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its feeling sad and unloved bump........

anyone else get worried about changing pickups / active circuitry / configuration / or even physically modding your main bass when you really don't have much idea about how its going to sound ? Here we have a good quality 'budget' bass - Jazz-style from Hodson (branded & imported from the far east somewhere) (see www.hodsonguitars.co.uk) High gloss black finish - difficult to take a good photo without reflections - all the marks on the body (apart from the scratchplate screwholes) are artefacts - theres hardly a scratch - you can see how mirror-like it is with the shot of the back showing the camera! Neck is Jazz'ish - 1 1/2 at the nut and 2 1/2 at the 21st and comfortable and straight - truss rod works ok too Set up is medium low - little bit of buzz on 'E' and 'A' at the top - nothing much though 1 - the body carefully routered (?) to take precision or jazz pickups in the neck position (typical PJ or JJ setup) 2 - and a battery box added to the back with the trailing lead fed through to the control cavity 3- jack socket added to the side of the body (jack socket with x3 connections for active configuration) see the pics - all done without affecting the structural integrity of the body! why ?? I don't think you know how pickups etc are going to sound until you use them in a live, real gig, situation to see how they work in the mix.....so i wanted something whereby i could check out things like different pickups - Bartolinis / EMGs / Kent Armstrongs / humbucking or active vs passive or even the Audere Jazz preamp (built into the control plate) (selling soon!) to give me just an idea without taking a saw to my main bass! But it still had to look good enough to play in a class function band.. so this bass let me try all sorts of combinations out... most of which i'll be offering when i get round to it ! Comes with x2 virtually unmarked scratchplates - one for two 'jazz' pickups and one for P/J (both have holes in for the neck pickup cover - cause thats how i play....) The pickups currently fitted are cheap Jazz-style and should be swapped out at the earliest opportunity (in my opinion!) - but they do work currently wired in 'standard' fashion (with messy soldering - been on and off several times..) to the jack socket in the control plate Think i'm settled now (hmmmm... i guess we all think that - till the next attack so i'm offering it as it is in case anyone finds it useful! thanks for wading through that lot... so ... how much?? yours for just £79 ! or would consider trades / px - esp a half-decent electro-acoustic 6 string ? courier (uninsured) - probably about £10 / 12 - but welcome to come and try / inspect (i'm in Poole on the sunny .. well... less wet maybe... south coast) [attachment=112614:hodson 01.jpg]

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hmmmm.... been 'away' for a while - this is still here tho'...

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60w x 48h x 48d (ignoring the tilt-back corner chopped off!)

i'm not sure i'd want to take it by bus etc! -its quite big for a 2 x 10 - but possible i guess.. i'll measure it later and post but happy with my GB shuttle & schroeder at the mo - but thanks...

offers?.... trades ... ??

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have a bump for a great amp! - can't understand why mine hasn't sold !

[quote name='nugget' timestamp='1325547287' post='1484375'] Is this still available?? [/quote] * available still !* and could possibly be tempted by a trade for a custom-made bass.............

don't see why not ! cheers roger [quote name='rockabillybob1' timestamp='1325436877' post='1483127'] would you post it by courier [/quote]

a 'still taking up space in the front room' bump......

price drop bump..... :{

final bump... try an offer??

pm'd and have a bump!

kettle's on..... bump!

can't believe there's been no interest bump!

price drop...'bump'... hurts !

just have to say i *really* like my shuttle 6 &1212L combination.... so have a friday bump on me!