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***SOLD*** Fender 1957 Precision Bass - Clive Brown Restoration
Chiliwailer replied to Chiliwailer's topic in Basses For Sale
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***SOLD*** Fender 1957 Precision Bass - Clive Brown Restoration
Chiliwailer replied to Chiliwailer's topic in Basses For Sale
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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Will bought a pickup cover from me, friendly bloke and an easy sale. Cheers pal. [/font][/color]
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[b]PRICE DROP £65 including secure post[/b] I bought this pickup on March 7th this year, it's had no more than 2-3 weeks of use. The only reason for this is that I sold the 1966 Precision Bass which I installed it in. I wanted a pickup with a bit more edge than the vintage one which I had installed, but I ended up changing the bass for something better suited to me. It's a great sounding, very well made pickup which cost me £97 brand new. These are hand made in Cornwall and are built to old specs.This pickup does exactly what it says in it's official description: [b]The '58 Split Coil P is based on the slightly later split coil design with flat profile, hand bevelled, Alnico V magnets arranged across two coils with opposing wind direction and magnetic polarity to cancel out hum. Scatter-wound by hand with 42AWG plain enamel wire, the tone is stronger in the bass with a more controlled high end and slightly scooped mid compared to the earlier single coil. Characteristic of the later '50s P basses, there's more output on tap for a muscular performance with exceptional punch. [/b] [attachment=160578:P1060582.JPG]
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[font=tahoma, geneva, sans-serif][b]Price drop to - £500 [/b][/font] This is a Folk Model from the Showcase range, which is the S&P top of the line range and cost £999 or more new. It has a solid spruce top and solid rosewood back and is a comfortable full scale, smaller bodied acoustic similar to a Martin 000 or OM shape. Set up great, very low action, easy to play and with a lovely tone which is direct, balanced and with great response. It's in great condition, there are some [u]very minor[/u] marks and knocks on the guitar, nothing major, just little signs of use over the past 10 years or so. Structurally the guitar is perfect including the neck, truss rod and bracing. It has a hard case, one of the 2 zips is broken and would need fixing, the case still works well enough to protect the guitar for transit. I can also include a gig bag. [font=tahoma, geneva, sans-serif][size=4]Shipping is not a problem, I have a decent Martin box ready to go, though it won't also include the gig bag due to space.[/size][/font] [font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4][b][u]From the S&P website:[/u] The S&P Showcase guitars are the upper echelon of the entire line. Superbly crafted in a separate, secluded acoustic studio where each guitar can be individually & meticulously crafted by a handful of the finest luthiers in the business. Being artists in their own right, these luthiers devote much time and attention to every aspect in the process of building these high-end guitars. Both the look and more importantly the sound of these fine instruments are brought to fruition by the passion and artistry of the luthiers who lend their craftsmanship to each guitar. The Showcase models are some of the best acoustic guitars we have ever built. Featuring only the highest grade of Select Pressure Tested solid spruce tops which are tuned and supported by the strong, yet extra-light, Adirondack spruce bracing to achieve an exceptionally dynamic response. The Showcase bodies are complemented by the sound and look of the finest solid wood back & sides and then finished with a high-gloss Custom Polished finish. The mahogany necks are sanded and finished by hand to provide remarkable comfort and playability up and down the rosewood fingerboard. The classic aesthetic beauty of these acoustic guitars are accentuated by the intricate wood rosette, natural wood binding, high-ratio gold plated tuners with cream buttons, deluxe Tusq bridge pins by Graphtech and the hand contoured high-gloss headstocks. Each Simon & Patrick Showcase guitar includes the revolutionary TRIC case [/b][/size][/font] [size=5]Link to pictures: [/size][url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p2t7tn1s4tzr1o3/scbwqRJznG"]https://www.dropbox....r1o3/scbwqRJznG[/url] [attachment=161862:P1060597.JPG][/font]
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Pure class. Nice one!
