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FS: '73 Precision Fretless maple board **SOLD**
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Basses For Sale
Indeed it is mate, but like I said, that's what it cost me. Quick update in response to a few PM's, courier costs will be extra, especially if you're buying from Europe! I'm sending this fully insured so it's about £50 to the UK (using UPS Premium) and perhaps £70 to Europe. I'll refund any difference between what you pay and what it costs of course, this isn't eBay after all Cheers Chris -
MM USA SUB. Anyone know what's under the paint?
Beedster replied to leschirons's topic in General Discussion
That was me, but bloody hell it took some work, the neck especially. All things considered I wouldn’t recommend it, they really went to work on producing the most robust finishes in the SUBs! -
Not happy to be selling this, but am offloading a lot of stuff at present and in doing so am trying to balance sentiment with sensibleness. I'm also trying to reduce the amount of gear I have because it's nice to have (i.e., it gets the dopamine pathways going) and just stick to the stuff that it's useful to have. What I've always like about this bass over and above the tone and the playability is the fact that it's 45 years old and looks incredible. However, in real terms neither of those facts come through on tape, and I've got other fretless basses that, whilst not having the same mojo or kudos, do the same job. This bass is in VERY good condition, frankly I suspect it sat in its case unused for around 30 years before the previous owner, IIRC a session player, used it occasionally for 10 years or so before selling to me. He sold it to me for £1000 which is a very good price, and that's what I'm selling it for here; however if it doesn't sell here and I have to sell it on eBay, it'll be at around £1800 (if I sell it there for £1000 it will simply end up being bought by a dealer and sold for £1800 anyway, and in that case I'd prefer that I make the money than a dealer does Comes with a generic case. Collection from Canterbury, meet-up in London or courier at buyer's expense.
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Bloody lovely bass for the money, but if you need lightweight, please look elsewhere. I'm not sure what body the wood is other than that it is at the opposite end of the spectrum to balsa. Neck: Warmoth Body: unknown Tuners: Hipshot PUPs: Wizard (64's I think but will check) Circuit: Kiogon with series/parallel switching adding some grunt if needed Precision width neck (with beautiful ebony board) combined with considerable mass makes this a pretty formidable instrument which was once described as "a real man's bass" by a fellow lowender who made the mistake of picking it up at the studio (he's still seeing a physio). It's definitely more Jack Bruce than Jaco, more Jeff Ament than Jeff Berlin, and more Danko than Palladino. All joking aside, I've used it large;y as a sitting down instrument Will come either with Bridge/PUP covers and BBOT bridge as in pic, or with no covers but Badass II. The former looks better, the latter sounds better on this bass. Courier will be around £30. I'll post some more pics at the weekend.
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UPS - Unbelievably Poor Service. Avoid this courier...
Beedster replied to Dood's topic in General Discussion
Quote of the day But it is amazing, the either simultaneously bring the full force of their left hand to bare on the doorbell whilst at the same time banging the door heavily with the right and shouting at a level that would wake a hibernating bear, or somehow manage to get the card through the door as per the above post.....? -
UPS - Unbelievably Poor Service. Avoid this courier...
Beedster replied to Dood's topic in General Discussion
There are good and bad people, and good and bad practices, in all courier companies. My UPS guy is outstanding, he carries rolls of 'FRAGILE' tape with him and asks whether we want stuff labelled before he takes it to the depot. He's on occasion added extra tape to boxes for me when he thinks they look undertaped, and he even hand wrote a message from himself ("This is the collection driver, please do not place any items on the top of this customer's box") when I sent an acoustic a while back. He's under a hell of a lot of pressure and often works 12 hour days, but despite this he's polite and friendly, and never rushes. -
Thanks Bigwan
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Anyone used one of these?
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These came out of a fretless Jazz and I've replaced them with an old pair of Di Marzios. They're well used and the cover of the bridge PUP is either worn or has been replaced (SD logo has gone). However they work 100% fine and sounded very nice in the Jazz to be honest, kinda makes me wonder why I changed them, but such is life £40 for the pair posted seems fair, they retail at around £80 per PUP from Thomann https://www.thomann.de/gb/seymour_duncan_stk_j2n.htm and https://www.thomann.de/gb/seymour_duncan_sstkj2b.htm
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Ah, the great live album that was mostly recorded in the studio. Having seen quite a few of the 70's great live at the time, it was pretty clear that had those performances made it to tape, the live albums in question would have been disasters. The story of the edits to Rock of Ages by The Band is quite amusing also
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FS: Meinl Congas
Beedster replied to Beedster's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale