Beedster

Bloody lovely bass bought recently from Karl (thread and pics below). I'd love to keep it but frankly we've a load of building work that's over-running at Beedster Towers, and apparently 'overrunning' means over budget, so I'm going to have to offload a load of gear over the next few weeks to help cover the costs (there's an SVT and a Boogie head, a Precision or two, Ovation and Gibson acoustics, possibly even a Strat, oh and an Essex Blonde......). Frankly it's no bad thing given I currently appear to have nine basses, five three rigs, three acoustics, two Strats, and god knows what else out there! Irony is once I've sold it all I'll probably realise we didn't need the space afforded by the new building after all. Anyway, this was last in so is first out. EBMM are looking like they might be closing down the web support for these things, but frankly, even with factory settings alone it's an extraordinarily versatile instrument, albeit one centred largely around classic EBMM tones. It is also extraordinarily well engineered and finished, and on both bases is an extremely playable bass (butter, wool, whatever is the latest metaphor). It's not a Variax, all the tonal options are analogue not digital, based essentially on PUP circuitry as opposed to modelling. OHSC included so happy to post, or collection from Canterbury. No trades thanks. .

That was my impression also. Having done a lot of homework on this bass - mostly because I was seriously interested in buying it - the previous owner/dealer in the USA clearly identified it as having been 'converted to fretless'. It's possible they were wrong, but it would be a very odd thing to say if it weren't true given they were trying to sell the bass at the time. I doubt it makes any real difference if it was professionally done, and I'd still love this bass alongside my '77 Ray

Hi mate, have you resolved the originality issue, factory fretless or defret? I am interested and have the funds, but most sources I’ve read since seeing your original listing suggest this is the latter? It may not be a deal breaker but some info would be useful. Cheers Chris

Hello mate, I’m in Canterbury Kent Chris

Should mention that I have two very sturdy boxes plus the cases for the cabs so can courier this at buyer's expense Cheers Chris

Thanks Martin This rig sold a couple of months back, but the buyer needed it quicker than I could guarantee getting it to him. So, having some time off over Christmas I set it up in the house and played the hell out of it, and it is bloody lovely, way way better than I had realised and stupidly loud for a rig this size. Tone-wise it's a very different beast to PJB gear that is the only comparison for size, more in line for me with the AER combos I've owned (although significantly smaller and lighter). However, I can't really justify keeping this, plus Boogie plus Ampeg, so back on the BC market. Note that this is not the rig that's currently available in your local music store, as WoT indicated above, for some reason Ibanez discontinued these two models. I can't speak for the quality of the newer replacements, but I do know that the older stuff has achieved something of a following, and justifiably! Chris