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I'd like to get back my pair of 1964 Jazz and Precision basses I sold to get on the property ladder. But for new territory I can't stop thinking about how cool it would be to have a Music Man Cutlass II, which is the Sabre version. Wanted one since 2003 when I walked into The Gallery and saw the one Dave Swift just got. I think he was only hours away from beating me to it, gutted! Luckily I really couldn't justify buying one if it turned up now, and I'm very happy with my lot..... but that doesn't stop me dreaming.
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Greg bought some P Bass covers from me, but we had actually spoken previously about a bass I'm selling. Simply put - TOP BLOKE! Greg is a pleasure to talk to and is really easy to communicate with, a genuinly good fella!
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Jake bought a bridge cover from me. He came accross as a genuine good bloke and was a pleasure to deal with. So all good here!
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***SOLD*** Fender 1957 Precision Bass - Clive Brown Restoration
Chiliwailer replied to Chiliwailer's topic in Basses For Sale
[quote name='Shaggy' timestamp='1397409155' post='2423650'] Absolutely can't believe this is still here; a genuine '57 for modern custom shop money. I came within a whisker of a trade deal for this (but found I just couldn't let my '65 P go....), but have dealt with Dan and have to say he's a total gent to do business with [/quote] Cheers Greg, thank you very much indeed for your kind words, certainly takes a gent to know one I really liked your Custom Shop reference, this would be one hell of a Master Build Custom Shop -
Anybody tired of the bass guitar merry-go-round ?
Chiliwailer replied to Black Coffee's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1397404790' post='2423576'] Thanks, Chiliwailer - sage advice from a man who clearly knows his stuff. (I've been amazed at some of the incredible vintage Fenders you've put up for sale over the last year or so!) [/quote] Cheers Pal, going back to the original purpose of this topic, I've been buying and selling a lot more frequently this last year as I'm rebuilding a collection, and clearing some debts, after a recent property purchase. I like to buy a bass, play it for a while and then see if it sticks, then i know it's a keeper. Looks like I'm getting settled on my keepers, so I'll only be buying ones that make me curious, purely for fun's sake! -
Anybody tired of the bass guitar merry-go-round ?
Chiliwailer replied to Black Coffee's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1397379670' post='2423268'] Sorry to disagree, but if the Basschat 'For Sale' forum is anything to go by, high-end basses are terrible financial investments. Recently there was a gorgeous MTD 635 up for sale on BC - must have cost well over £4,000 new, and couldn't have been more than a couple of years old. Seller was asking £2,900 for it. Look at ads for any other hi-end gear on BC - Fodera, Ken Smith, W&T, Roscoe, Laurus, etc etc - and you'll see it's the same story. It's also true of premium mass-produced stuff like US-made Fenders, Lakands etc. Modern basses depreciate like modern cars - they lose anything between a third and a half of their value the moment you drive them out of the showroom. Personally I even doubt whether vintage basses make good investments nowadays. An original 62 Jazz bass in good condition would set you back somewhere between £10-15k at present, I think. How long would you have to hang on to it before it turned you a decent profit, let alone gave you a return worth pinning your retirement hopes on? I would also really like to know how much that vintage Jazz cost back in 1962, and what that original price would translate into in today's money. I have a sneaking feeling that basses cost more (as a proportion of the average persons pay packet) in 1962 than they do now. Which would mean that the real appreciated value of the bass between 1962 and 2014 is much less than it might seem on paper. In short, I think basses are for playing, not investing in. ... Having said that, it might be a cunning way of getting your significant other to agree to you buying that MTD/vintage Jazz you've always wanted to own! [/quote] Good points mate. The guitar investment market peaked around 2006-2007, vintage gear was on the up and up and within the years proceeding and there was certainly 'quick turn around' money to be made for only a few years wait. In 2004 I sold a blonde Stack Knob '61 Jazz Bass for £10,000 (in a shop i was in), 4 years later the same bass sold for £18,000. So you're right, basses are no longer the investment they were for a period, and you're also right that new basses lose a lot of value the moment you buy them. My answer, is that it's better to put your money into a second hand or vintage bass as you should always get back what you paid, and often a little bit more to go along with 'inflation' and the little rises in value that vintage gear will always have from time to time. For example. on this forum I'm selling a 72 Jazz Bass for £2,000. An American Vintage 1974 version would cost just under £1900 brand new, but second hand would be worth far less if you came to sell it, but buy my '72 and chose to sell it later and you're going to do ok, your money is safe and better 'invested' -
