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Which I do - maybe I should check something out!! Cheers! ped

[quote name='thebeat' post='565401' date='Aug 10 2009, 09:12 PM']Deep blacks? think you need to calibrate your monitor cos you can hardly see anything in those shots. [/quote] Ah really! They look great on here (Sony VAIO screen which is very nice so perhaps I am biased) Cheers ped

Ooh no I much prefer the deep blacks! Thanks though!

This bass was very kindly donated to Basschat and is up for sale by yours truly to raise some funds for the site. I don't know much about the bass but it was made in japan somewhere between 1971 and 1976 I think. It has two pickups and a front/middle/back position switch, tone and volume controls. The electronics are pretty old and I have cleaned them up a bit to reduce the noise, so it is within expected limits now. The neck is great - very straight and has a nice profile, somewhere between a P bass and a Stingray I think. The strings are fairly old roundwounds but I will include a set of shortscale flatwound strings, also donated by a Basschat member. I have taken some pics of the bass, but I should be able to post some sound clips too later in the week. It's sound is hard to describe - the neck pickup is louder than the bridge, and gives a boomy sound. With both pickups there is a sort of 'plummy' and very rounded sound, and with the rear pickup only the thing sound quite tight and pretty funky. The action is as low as it can go (any lower and the string hits the metal bridge pickup cover) and is well within limits, probably too low for some, so plenty of scope for adjustments. It should have a bridge cover, but I am told the cover is the same as the one found on current Epiphone basses, so should be easy to pick up if you so desire. It has a few screws loose/missing (much like the seller) but should be an easy fix. It certainly is a cool and funny little bass. I will miss it! I am in Oxford if you would like to come and try the bass. I would prefer to meet you somewhere around Oxfordshire or within a shortish distance rather than post, but can post if you so wish, at your own risk. Let's see if it shifts at £130. There is no case unfortunately. Cheers ped

Kiwi has a graphite series I

Congratulations on the wedding, and congratulations on being able to keep a couple of basses. You must have hidden them well! Cheers ped

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='564598' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:47 PM']nobody needs a mac, everyone needs a bass synth[/quote] +1! never a truer word spoken!

Bet that plays like a dream. V nice indeed.

Nice. I wonder if LeFay used Alembic electronics in all their original basses before making their own? Very nice and good luck! ped

I am trying to remember an album I have with one of these on it with some big name player. Can't quite remember!! Are the Alembic electronics original? Lovely looking thing! ped