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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1444250821' post='2881660'] Top bit of kit...takes many by surprise with the volume and tones...after all how can an amp with silly little 5" speakers make that much noise?? Very well priced too (I think I sold mine for about £400 IIRC) GLWTS [/quote] Many thanks mate, yes they are pretty special for the size and work extremely well with all instruments, from mandolin to DB. Looks like the market place may have determined that this is going to stay at mine, which isn't really the end of the world!

You know what this is and what it does, you don't need me going on about it. It's 100w but they're proper old school watts, not the sort you get from PJB. I've rarely had this further than 4 on gain or 6 on master in pub gigs, and even that can have a uncomfortable effect on bowel function. Sound wise, it can do decent B-15 and decent SVT, unlike the original V4-B it's also got a gain which means that you have far more control over the tone (Motown thump to edgy grit to all-out fuzz). It's all working just fine, and despite carrying a few knocks here and there is in fine fettle, ready to go out and do it's thing for years to come. The bad bits. The gain pot needs replacing, it works with a little teasing but this is what happens when a two year old girl uses your rig as a climbing frame I'm afraid. Also the caps of two of the other controls have come off (I suspect she ate these as we couldn't find them afterwards), they can be had for about $1 from the US. Please see the pics below, both problems sound a lot worse than they are. It also hasn't been serviced for a while, so while it does the job just fine, it being what it is will probably benefit from a good look over in the next year or two All the above means I'll do it for £500 without covers or £550 with. Collection from Canterbury or Colchester preferred, might be able to deliver, and can courier the head in a wooden crate and the cab in a box but it won't be especially cheap. All delivery costs are over and above the cost of the rig. BTW the padded covers are rather chunky and really do protect the boxes (had to buy these to stop the noise machines from breaking any more bits off). [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/2015-10-09%2012.58.40_zps1typ4yma.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5470_zpskpjyhr9i.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5459_zpsae8idlu0.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5457_zpsp7xgs57q.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5454_zpshv0yywat.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='SolomonHelsing' timestamp='1444385504' post='2882736'] Nice okay thanks, I may well PM you if this isn't gone before funds are raised. For anyone else looking, I can attest to how good warmoth parts are, the neck on this will be as good, if not better than American Fender Quality. [/quote] Many thanks, look forward to hearing from you. I do however have to disagree with the above, the neck is quartersawn AAA birds-eye maple, the light oil finish is so light that you can barely tell it's there when you play the neck but you know it's there to protect it, the board is a stunning and thick slice of ebony, and the lines and blocks are so very very well done. This is WAY WAY WAY better than American Fender quality All joking aside, it is at the very least the match for most Fender Custom Shop necks I've played (and there've been a few!) Chris

It's a Guitarbuild body IIRC, has a few coats of Danish Oil. Feels rather old despite being quite new.

If you do sell my '78 Fretless P/J is in the classified section, I'd love to offer a trade but I have far too many fretless basses! Good luck Chris

PS I can of course provide pickguard screws and drill some holes, just never used this bass with a pickguard, hence the lack of either!

I won't go on about this bass to much, suffice to say that it is exceptional, cost me a lot to build (neck mainly, which was a custom order from Warmoth and cost pretty much what I'm asking for the whole bass), and that if you're not happy with it, I'll happily take it back and refund you. This is the fretless I was playing routinely until my Wal landed, and I decided to part it out and keep the neck. However, I have a few other things listed which didn't sell so it seems wisest to rebuild and take a hit on this and keep some of the other stuff. I'd always wanted a blocked/lined fretless neck, partly for the aesthetics and partly because the blocks really do help if you're moving around the neck a lot. It's a top-grade neck and I can provide receipts with the bass ($610 plus courier plus import duty). So Warmoth AAA birds-eye maple neck with ebony board, lined with pearl blocks Schaller tuners DI Marzio Super Jazz PUPs Kiogon circuit with push/pull series/paralell Fender vintage RI bridge So, pics. Not super high quality I'm afraid but you get the idea. [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5432_zps72q5doto.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5440_zpsxqlj4jfi.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5437_zpsnepfae5w.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5444_zpsiiykwcws.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5441_zpsbintwgfh.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_5447_zpstjqkzxbl.jpg.html"][/url]

Don't refin it Karl, there's something quite magical about it as is

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1444339857' post='2882485'] What's with the two channels and the two bias? [/quote] They replicate the circuits of the '64 and '66 models respectively Sean, '66 is much nicer to my ear, slightly fuller and rounder. Others prefer the '64.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1444339095' post='2882476'] I do like the originals, but having played one of these last year, I fell in love, craved one ever since, incredible things, and almost identical, uber cool looks plus all the reliability of a modern piece, stunning, all you'll ever need. [/quote] Yep, that's why I bought it Rick. I've owned amps and cabs that made a quantitative difference to tone - PJB to my ear is quantitatively better than Markbass for example - but the B-15 is qualitatively different, it's in a completely different league to anything else I've ever owned or played through (possible exception being other B-15s of course). Nothing I've owned has flattered an instrument the way this does, and that's not just electric basses, DB sounds incredible as well, it seems to add some real magic to the tone, almost like I'm, playing a £100k instrument as opposed to a £1k one! I'm pretty sure that when I next record DB I'll be doing so through this with a mic on the cab as opposed to on the instrument (unless someone buys it of course!).

That looks familiar If it's the one I think it is, it is absolutely lovely to play and hear, and a pure stunner to look at. A classic vintage Fender. Good luck with the sale.

[quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1444258687' post='2881755'] I've got one of these original '64 cabs complete with dolly (minus original speaker) in the back of my garage. I've been on the look out for an amp to go with it for about 25 years The guy I got it from threw the amp out as he thought it was too old technology! [/quote] Damn, that's a shocker! Let me know if you fancied selling the cab Keith, I quite like the idea of the new and (theoretically) reliable head in one of the old boxes, and '64 is something of a landmark year for me anyway

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1444255483' post='2881728'] Can you please stop bumping this, I don't need reminding that it's still available!! [/quote] Ha ha, bit too recently manufactured for you I'd say Rick

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[quote name='BB2000' timestamp='1444262887' post='2881769'] That would be a shame, the fretless version is comparatively rare. [/quote] Take your point mate, but it's really down to what makes it work for the owner I guess. I'd keep it fretless for sure. Perhaps rather than suggest he fret it I should have suggested he spends a bit of time learning to play it - there's nothing you can do on a fretted that you can't do on a fretless after all

[quote name='Bobby K' timestamp='1440680075' post='2852904'] Oh,how I would love this! I own the fretted version, same colour, slightly younger though, a 1984. Best bass I've had, a keeper for life! Alas, the funds are non-existent for this beauty. GLWTS though ;-) [/quote] [quote name='RhythmKage' timestamp='1440703557' post='2853176'] Thanks for the kind words! I would definitely be keeping a hold of this if it were fretted, unfortunately I can't justify keeping such a wonderful instrument when my intonation is so... questionable. [/quote] Actually, you could always keep it and have it fretted? Extra £100 and you may have a lifetime keeper as per Bobby's post?

It probably says a lot to say this at a time when I'm also selling a fretless bass (at twice the price), but this bass is probably one of the best fretless basses to come up for sale on here for quite a while, in fact I really can't quite understand why it's still here. I currently have five fretless basses (I know), and need to offload at least two of them, but I am SO tempted by this

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Gentle 'don't really want to sell but will if I have to' bump

Gonna withdraw these parts while I have a think about some new projects, keep yours eyes open for a rather special fretless Jazz soon