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This is a Fender P Bass pickup[/font][/color] cover[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] which has been aged. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The cover has a screw hole spacing of approx 115-117mm. Please check the spacing on your bass! [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=5][u][b]LINK TO PICTURES: [/b][/u][/size][/font][/color][url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wau5dupo6fmuoes/tB7azkut5c"]https://www.dropbox....uoes/tB7azkut5c[/url][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color]
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This is a Fender P Bass [b]bridge cover[/b] which has been aged. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The bridge cover requires two non standard screws, which are included. These screws are slightly fatter then the regular ones and have a flat head screwdriver head.[/font][/color] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]I also have a similar P Bass pickup cover, which is also listed here for sale and is pictured in the link below. The two do not match perfectly, but I have taken the picture in case you'd like to see them both side by side.([/color][/font][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The [b]pickup cover[/b] has a screw hole spacing of approx 115-117mm. Please check the spacing on your bass!). [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif](The matched pair I had for sale have been sold).[/font][/color] [size=5][u][b][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]LINK TO PICTURES: [/font][/color][/b][/u][b][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][/b][/size][url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wau5dupo6fmuoes/tB7azkut5c"]https://www.dropbox....uoes/tB7azkut5c[/url]
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Thanks for the trade offer PM's. Unfortunately all have been high end boutique style basses which I would have no use for, or would want to sell on. Really, I'm after the cash but if you have a 'bass plus cash' deal you'd like to put forward then please feel free to give it a try, you never know I guess?
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[quote name='Emanew' timestamp='1397308272' post='2422675'] One of the rarest late 50s Precision Bass Matching headstock is unusual on a PB [/quote] Absolutely, I never would have believed this one if I hadn't seen it at Norm's. Very cool bass.
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Anybody tired of the bass guitar merry-go-round ?
Chiliwailer replied to Black Coffee's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1397311566' post='2422711'] They spend their time agonizing about technicalities and academic issues to do with construction because it is somewhere to direct their energies elsewhere than confronting their shortcomings as a player. [/quote] Ouch! Good observation, I know what you mean about players who buy high end guitars and yet are still going through the gears in their learning. I'm just glad that they are having fun in the bass world and that they have got a cool instrument that makes them smile and PROUD to own. No matter what level you are, if you can enjoy playing then that's all that matters in my personal view. Equally, I get a buzz out of seeing awesome players buy a bass off me and take it to levels that I couldn't. For me, as long as it makes them buzz, I'm buzzing too. Oh, and the cash is always nice. -
I used to use short scales and my mate had an awesome one of these, but the one I ended up getting wasn't quite as good, though still cool and fun to play. Both were USA.
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Anybody tired of the bass guitar merry-go-round ?
Chiliwailer replied to Black Coffee's topic in Bass Guitars
This is such a great topic, so thank you to the OP. I've been thinking [u][b]a lot[/b][/u] about this recently. A few years back I was completely settled with my collection, but then I had to sell most of it to put down a deposit on a flat purchase. I let go of amazing basses, including 2 pre CBS basses which I had taken a lot of time to ensure were excellent examples, but the reality was to get on the property ladder so I was cool with letting them go to get out of 16 years of flat sharing. I ended up left with a Music Man Sterling, which I wasn't that into, so I put a Precision pickup in it, but I was still not happy. Luckily in the last year I've been able to buy some lovely guitars again and I have been waiting for the ones that 'settle', just like my old collection did. If i can find a bass that I can't fault (in terms of how it suits my style), then it stays. But if I get a re-occurring niggle then no matter how much I like the bass, it has to go for one that I'm enjoying more than questioning. After a solid year of going through some great basses, I reckon I'm pretty much there now. This collection won't be as good as my previous in some ways, but it wil be equal in that I have some excellent basses which I don't question or critique, just simply love owning. For me that's the key, to have a few basses that suit me and also suit all the styles I like.