Beedster

[quote name='lateralus462' post='634398' date='Oct 23 2009, 01:03 PM']haven't bumped this for a while - price drop to £160 though no longer with a hard case (it's being used for one of my other basses - I will include a padded gig bag though!)

Trades for interesting FX or maybe a Guitar (the skinny string kind) or guitar related stuff considered. Although I would prefer to swap it for cold hard cash![/quote]

Hi mate
Are the dots on the side of the neck (i.e. on top when you play it) in line with the fretlines or between them? If the former consider me interested
Chris

[quote name='loudandclear' post='634321' date='Oct 23 2009, 12:05 PM']Yep - that about sums it up Chris[/quote]

That's an extremely generous price, I reckon if you put that on the bay and offered to send to Europe (where the exchange rate makes it very cheap and where Sadowsky seems to be a magic word) you'd do a lot better?

Good luck either way, I'd love to get my hands on it! I love the Sadowsky tone, I just didn't like having so much money tied up in one bass. Seems to me you're offering someone the perfect solution.

Chris

Think I'll do the 'withdrawn due to lack of interest' thing here! All things considered I think the best bet is to keep it as a back-up fretted whilst also trying to source a fretless neck that will fit. Might even get some stacked VT pots put in to see how that goes

Thanks for the comments and info above

Chris

So if that's as good at the 09's I've played that's pretty much a Sadowsky P/J for £795. That is a monster bass for the money!

So what about £50 posted?

[quote name='tredders' post='633997' date='Oct 22 2009, 11:13 PM']Bloody hell! What a collection... what are they? (left to right?)[/quote]

There was a bit of mixing of necks going on during this period (basses 1 and 3) but here's some detail:

1. '75 body/'73 B width neck. PUPs etc original. Good bass.
2. Bitsa fretless with rosewood board and SD PUPs. B width neck. Surprisingly good bass really
3. '73 body with JPUP at neck (matched J/P pair from Wizard), '75 A-width Precision neck. More of a Jazz really
4. '77 maple board fretless. Awesome, just awesome. Have spent most of this year finding another like it
5. '82 Fullerton '57 Reissue. C width neck. Light as a feather, great sustain, great treble response. Exceptional build quality & tight neck pocket. Clearly not an authentic Fender Precision
6. '78 with non-original ebony fretless board. B-width neck. A monster, weighed a ton and sang. Tone was a bit bright for my liking.

The shocking thing is that the pic was taken just over two years ago and I no longer own any of them (I think the therapy helped)

Chris

[quote name='Rayman' post='633539' date='Oct 22 2009, 04:11 PM']... it must be worth £350 ish?[/quote]

I'd have a said a fair bit more?

I was also only after one...

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At the time I thought I could justify owning each and every one of them. Idiot

PS here's the ones I've owned

'78 with retro ebony board. MONSTER

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Bitsa with J-PUP at bridge

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'77 original

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'77 with '90's MIJ body

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[quote name='Davo-London' post='632103' date='Oct 21 2009, 09:21 AM']It's up for sale at Kings Road shop for £1000. But I will take less if it goes to a good home. We can start the auction at £800.

Davo[/quote]

You might want to know that they were asking significantly more than that when I saw it, £1350 I believe. At £1000 I would have gone for it.
Chris

[quote name='4 candles' post='626350' date='Oct 14 2009, 08:19 PM']Simply Stunning bass, Mike is a great guy to deal with. All the best with the sale.[/quote]

+1 to both. Seems a shame to split the pair though Mike?

You still got this Jack?

Nice one Jon, I thought you might be along on this thread sooner or later! Let me know if you change you mind re a trade

I rehearsed it last night and it was quite a revelation. The most noticable characterisitic is the lovely bass response form the P-PUP which places the tone somewhere between classic P and Telebass, but where it differs from the Tele is that the tone is usuable and controllable. That combined with the J-PUP is a very sexy tone indeed. The whole time I was playing it I was thinking "damn, I wish this was fretless", the tone is so different to my Precision (and to my Ric which has a neck PUP) that there is to my mind a strong case for a defret and refin of the neck. That and a rewire (allowing more sensitive control over individual PUP volumes) would perhaps produce a lovely bass, and one distinct in tone from either my Jazz or my Precision. I wish I could stick a Fender fretless neck on it to see how it would play/sound. Not a lot of interest here so perhaps I'll look around for a cheapy fretless neck, fill the holes and give it a go.

