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    Posted · Edited by julesb

    It's a 1998 bass so things like Aerial, 50 words, directors cut I imagine with Kate Bush. I think he was house bassist at abbey rd and real world so lots of different stuff going on there including Bond soundtrack stuff.

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    [b]TRADES: Vintage JAZZ, MM SABRE (pref Sunburst but black is cool) Interesting and old is floating my boat right now.[/b]


    Sound sample from an unfinished track so be gentle :mellow: . Flatwounds, bass slightly up, treble slightly down, mid in the middle, through a MB head with VLE about halfway.

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    [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Stunning bass made for John Giblin and used on recordings and sessions with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn, Scott Walker and David Sylvian, among others. (comes with letter from John Giblin). If you are after a 5 string fretless with lines then this is about as good as it gets (imo.) 34 inch scale, Koa top, polyfusion pre-amp and dates from 1998. I'm not sure of the weight but it's not heavy at all and balances perfectly.[/size][/font]

    [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Plays beautifully with no issues. No truss rod on these models so set your action to your liking and forget about it. The neck will not move a mm. The pre is the original which I re-installed because Giblin had put a musicman pre in. He preferred the mid frequency which I think is 500hz on a MM. The ZP mid is at 330hz and is accessed through the back plate. I spoke to Joe Zon personally and he was baffled as to why he did this. Either way it's back to stock now. It has one custom designed Bartolini pup in the fretless sweet spot and sounds fantastic. Currently strung with D'addario chromes.It has the odd mark and a couple of dings when it slipped from it's case onto Kate Bush's drive after the case wasn't done up. I didn't have this repaired as you can't see it from the front and I quite liked the story/mojo. There is a fine line in the lacquer at the neck join which is purely cosmetic and was told is a common occurrence. Plays without fault. Comes with an old but functional hard case.[/size]

    [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]I'm based near Brighton and try outs are more than welcome and are preferred but I can post if required, [/size][/font]

    [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Any questions/offers/trades just fire away! [/size][/font]

    [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Cheers,[/size][/font]
    [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Julesb[/size][/font]

    Loving This - New From Tedeschi Truck Band

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by julesb

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    Hate to be picky but John Prine wrote it. Good song.
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    I stand corrected. It was shorter than saying 'the version I know as performed by Bonnie Raitt, not sure if she wrote it but she performs this song tremendously' 😂

    What is/WAS this bass. Calling all bass detectives

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by julesb

    Back from the dead. Two new pickups, two new pots, refret and a pickguard. Linseed oil finish with a wax polish. Kept everything else that was useable. Kept original jazz pup cover and tried to match it with some diy distressing on the new p pup covers. This doesn't look quite right so might bin the jazz cover. Not sure yet. Looks nothing like it would have originally but sounds great and back in the land of the living.

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