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Apologies, was unsure where it would be best suited - please move if you think there's a more appropriate place. Cheers, Dave

Sadly I'm being forced to sell more basses, so up for sale is a 3/4 size double bass. I know virtually nothing about double basses, so please excuse the basic info - if anyone can tell any more by looking please chip in, or anyone is more than welcome to come and give it a try, I'm based in Manchester but I can also get it to Stafford/Birmingham/Leicester if that would be easier. I think it's a laminate, the label inside says 'made in Czechoslovakia' other than that I'm not too sure I'm afraid. It's just back from a local luthier who has given it a full setup, including a brand new bridge, soundpost and set of Tomastik Superflexible steel rope core strings, which has made a huge difference and it sounds and plays beautifully. She's been well played over the years and isn't the prettiest of things - a previous owner decided to put a sticker on her which has been removed, but it sounds fantastic and would make an ideal instrument for anyone new to upright, or who wants to give DB a go. Price is £550, including a Ritter padded gig bag for easy transport. Would really need to be collection due to bulk and fragility, though will ship at buyers expense if required. PM is probably easiest form of contact initially, thanks for looking **Also for sale is a K & K Sounds Double Bass twin pick up system, the Bass Master Pro. Two separate piezo pickup systems with pre-amp allowing you to blend the two signals together as you like. For sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=56676"]here[/url]**

For sale is a K&K Sound Bass Master Pro Double Bass pickup system - it's the best one they do, and consists of a four-head piezo transducer that sit underneath the individual strings, plus a wing-mount piezo pickup. Also comes with a dual channel pre-amp allowing you to blend the two signals together in any combination - a bit like a Jazz bass with bridge and neck pickups, both systems give you different tones, which can then be blended together as you like. I had to have this shipped over from the States, and I still don't think they're available in this country (correct me if I'm wrong!) so avoid getting stung by import tax as I did.... The website with full technical details etc is [url="http://www.kksound.com/bassmaster.html"]K & K Sounds Bass Master Pro[/url] Price is £175 collected from either Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester or London, or will ship at buyers expense (very light so won't be much at all). Comes boxed with manual and special adhesive tape to affix the transducer heads, pre-amp and stereo cable to carry signal from both pickups to pre-amp. **Also for sale reluctantly is my 3/4 size Double Bass. Details can be found [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=56677"]here[/url]**

Still available - based in Manchester but can get the bass to Birmingham, Coventry and potentially London if anyone wants to try it.

Sale completed. Am gutted to have had to let this go, but it's ended up in a good home with a real gentleman. It's been a pleasure to do business with you.

BUMP

Sold - pending the usual

Price drop to £150

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BUMP

Hi, have just measured and the string spacing at the bridge is between 18 and 19mm, though each bridge saddle can be adjusted sideways by a couple of mm (you can just about see in pic 3), so you can increase/decrease this slightly.

Thanks for the info on the date Jon, all I could find was info stating the first 2 digits of the serial no. were year of manufacture, and I was pretty sure it wasn't made in '41!

I'm afraid not, sorry. The only reason for selling is financial unfortunately.....

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[quote name='anthomp' post='527712' date='Jun 29 2009, 01:40 PM']Looks familiar[/quote] Yes, I bought it from a fellow TB'er - it was a luxury I couldn't really afford at the time but it was such a beautiful instrument I couldn't let it go. Unfortunately I've just been made redundant so it's now a luxury I really can't justify! I'll be gutted to part with it.

I've been reluctanly forced to have a clear out of a couple of basses, so for sale is an Ibanez SR800 in beautiful metallic green finish with matching neck and headstock - the photos really don't do the finish justice! As far as I can determine it's an early 90's model, serial no is F417691, made in Japan. The body is Alder, with a three piece maple neck and a rosewood board. It's extremely light and with a slim neck, making it an incredibly easy and comfortable bass to play. It was professionally de-fretted by The Bass Gallery in London resulting in a lined board for ease of playing. It's a P/J configuration with active electronics and 3 band eq, with master volume, pick up selection, stacked bass cut/boost and treble cut/boost and stacked mid cut/boost and mid frequency selection controls that give it a fantastic range of tones. Comes fitted with a Hipshot drop-D tuner (original tuner will also be supplied). There's a few dings in the finish - on the end of the headstock, and a couple on the edge of the bass - one near the jack socket strap button and one on the top edge, but these aren't visible when playing. There was also a crack along the side of the top horn, but this was professionally repaired by the Bass Gallery and is as good as new (see photos). Comes complete with a Ritter padded gig bag, sale price is £200 - an inexpensive way to try fretless playing with a great looking and sounding bass. You can contact me via PM, email at [email protected] or on 07989 608438. Cheers, Dave

Reluctantly having to sell this beautiful Sei 5 string Jazz bass. It has a swamp ash body with amboina burl top and matching headstock face, rosewood board and heavily flamed maple neck. The bass is in fantastic condition with just a few marks and tiny impressions in the finish on the back, and one tiny mark on the edge of the headstock. Electronics are Bart 3 band (9v) and the pickups are Wizard custom wounds - the sound is very modern but versatile and slightly compressed (really high quality and hifi as you'd expect). This is an excellent example of Martin's work and the whole bass just exudes boutique quality. As far as I know, the bass is around 6 years old. The bass has recently been setup, and plays beautifully with a very low action - extremely comfortable to play. It comes with an 'as new' Fodera hard case. Really don't want to have to sell this instrument, but current economic circumstances mean I need to let one or two go unfortunately. Sale price is £1100 firm. You can contact me via PM, email at [email protected] or by phone on 07989 608438. Thanks, Dave

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