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@whentbass thanks for the positive comments - compared to other basses in this price range it certainly is up there in terms of bang for buck. I'm really torn on letting it go but needs must!

completely agree - a great bit of kit for not much money. Its also unusual to find one with the original PSU and box as well… every one I saw when I was looking was RAF and no psu!

Headrush MX5 in immaculate condition - boxed with PSU and all bits. I got this recently and 2 weeks later, a friend of mine who has far too much gear and too much money basically hands me a HX Stomp at too good a price to pass up so I have plumped for it. So unfortunately, this has to go to make way for it. It's a great bit of kit, very easy to build rigs on the touchscreen and doesn't need a PC connection to get the most from it! It can do parallel processing, you can re-arrange the order of stomps / IRs and amp sims and everything sounds great. I just have to scratch the Helix itch! Having the built in volume / expression pedal is a bonus and I will miss that, but needs must. There are load of videos on t'net about it, but not much about bass applications. However, you can download your own IRs and install them very quickly and easily (I'm happy to share a few or lave the ones I installed on there) and it does has the Ampeg SVT IR as a factory install plus a few other goodies. Around £400 new - will chuck in delivery with the asking price.

Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler. Basically a load of stompboxes in one package. Loads of great modulation effects, drive fx and filters and some great synth stuff as well. I'm moving towards a more 'one unit' package so this needs to go. In great condition and working order, boxed with original PSU. One picture makes it look like there is a problem with the display, this is not the case. All works fine. Collection welcome or postage should be only a few pounds.

Price reduction to £125 plus postage for a quick sale anyone?

Bumping this back up - a change of situation means this is surplus...

back up for sale... £160 plus postage...

Hi all, a small lack of funds currently means this little beast is up for sale. Sadowsky (RSD) Metro Express (chinese manufacture) in Candy Apple Red - excellent condition all round (minor paint swirls on the rear but no dents or dings) and a really versatile bass! Just checked the weight and it is 4kg bang on. Just come out from an extensive theatre pit run and it sat beautifully in the mix (even the keys player said how nice it sounded!). A few modifications on this one (although I would call them upgrades!) - I have changed the ugly RSD - Tesco express logo for a waterslide decal showing the Sadowsky Metro Express logo (see pics - the rear serial and details are still intact). This was done by myself (very carefully) - see the thread below. This is my fretless ME, and I got the fretted one after this and did the same process. It is sealed in with a satin poly and looks great IMO and a positive change to the bass. The preamp played up a bit early on so I replaced it with a Glockenklang 2 band EQ with passive switching and tone control. This was the main thing I didn't like about the preamp - no passive tone. You could switch into passive mode but no tone control. At the time I didn't have the cash for a Sadowsky pre with VTC but I understand this is also a positive upgrade. I really like the Glock preamp though, it has the cut and boost advantage over the VTC pre on the EQ and it is really transparent rather than the coloured sound of the Sadowsky. The pickguard is simply a carbon vinyl wrap so can be easily removed. Comes with the soft case (really good quality) and the strap locks and bits and pieces. For the money - this is an excellent bass. I'm not sure I would spend 1K on one of these, but this urinates all over a Squire and IMO, is more that equal to a more expensive Sire. I will miss this but needs must. I will certainly look for another one in the future! Possibly a black one to match my fretless! I can post - would probably be around the £15- £20 mark. Price is fixed and cash sale only I'm afraid. If it doesn't got for the asking, I'm quite happy to keep it.

Can you add a link to the thread about the pickup?? Colour me interested…

To be honest, what I was looking to buy has now sold but I am going to keep this listed for sale... no rush basically!

No worries, let me know as I may listen to offers!

@bassfan Had a bit of time before classes started this morning so was able to knock something up quite quickly. Please excuse the sloppiness! It was quite a quick process. So, no processing, just as it comes out of the bass - no EQ, just added a smidge of compression to even out my sloppiness! Anyway, I hope it helps... 1 - Neck pup, flat EQ, active mode 2 - Both pups, flat EQ, active mode 3 - Bridge pup, flat EQ, active mode 4 - Both pups, tone on full (more treble) in passive mode 5 - Both pups, tone wound back (dark and woolly) in passive mode 6 - Bridge pup, tone of full (a la Jaco kinda sound) in passive mode 7 - A bot of slap, both pups, flat EQ in active mode. It has quite a range of tones, obviously I couldn't cover everything in but hopefully it gives you a good idea. The Glock is a lovely transparent sound when flat, really allows the sound of the bass to come out. Being a cut and boost EQ (unlike the Sadowsky you have), it does give it a bit more versatility in my book and I kinda miss that when I play my metro express which has the VTC circuit in it. Let me know what you think. Carl. Bass Sample.mp3

