Paul S

And sold.

I acquired this in a trade very recently after a bout of serious GAS. It has confirmed my suspicions - 5 strings is one too many for me, so off it goes. Here is John's original listing with much better pictures than I could hope to take - linked here with his permission. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/236579-traded-sgc-nanyo-sb315-bass-collection-5-string/page__p__2466224__hl__nanyo__fromsearch__1#entry2466224"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2466224[/url] MIJ mid 90s, Gotoh hardware - these are the real deal, not a copy - a quality instrument. No issues. Priced to sell at a ridiculous £160 collected from SS7, meet half way or delivered for fuel within reasonable distance. Or £180 posted (mainland UK only). Cash on collection/ meet/ delivery, PayPal gift, bank transfer or personal cheque if you aren't in a hurry. Is there a better quality 5er offered for sale cheaper anywhere on the internet at the moment? I doubt it.

And sold.

Thanks! and now on hold....

Moving this one on, after all we've been through together! Started life as a Westone Thunder Jet. Bodily scarred when i got it, I gave it a polish so it is now a glossier finish than the usual matt black of a Thunder Jet. I fitted a J-East P-Retro, which made it a bit of a beast! Generic Gotoh-a-like high mass bridge. Mods - I had fairly serious GAS to try a Musicman style pickup in this, so I bought a Delano MM pup on here and sent it off to Bass Doc. Howard did the necessary routing to fit the pickup, custom made a black scratch plate, also fitted a series parallel switch into the plate together with the little LED for the P Retro. Then routed the back to make access better and made a custom cover. As you can see in the pics, he made a cracking job of it and it really is a lovely looking bass. Trouble is I don't like it the way it is now - I preferred it before, with the P-Style pickup. It plays very well - the Westone Thunder series are great quality and good for modding. The neck is lovely. This is one of the lighter models and there is very slight neck dive, cured by a wide strap. Not in EB0 league, though. The P-Retro, Delano pup and series/parallel switching makes this a very versatile bass. it doesn't sound like a Westone - nearer to a MM but not quite. Vital stats - weighs approx. 8lbs, neck is 40mm at the nut. 22 frets, currently fitted with D'Addario chrome flats. Be a shame to part it out so I am pricing it way below its worth. I am asking £160 collected from SS7, deliver within reason for fuel or meet half-way. Or £180 posted (mainland UK only). [attachment=165406:tjetray1.jpg][attachment=165407:tjetray2.jpg][attachment=165408:tjetray3.jpg]

This was mine, I traded it with John for a 5er he had that I had GAS for. I am almost tempted to buy it back as it is an absolutely cracking bass. 7.5lbs of Fugi-jen's finest with the skinniest neck I have played. And I have a penchant for skinny necks, too. The marks shown are pretty well it as far as superficial damage is concerned, it shines with a deep piano black that belies its age. This has done the Basschat rounds, when I got it the electrics had been converted to passive with new pickups (but included the old bits in the sale). I put it back to stock and had the knackered preamp put back to fully working again. Be quite interested if all the previous owners could chip in as, to my knowledge, there were 2 Basschatter owners before me.

Yes please, PM incoming