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Clarky

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  1. One of the first 3 batch release of Serek Grand basses. Never left home since arrived in the summer. Stunningly easy to play roasted, short scale neck. Volume plus 3 position selector for regular, deep/dubby and fuzz circuit. Immaculate except for one tiny, almost imperceptible dint plus the bass arrived with a small, fine hairline crack at the rear of heel (which has not shifted at all subsequently). Marmite looks. I think its cool and retro whereas @TheGreekthinks its a 1970s Woolworths special, lol! Interested @Happy Jack or @Sarlscharisma? 😁 Pics and vid here Cost me £1900 including import duty. Looking for £1800 given rarity. No box so for now its a socially distanced hand over from my front drive in SW13 (Barnes, south of Hammersmith Bridge). NO TRADES as selling down my bass collection to the bare bones.
  2. Very dinged and scarred black 1984 Alembic Spoiler (32" medium scale), weighing in at under 10 pounds. From research I discovered its a very old refin over birds eye maple and with a replacement neck pickup. Up close its really evident how heavily used this bass had been, but from a couple of metres (eg onstage) looks cool AF. I originally paid roughly £1700 including import duty from a Reverb seller in Mexico City and close to £500 at SIMS getting side LEDs and the side of the fingerboard re-lacquered (it was a bit tatty) so its super slick to play. Comes with new Mono gigbag (£180). No box at present * EDIT: BOX ARRIVING THURSDAY 21ST JAN * so its socially distanced pickup from my front drive in SW13 (Barnes, south of Hammersmith Bridge). Pics below taken after LED installation, pics in gigbag taken today. Link to Mexico Reverb ad which shows clearly how battle scarred the bass is https://reverb.com/uk/item/33972935-alembic-spoiler-1984-black NO TRADES as selling down my bass collection to the bare bones.
  3. 5th deal with Dave in 12 years, the latest just as good as the others. This time Dave bought a CIJ Mustang from me, paid fast, great comms, everything you could hope for
  4. Looks like the production run is over as Musicman website lists both the vintage sunburst and starry night as "Colour discontinued"
  5. I have owned both and they are each excellent amps which work well for doubling . Either will suit your needs in my opinion. Of the two I found the Acoustic Image slightly warmer sounding and the Euphonic Audio more hifi/clean. But there is not much in it
  6. Still no bass sized cardboard box but I can securely send in a hard case, wrap the bass inside the case in bubble wrap and put some strategically-placed cardboard sheets on the outside of the case. The case might get dinged in transit, while protecting the bass, but that's what they are for
  7. Happy (Jack) birthday!
  8. Best: my two Serek short-scales, Alembic Spoiler and Handbox 400 amp. Worst: continually thinking I can comfortably play long-scale basses and buying a Jazz, a Precision and a Shergold - all beautiful basses in their own right but unsuited to me and hence sold on (to happy buyers), each time at a loss!
  9. Merry Christmas to BassChat (and to my FaceBook bass pals who may have wondered where I am: I quit FB a few weeks ago). Enjoy!

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    2. franzbassist

      franzbassist

      Happy Christmas Clarky.  Now I know why I haven’t seen any Pablo pics on FB!

    3. Clarky
    4. skankdelvar

      skankdelvar

      Happy New Year, Clarky :)

  10. My bass now has a new pal
  11. I now have a Midwestern (with flats and single coil p/u for old school thumpy) to add to my "The Grand" (rounds, humbucker, 3 tone settings including fuzz circuit). Both short scale. Yum
  12. Marco bought an old Shergold Marathon bass off me. Great comms, quick payment etc. All good!!!
  13. Bought a loverly bass from Paul, who was kind enough to cross London to deliver to me under these weird Tier x conditions. Excellent stuff!
  14. Shergold sold and boxed up for courier collection, so for now this Mustang is collection only. Once I have packing materials again I will update the FS thread
  15. Review in this month's Premier Guitar magazine
  16. Its sat in my bass rack, next to my bed (lucky Mrs Clarky)
  17. Tim Lefebvre has his now!
  18. Hmmm, looks like my Shergold is sold which will mean I no longer have a cardboard box for posting this. If delivery is required for this Mustang, it may take a while for me to get the post materials together. Especially with new London Tier 4 restrictions 🤔
  19. Sale pending
  20. Thanks KiOgon, its in remarkable condition for 26-27 years then!
  21. Well for not much more p than a Vintera, here is a top quality Japanese reissue!
  22. Update on electronics: I plugged two cables into the bass and ran these to two separate amps. This does not produce the stereo effect, as I had hoped. The lower jack produces mono output with all 4 strings sounding whereas the upper jack goes silent when both are plugged into two amps. If you remove one amp, both jack sockets produce mono output. So, unless there is some kind of special cable to achieve the stereo effect, this bass has been rewired for mono ... and its effectively a P bass alike, albeit a cool old British one!
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