334:P1020339.jpg][attachment=146335:P1020340.jpg][attachment=146336:P1020341.jpg]

I bought this five months ago from BC'er James and its truly a thing of beauty. The classic colour scheme (to my mind) with four-bolt neck and parts dating to 1974 and 1975. Other than a 2cm ding under the lower horn (not visible front on), some fairly-inevitable buckle rash and a bit of surface abrasion in the picking area, its in lovely condition. Has low slick action and is all-original (I fitted a nicer patterned tort guard from Bass_Doc but have the original still; also have teh chrome covers). Weighs 9.3 pounds and comes in a Protection racket semi-hard case. To whet your appetite here are a couple of James' old pics that he sent me when I was in the process of buying. Better ones to follow I'm after £[s]2,200[/s] £2,100(no trades, sorry) and would prefer London pick-up/handover [s]as I don't currently have a box or packing materials[/s] but can post [attachment=146293:Jazz1.jpg][attachment=146294:Jazz2.jpg]

Gone (traded)

On hold for a couple of days for a BC'er to do some research into these

Bump with a cheeky £25 price drop to £525

I owned the 4string version of this bass (with rare dalbergia negra board) and it was an absolute delight with an amazingly flexible preamp. Only sold it as I was obsessed about getting a year of birth Fender. Good job for my bank account that I don't play 5'ers!

My word that is beautiful

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Sold pending

[quote name='Mike' timestamp='1381699009' post='2242649'] Where is the bass located please? [/quote] Andy's profile says he's in Norwich

Sorry Chris, I am well sorted for rigs (got 3 already, one of which is only not for sale as our band's guitarist uses it.... )

I have just had an offer to trade my Breedlove for a really beautiful Fender P but unfortunately the other bass is too heavy for my glass back. So just to clarify, I really can't cope with anything above 9.5 pounds in weight if anyone is thinking of a trade offer.

Much as I love the sound and feel of these premier steel-wound gut strings, I have decided to move on my Oliv A/D/G strings. By way of background I bought the D/G off BassChat in used but excellent condition from Laurence Bassadder (there's no breaks at all in windings, silks are in vgc). I bought the A brand new from StringZone about a month ago and it matches really well and has decent sustain on my bass ... despite some of the naysayers who only recommend the D/G. Together they cost me £170. I would sell them as a package for £150 posted. Would be £270 new from thestringzone.co.uk, so this is a serious (£120/c.40%) saving [url="http://www.thestringzone.co.uk/categories/oliv"]http://www.thestring...categories/oliv[/url] PS, Why sell you ask? Simply that I would prefer more stable tuning. I only get to play 30 minutes max a day and often just a couple of minutes on weekdays, when not rehearsing/gigging with my band, so a more stable non-gut set would suit me better. Basically I am lazy! If I were a full-time player or had more time to practice it would be different. Also if I were an arco player (these are known to be excellent for arco) it would be different. Instead, I have put on a set of Velvet Blues on my 3/4 flatback and I have a set of Presto Nylonwound Lights as a backup set. These do gut-sounding pretty well (not as nice as the Olivs, obviously) but are much more stable tuning-wise. PPS, obviously you would need to match with an E, but the Oliv E is renowned as being largely thud, which is why I used a Spirocore Mittel E.