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I have a different garden these days, which will require many more 10 string basses to build an adequate fence! And as you can see, I have already turned Binky into decking...

Hi all, Now have more straps than basses... So I'm offering up this beautiful leather handmade strap from EVO straps. This is just over 3" wide, fully padded and SUPER soft, it makes for really comfortable playing with any bass and has folded edges so doesn't 'cut in' to your shoulder. The current length hole-to-hole is 44" though this can be adjusted by circa 4" either way. (Dunlop strap locks not included!) I'm asking £35 posted or £30 collected from Wickford, Essex.

For those that thought 8 was too many strings, here's an outdoor snap of the Conklin next to its bigger brother, Binky.

@alembic1989 - A lot of Alan's 'odd scale' basses come equipped with custom Newtone strings made to fit the scale of the bass. These may not be Newtone, but that's usual practice for Alan! I've had a set of custom Newtone strings on the 25" Micro-Bee I recently sold and they sound superb, you really wouldn't know your playing a micro-scale bass from the sound and tone.

It is in that video! (The effect of filming myself with a camera phone!) It is most assuredly a righty and NOT a lefty! Though ironically I am left handed for everything apart from bass/guitar. So, to confirm... this is a righty!

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You need a Finglonger...

Fresh pictures added.

Hi all, This is an extremely tentative listing purely to potentially raise some money for a new venture. It is quite an amazing bass. It has a Pink Ivory fretboard which is now an endangered species wood so can no longer be used for luthiery, so I've been informed. This bass was built as a 'show-stopper' by Bill Conklin himself for Ishibashi Music Company in Japan, literally no expensive was spared in its creation. It has dual active magnetic pickups specifically build for Conklin by Bartolini for this bass, as well as a RMI Piezo pickup in each of the custom bridge saddles and a full MIDI pickup system too. It has a custom Demeter pre-amp, and for those that know Demeter, you'll know this is a damn good thing. The overall construction is as good as it gets. Light Ash body wings with a think slab of Buckeye Burl on top, the through neck is Zebrawood and Wenge with a Pink Ivory fretboard and Wenge binding. The controls are: Top Row: Magnetic volume, magnetic blend, Piezo volume, MIDI volume. Second Row: Bass, Mid, Treble for the Magnetic pickups. Third Row: Piezo/Piezo and Magnetic/MIDI switch, Up/Down MIDI patch switch. It has a MIDI input as well a dual Neutrik Jack inputs. Swiss army knives compare themselves to this bass for versatility. To commission a like for like bass from Conklin today would be in excess of $10,000 without shipping and taxes. Including shipping and taxes this would cost close to £10,000 to bring into the UK and a near 2 year wait. Overall the bass is in excellent condition, some very minor markings on the top but nothing particularly noticeable. I'll take some better pictures tomorrow. Collection is VERY much preferred, however I can ship if all responsibility is assumed by the buyer. We can of course discuss insured shipping. Any questions, please ask.

Stop taking photos next to my Mesa rig! It's just not cricket sir!

Do you still have the parts? Neck, pickups etc? If you actually still have it, and want to sell it, I'd be interested! I'll PM you...

What's the purple quilt body behind the bass??

Lovely bass!

Some definitely are, but their A range basses and some of their higher end acoustics are quite excellent. These basses in particular are Ibanez Premium level easily. I had one with Aguilar pickups and an OBP-3 and it was better than a lot of vastly more expensive basses I've owned.

Fiddlesticks... lol.

I've owned two or three of these over the years, they really do punch well above their weight. Fantastic build quality and a really usable pre-amp.

Hi all, I've had to have a good think about this... But the conclusion is I just don't 'need' this cab (I have a GR AT410+) and I could do with the funds to pay off a final installment on a new custom build. These cabs retail at between £700 and £800 online, this one is IMMACULATE and absolutely brand new. I've owned it for a few weeks and have used it once at home for about an hour. I still have all of the original GR packaging so I can ship it securely and insured for another £25. The cab is 500w at 8 ohm, it has two 8" speakers and an adjustable tweeter. It weighs a meager 8kg and sounds exceptionally good with a huge clear punch. There's been a lot of talk about these cabs, and really they are a game changer in terms of weight and quality. I absolutely love my GR AT410+ cab and won't be moving that on, this one is only for sale as I can't see me using it any time soon and I could do with the funds for the final payment of a custom build. £500 collected from Wickford, Essex or £525 posted within UK in all the original shipping packaging.