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Davetbass: thanks for the compliment. Not in an attic, it's been rehearsed and gigged quite a bit by me at least. I think it's just bombproof, to be honest. Maybe it's just a lucky bass. You're very welcome to pop through from the capital to have a noodle if you like, just for fun times, like, not to buy. Steve-soar: thanks, thanks very much. You've no idea how hard it is to find someone prepared to restore, and not just replace the leather on, art deco chairs with pressed motifs. Just a nightmare! Right, that's quite enough Good Housekeeping chat [coughs deeply, a la a Python lumberjack]. M

I'm selling my black Precision. It's an S9 serial number bass, which means it's from 1979 to 1981. This is a cracker of a bass, it's got the trademark Precision thump and feels just lovely in your hands, really solid and even and beautifully put together. It's black with a black scratchplate and a maple fingerboard. It's in smashing condition, no major dents or scrapes or anything. The neck is beautiful, straight and with no issues at all. The action goes lovely and low and the neck has that broad, flat, comforting feeling the good Precisions have. This is not the world's lightest bass. Like many Precisions of the era it's on the heavy side. I don't find it a problem, I rehearse with it for three hours at a time no problem and gig with it without an issue. But if you need a lightweigh bass, this isn't for you. The upside of that, though, is that it's got a great big thumping tone, it feels solid and plays beautifully and sounds superb. It's a wrench to sell this, but I've sprung for another one and this one has to shuffle out the door to make fiscal room for it. So there we are. It's in Glasgow, £950 plus shipping. [attachment=38092:Front_BP.JPG] [attachment=38093:Back_front_BP.JPG] [attachment=38094:Full_back_BP.JPG] [attachment=38095:Back_close_BP.JPG] [attachment=38096:Headstock_BP.JPG]

Would you be prepared to sell the neck seperately? I might be interested if so, Matthew

Hello, would you consider shipping this? I've a friend may be interested if you are shipping it and if Steve, who got first dibs on it shipped, now doesn't want it, Matthew [quote name='orangepeelneil' post='633745' date='Oct 22 2009, 06:58 PM'][size=3]This is still for sale..I was considering keeping it as it is agood one, but no it has to go. Cheers Neil [/size][/quote]

Now sold, thanks, Matthew

Had good interest but a couple of fall-throughs, so this is still available, thanks, Matthew

This is no longer on hold, so is available again, thanks, Matthew

This is now on hold for a buyer until the weekend, thanks, Matthew

For sale is a great looking, lovely sounding 1989 or 1990 Japanese Fender Jazz. This is a 1962 reissue, is relatively light, has a red tortoiseshell scratchplate and sounds fantastic. This had a full service and set up earlier this year. It had a new nut fitted and brand new pots and electrics, since the ones that were in it matched the active pickups a previous owner had installed. It is fitted with Fender pickups from a Mexican Jazz. It's from 1989 or 1990 [the serial number is H plus six digits, which covers both years]. This is a great bass that will make someone very happy, but as I say the pickups and electrics are not original. Also, a previous owner has drawn lines on the back of the neck in four places, perhaps as some kind of fret marker. They are faint but are still visible. Because of this it's for sale at a pretty reasonable £340, plus postage if you can't collect from Glasgow. It'll be securely packed in a gig bag. I'm in Glasgow, and anyone is very welcome to come and try it out. Cheers, Matthew [attachment=33256:full.jpg] [attachment=33257:closer.jpg] [attachment=33258:headstock.jpg]

Hello, just wondering have I completely mispriced this, has the shop I consulted about value just got it completely wrong? I'd appreciate any views, particularly from anyone who might want it, but at a lower price. I'm perfectly open to the idea that I've just got it wrong. There's been a deathly silence on this thread, which suggests I might. Thanks, Matthew

Hello, I am selling a 1995 Rickenbacker 4003S in Mapleglo. It's in super condition and has clearly been well looked after, and sounds fantastic. It is all original apart from the neck pickup, which was replaced with a Seymour Duncan by a previous owner, who also painted the scratch plate and truss rod cover red. There are a couple of tiny marks here and there as you'd expect from a 13 year old instrument, but they are very hard to see and don't even come up in pictures. There are a couple around the jack socket, whose shiny metal is a little cracked, but I've included a close up picture so that you can see even here they're negligible. I had it valued by Strung Out Guitars in Glasgow [they do Franz Ferdinand's intsruments and the like], who said it should get £1300. I'm not entirely convinced in the current climate, so am looking for £1100. Do let me know by PM, though, if you think the pricing is way out, I'm not an expert by any means. This was bought in New York a couple of years ago and is lovely, but I just don't think I'm a Ric person. Thanks for your time, do get in touch with any questions you might have, and I have a few feedbacks here you can check out, yours, Matthew [attachment=21972:ric_whole.jpg] [attachment=21973:ric_front.jpg] [attachment=21974:ric_back.jpg] [attachment=21975:ric_side.jpg]

Hi, whereabouts are you? I'm in Glasgow and am maybe interested in the precision, M