Soliloquy

Bump. I may be interested in part trades for a cheap keyboard, only up to about £200 though. I have that amount to spend on a keyboard anyway.

[quote name='LemonCello' post='1130580' date='Feb 17 2011, 08:33 AM']That's bottom clenchingly gorgeous! Beautiful bass and a piece of art too! Good luck with the sale, LC[/quote] It looked great at Christmas, all covered in tinsel and baubles .

Photo showing the nice, shiny blue LED's. Apologies for the photo, I should have leant against something I guess, to cut down on movement , they are very bright.

I weighed it on my bathroom scales, not I have to say the most accurate scales around, but according to them it's about 9lbs.

[quote name='BassBod' post='1128685' date='Feb 15 2011, 06:21 PM']Sorry to hear about the circumstances - family and good health are more important than nice basses. Now please tell me its a very, very heavy bass that I don't need...and will give me a dodgy back for years to come, even when played sitting down! Otherwise I may do something stupid with my hard earned debts.[/quote] Hi Duncan, It's a strange bass, it feels quite heavy when you pick up, but it balances very, very well, so it doesn't weigh much when it's worn. I practice for 6 or 7 hours a day, most days, and I've done that with this bass strapped on with no discomfort. I'll weigh it later, just out of curiosity.

Bump. Deals welcome for both.

[quote name='Stag' post='1127285' date='Feb 14 2011, 04:55 PM']Wow, thats extremely cool. I actually prefer it in white! sorry you have to sell tho [/quote] Yeah, I'm really sorry too, I waited over a year and a half for this to be finished. It's all the fault of the NHS and an insurance company. My brother's a karate instructor, he injured himself training last year, someone side kicked him (whatever that is). He's been going backwards and forwards to the hospital seeing various so called specialists. He's finally gone and seen a private sports injury specialist who diagnosed his problem in 30 minutes. He's now going to need an operation to fix it. The NHS waiting list is months, he's already been limping around for a year. So he's going to have the operation done privately. This is his livelihood, but his insurance (that's not cheap) is refusing to pay out. I look at it like this though. I really don't play the bass out, and I can always order another at a later date. PLus I'm helping my brother out.

I really hate doing this, but a family member has a health issue and I need to raise some cash. Anyway, a bit of history. This beautiful bass is 24 years old. It was originally built for a guy in Scotland, who I believe now has another Starchild bass. It was originally 'Pearl Pink' in colour, and had what John calls 'snow drift' inlays. The original owner had it re spayed white at some stage. When I bought it two years ago the white had yellowed quite badly, and there were various bumps and marks on the body. It didn't however have any major problems, everything was merely cosmetic. I think a testament to John's superb luthiery skills. John Diggins had the bass for about 18 months, I got it back from him just before Christmas. During the refurbishment he totally stripped the bass back to the bare wood, and re finished it in white. It's had a new modern truss rod fitted to it, meaning the neck is as stable as any other bass that I own, it just doesn't move. He's also fitted a new fretboard, and spent hours and hours doing the 'Starchild' inlays. The neck and headstock are bound in white. It laso has blue side LED's, the LED in the on/off/pick up selector is also blue. It has shiny new gold bridge pieces, and knobs. The machines are original, John just gave them a polish. The electronics were changed to a new modern board to allow space for the extra battery required for the LED's. It is an amazing looking bass. I have used it out of the house on two occasions only, and both times I had people complimenting me on the bass. Don't believe what people say about them being 'one trick ponies', that just isn't the case. People who say that quite simply don't know what they're talking about. I used it live on two occasions, once with a jazz trio, and once with a beautiful lady singer called Judy Duff, doing jazz standard songs songs. The preamp is extremely versatile, just roll off the treble, and boost the bass for a rich and deep sound. Boost the treble and bass, cut the mids and you're into Mark King territory. It comes with a custom size Hiscox hard case. I will be commissioning a new bass from John when finances allow. The bass is totally mint, it has no marks what so ever anywhere on it. There is currently an 18 month wait for a Jaydee bass, possibly longer for one like this. Taking into account all of the extras, binding, custom inlays, LED's etc, the current new price for this bass is somewhere about £2,500. I want £1,500 plus shipping, though I would rather the buyer collects it. I could also meet half way somewhere. Absolutely no trades though.

I got a Shuttle 6.0 in a trade a couple of weeks ago. I found the stock Ruby valve to be very 'gritty' sounding. So I experimented with a few different valves. This sounded very, very nice in it, but I've now traded the Shuttle for an LM2. It's 'new old stock', dated 1983 on the box. £25 posted.

Withdrawn briefly, but I'm still not 100% happy with it. I've changed the valve to a better quality JJ Electronics one. It had quite a 'gritty' sound before, now it's a lot smoother sounding. Still open for trades for Markbass heads, possibly EBS too.

Bump.