Cheers

Chris

Hate to be the negative vibe merchant here but couriers/RM are generally pretty transparent about these things. I'm guessing the reason that Stringbusters aren't stocking them at the advertised price at present is because - as a result of changes in exchange rates, duties etc - it's no longer economic to do so. In other words, if they had them on sale for £45 no-one would buy them!

Rest assured Clarky that La Bella flats live for years so your transaction is still economic in real terms.

Oh, and let me know if you don't like them

Chris

Bump for the Tascam

Bit of a nudge back to yhe top

[quote name='Davo-London' post='633162' date='Oct 22 2009, 08:56 AM']Did you see it in the Kings Road store?

Davo[/quote]

Yep

I sold a mid '70s bass case in average condition on ebay for £150. It sold within 10 minutes of me kisting it suggesting it may have been underpriced?

Offer him £50

I nearly bought that a few months back :-)

Lovely lovely base

Chris

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='631867' date='Oct 20 2009, 10:04 PM']How about having a neck made to replicate the Bongo with an ebony board, lined or unlined, markers where you want them.

The only thing would be a lack of decal on the headstock. I had a similar job done not so long ago for around £200.[/quote]

Gets my vote, if it doesn't work out as a fretless instrument you still have the original
C

[quote name='Duarte' post='631815' date='Oct 20 2009, 09:15 PM']Yeah I've had a fretless Ray before, unlined, and it was great - absolutely loved it. My intonation was actually pretty good! If I had the fretboard replaced, I would have lines on the side of the neck but not on the fingerboard I reckon.

Thanks for the reply man, can you recommend any good luthiers? I have no knowledge of this area at all![/quote]

Cool, re intonation, mine is fine with no lines or dots, fine with lines and dots in the same plane, but is less good when there are dots in the wrong place (i.e., between the fretlines) - it's amazing how much eyesight gets in the way!
I'll leave it to guys with more experience to recommend luthiers.
Good luck
Chris

Great idea, thought of doing it to my old one. You need to know whether you want lines, and if not, bear in mind that the dots on the side and front will be between the finger positions and this can make intonation problematic. Personally I'd get a good luthier to replace the whole board with ebony.

And if you ever decide to sell it please let me know

Hey guys
Thanks for the posts above. really appreciate them. Re intonation, the setup is OK, it's just that playing with a higher action, on heavier strings, on a wider (in fact substantially wider neck) with a poor bridge (original Ric), doesn't help a guy who isn't the best at intonation in the first place.

The solution?

Initially I put the Hipshot back on and strung it with rounds and it sounded..... bloody horrible! Way too much sustain and zing and nothing like enough thump and grunt.

So...

I left the Hipshot on and restrung it with the LaBellas and BINGO, the tone, and I mean THE tone, just awesome awesome awesome thumpy toneful retro sexyness. I love the resistance I get from the strings that makes me work just that bit harder to articulate the notes, I love the fact that played over the neck PUP I still get a classic thumpy P-Bass tone but played behind the bridge PUP it is just punchy in 'yer face cut through the mix scare the drummer humble the guitarist heaven, and I love the way this bass seems to be just the right shape, weight and playability. Very happy indeed

Anyone wanna buy a Ric bridge

I've sold a bass or two on here and they generally sell very quickly if they're priced right. IMO most basses that are bumped time and time again over weeks and even months are either extremely unfashionable or substantially over-priced (or for some reason members don't trust the seller). This is often the case with old basses that people have owned for years and which they've come to believe are worth a whole lot more than they actually are (as is also true of some of the 'vintage' gear on ebay). I think failing to post a price in the thread discourages most potential buyers at word go as it smacks of opportunism (and potentially worse in that it opens the door to tactics such as "well I've been offered this much so if you match that...."). At the end of the day however, I'm sure a seller will do better by simply naming a price because, unlike ebay, most people on here know enough to see a trick.
Nothing above is is directed specifically at Mr Bassman.
Chris

[quote name='bythesea' post='631712' date='Oct 20 2009, 07:38 PM']Good idea?[/quote]
Very