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This is a hand wound '51 P-Bass pickup, with 5 lead wiring allowing for parallel/serial switching of the coils. Essentially the pickup has been divided into two coils: one for the top two strings and the other for the lower two, so you can wire it as a standard single coil or a later P-Bass type split coil. The pickup has been used but is in good condition. I put some cloth tape wrapping on as the coils were exposed originally but that would be easily removed if you prefer to see the wiring. The specs are in the second picture. It's 12.42 Kohm output. This cost me over £70. Priced for a quick sale. Inc P&P but you are welcome to collect from Fakenham, Norfolk

One unused, unopened set of Rotosound RS77LD Monel flats for long scale bass. Standard gauge (45-105) 4 string. Price includes P&P but you are welcome to collect from Fakenham, Norfolk.

One unused, unopened pack of D'Addario Chrome Flat Wound longs scale strings for 4 string bass. These are regular light gauge according to D'Addario. The price includes P&P but you are welcome to collect from Fakenham, Norfolk.

One unused, unopened pack of D'Addario Flex Steels for 4 string long scale bass. These are round wound medium gauge. I believe these are no longer made as I couldn't find this exact model on any of the usual UK string dealers' sites. The price includes p&p but you are welcome to collect from Fakenham, Norfolk.

One unused, unopened set of D'Addario short scale, super light gauge, nickel round wound strings for 4 string bass. These are the gauge fitted to Squier shorties like the Bronco and the discontinued Jaguar SS but IMO better being D'Addario. The price includes P&P but you are welcome to collect from Fakenham, Norfolk. Now £21.

According to my bathroom scales it weighs 4Kg. I don’t think they are particularly accurate but I have heard others say about 8.5 lbs, so maybe with the high mass bridge and all the copper shielding 4 Kg (8.8 lbs) is about right.

This is a fantastic bass and can’t be beaten for the money, IMO. I would love to hold onto it but unfortunately the 5 string stretch is just too much for my arthritic left hand. I am having to resign myself to sticking to 4 string shorties. It’s a shame as I have only owned it for a few months and have hardly used it. The full standard spec can be found here on the Ibanez website: https://www.ibanez.com/na/products/detail/tmb35_1p_01.html. Essentially it is a 30” scale 5 string with a 45mm nut and quite chunky neck. The Precision pickup is surprisingly good for the price point IMO. The jazz is a bit weak but works well to blend in a bit of brighter tone to the P when you need it. The standard strings are fine for nickel rounds and it has a nice low action. I have done a few upgrades: completely rewired and shielded, with Alpha potentiometers, with a pickup blend instead of the second volume and a push/pull volume that switches the combined pickups between parallel and series. The pickups in series is like the “all-in” option on the Nordstrand Acinonyx, it effectively makes them into a big humbucker. This boosts the bass and mids, while retaining a slightly clipped top end. It also boosts the volume a bit. Note in series mode the blend control does nothing unless you turn it all the way to the bridge pickup, when it acts as a mute. The copper shielding, plus ground wires everywhere (see pic) completely removes the single coil hum that is a downside of the standard TMB35. I have also replaced the standard bridge with a Fender high mass item and changed the standard plastic knobs for metal. Condition wise, the only mark I can find is a tiny white mark on the back of the headstock (see pic). Otherwise it is in as new condition. I have priced at what I think is reasonable for a quick sale, given I spent more than £80 on component upgrades and these retail for around £220 at the moment. I will provide the original bridge and plastic knobs. You really don’t want the original pots and jack socket. It does not have a case or gig bag. I would prefer a cash sale but would consider a trade for a good condition Hofner Violin bass with extra cash from my side depending on model and condition. Sorry, I can’t afford the extra for a German made model. You can try and buy in Fakenham, Norfolk. Not convenient for most I know, so I will travel to handover/meet around 60 miles, or so. I have the original box, so can ship to UK addresses at buyer’s expense. It’s going to be somewhere between £30-35 by UPS with insurance, I would guess. UPS is a bit more expensive but they do seem more reliable than a lot of others. I’ve had some bad experiences with the usual culprits.

Working on a strict one-in, one-out basis, I am reluctantly putting up for sale my Ibanez EHB1000S in Sea Foam Green. This bass has only been gigged 4 times and is in very good condition. I have replaced the OEM Bartolini pickups with Aguilar DCBs. This is a solderless conversion (see photo) using connector blocks, making it easy to reverse, or fit a different set of pickups. In addition to the Aguilar pickups, I have replaced the plastic knobs with metal ones and put 50-105 D’Addario nickel rounds on it, which seem more balanced than the hybrid set it came with. Condition wise neck, frets and fretboard are all perfect as far as I can see. There are a few little dings on the residual headstock from changing the strings: almost impossible to avoid IMO. The top of the headstock is a little faded at the corners (see pic), I think from rubbing in the gig bag, as I haven’t bashed, or scraped it. The body is perfect except for one tiny paint chip by the front strap button, where it came unscrewed (also pictured). I have glued in a bit more wood into the hole and put a dab of wood glue on the screw, so I don’t think it is going to come out again, unless you deliberately unscrew it. The full spec can be found here on the Ibanez website: https://www.ibanez.com/na/products/detail/ehb1000s_1p_01.html. Briefly it is a 30” scale, extremely ergonomically designed instrument. Plenty of contours and a super light chambered body mean you can play it for hours without discomfort. It balances really well on a strap with no perceivable neck dive. It’s 41mm at the nut, so it’s not going to feel cramped, if you like a P Bass but because the neck profile is quite a shallow D, those of us with short fingers don’t struggle either. An advantage of the headless design is you use standard length strings, clamp them and then cut off the excess. This means you have a much greater choice of strings for a shorty and you don’t have to pay the short scale premium. Pricing: I haven’t been able to find any precedents, so I’ll explain how I got to my asking price. These retail for £799-830 according to my research. I paid £800. Because it has a few marks (as described) I would bring it down to 3/4 of new price (£600). However, I paid £220 for the Aguilars, £30 for the metal knobs and £25 for the strings. Strings I discount completely, ditto the knobs but £95 seems a bargain for the Aguilars. Obviously it will come with the stock gig bag and the unused finger ramp. This is priced to sell quickly but obviously you are welcome to make an offer. You will get the original knobs and strings. For the asking price I’ll throw in the OEM Barts. This is a one-in, one-out, so I’m not really interested in a trade. The only thing I might go for would be a a similar condition Hofner Contemporary Violin bass with extra cash from your side. You can try and buy in Fakenham, Norfolk. Not convenient for most I know, so I will travel to handover/meet around 60 miles, or so. I have the original box, so can ship at buyer’s expense. It’s going to be around £30-35 by UPS with full insurance.