BottomEndian

[quote name='sk8' post='985582' date='Oct 12 2010, 12:05 PM']and two compacts cost more than a vintage [/quote] Oh, Mike, you old cynic.

Tuesday morning bump!

[quote name='TPJ' post='984909' date='Oct 11 2010, 08:59 PM']I always trawl through the forsale threads thinking I'd like something else but as soon as I play the Recurve I want for nothing.[/quote] +1... kind of. I always open ACG sale threads!

Bump for pictures of dings! As always with pictures of dents, scrapes and general wear and tear on finishes, these look a lot worse than they do in the flesh. Especially so given that I deliberately used [b]very[/b] harsh flash lighting to show up the areas in question. Honestly, I hadn't even seen some of these until I went over the bass in bright light this evening, and even the worst bits don't draw any attention. (Oh, and I really wish I'd dusted it first. ) First, the string-loading scrapeage I mentioned in the OP. Why they put that whacking great lip on the back of the bridge, I'll never know. Makes it a right bastard to get thick strings through the hole: A tiny dent near the end of the scratchplate. I hadn't ever noticed this until I searched over the whole bass looking for damage: Headstock end bears the usual few cymbal knocks and ceiling bashes, but again, nothing really noticeable: And this is the sum total of 17 years of buckle rash. This is what a bass gets for having 3 careful owners... one little patch bang in the middle and a little sperm-shaped thing down the bottom (scratch plus tiny dent): That's it. That's all the damage. I hope those pictures don't put anyone off! I'm just aiming for full disclosure.

[b]***ON HOLD PENDING PAYMENT***[/b] It's a bit of a wrench to let this one go, because it's a real honey of a bass. But go it must, and no trades thanks. The Recurve just came in, so there's a bit of a hole in the bank account right now and this one isn't getting played. Here's what I said in [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91819"]my porn thread[/url]: [quote]1993 Music Man StingRay5 fretless. Legend has it (i.e. I've heard this third-hand) that the original pau ferro fingerboard fell apart, so the original owner got it replaced with ebony and had the new board polyester-coated. Also (according to the EBMM forum), it's one of the latest SR5s that Ernie Ball have seen without a phantom coil. Just a plain ol' humbucker there. Looovely bird's-eye maple neck on this, and I've obviously retrofitted a Hipshot Xtender on the low B, just for those extra-doom drop-A moments. Status half-wounds on this, keeping enough top end for some serious mwaaah, but giving it a touch of flatty thump too. Great strings.[/quote] What I didn't mention is that I've also put black Dunlop straplocks on it. I'll include a strap with the appropriate bits on it for the buyer. The condition's very good. Just a few minor scrapes, as you'd expect for a bass that's 17 years old. The worst of the scraping is around the heel of the bass, where the ball-ends of the strings have scratched the finish when they've been loaded through the bridge (pictures of scrapes and dents in the next post... just scroll down!). As you can see from the pictures, it can also be strung through the body. I got this around a year ago (minus straplocks and Xtender) for £900. I'm looking for [b][s]£850[/s] £800[/b] including UK delivery with hard case and strap, and I'll include the original B-string tuner and strap buttons (assuming I can find the buttons ). I'll say again... no trades, thanks.

No problem. Just done a quick search... here we go: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=103146&view=findpost&p=959234"]Alex's reason for dropping the Vintage[/url]. FWIW, a few of us (me, Conan, WoT, warwickhunt & The Bass Doc) A/B'd the Vintage against a single Compact the other day. If you don't mind the size of a 2x15, the Vintage is the hands-down winner in terms of "effortless" low end.

[quote name='mcgraham' post='984087' date='Oct 11 2010, 09:09 AM']No longer made? Have BFB stopped making cabs, or just this model?[/quote] Just the Vintage. I assume the BFB website will get updated soonish. Alex says you can get the same result from two Compacts, and it's a more flexible modular system that way, so he's no longer offering the Vintage. I think that's the reason behind it, anyway. This is a serious bargain, BTW, and a corking brute of a cab.