I think the glock pre is a different sound to the sadowsky… I have a metro express with the vtc preamp in there and there is (to me) a significant different in tone… I will see what I can do today and pop a reply on here…

To be honest mate, I doubt very much! Same pups, the GLOCKENKLANG pre is very transparent and has the benefit of a switchable passive tone (the original pre didn’t have this..) I can do some sound clips tomorrow if you would like to hear some… to be honest, it sounds like a classic jazz in passive mode and a jazz with some extra phunk in active mode. Let me know what you think and if you would like to hear it, I could do some tomorrow. Carl.

Just remembered we have some postage scales at work! As I suspected - 4.25kg - 9.37lbs in old money (more or less halfway in my guesstimate!) Hope this helps...

Not off the top of my head - I would say it is neither lightweight nor heavy... a typical 9 / 9.5lb bass... it's definitely heavier than my Stingray Special that I had recently, but not as heavy as an older SR5 I had which was a heavy old beast... if you are keen, I do have some scales at work I could use to get a more accurate weight...

Will have a look and report back.

12" I believe as per this website: https://intl.sterlingbymusicman.com/products/stingray5-ray35?variant=32171744559219 I don't have any way to measure it (although I did read about drawing a 12" circle, cutting it out and that would be the radius)... I'm not sure if this is accurate? Is there an easy way to measure and check?

Thanks! She is and it does pain me to let it go….

Thanks - it’s good to know others share the opinion!

Lovely Sterling Musicman Ray35 in very good condition. Beautiful quilted top and roasted maple neck. Has been gigged and has minor signs of use - the worst of which are two minor dinks on the back (pictured). Comes with its original padded gig bag. The roasted maple neck feels great and to be honest, I sold a stingray special a while back and I would be hard pressed to tell any massive differences! Certainly not £1ks worth when you look at second hand values. I'm sure I will start a barrage of Stingray lovers spewing some hate here, but that's my opinion! frankly, a while back I was firmly in their camp... now, I'm not so sure of the value of premium basses like Stingrays when you compare them to their far eastern counterparts. I think the quality of these far east instruments has sky rocketed over the years. I got this a while back on here and to be honest, I'm not using it very much and a new kitchen and home extension means I need to recoup some funds. Its a great bass, I just find myself picking up my Sadowsky and nowt else gets a look in! Currently sporting a clear scratch plate, which I had made as it shows off the lovely top, plus the control PCB on display looks pretty cool as well. I have included a picture of it with the original black one which I will include in the sale so the buyer can make up their own mind. Will included postage in the asking price, any haggling will incur postage costs, collection obviously welcome! Any questions, please do get in touch!

Up for sale is my gorgeous Atelier Z DAL 5 in natural finish with clear scratch plate and bell cover (the preamp is not attached to the clear bell cover so can be removed). Something has come up that has made me go into bass buying convulsions so to make up some of the shortfall, this has to go... plus the bass I'm after is similar in looks and style so I don't need two similar basses. If the bass I'm after goes I will be withdrawing this from sale. This is in amazing condition, no noticeable dings or marks and the neck is lovely - it's amazing to play and sounds great. When I got it it was a standard preamp with volume, blend, bass and treble. I have always liked a passive option so I upgraded the preamp to the Glockenklang 2 band preamp with passive tone control on the treble pot - this one: https://www.glockenklang.de/en/products/bass_systems/onboard_2-band.htm From the website: The GLOCKENKLANG 2-band onboard preamp is active/passive switchable (at the volume push/pull), has a balance-pot with no volume dip in center-position, a treble-pot with +/- 18 dB@18 KHz in active mode, acting as classical highcut in passive mode and a bass-pot with +/- 14 dB@40 Hz. Battery-connection is 9 / 18 volts. Due to the high performance electronic, in flat position of the eq you can hear no difference between active and passive mode! Comes with the Atelier branded soft case (between a gig bag and hard case) and I have also added Sadowsky style knobs as I thought they look a lot better than the Jazz style knobs. I will include the original knobs and pup cover in the sale. I don't have the old preamp I'm afraid. I know these come with an Atelier Z sticker on the scratch plate - I sourced a replacement from Danny at Bass Japan Direct which I will of course include as well. No trades I'm afraid as I need the cash for the new bass, I have a box and can organise postage with costs covered by the buyer. Will need insurance as I won't send it without. Will probably be £30-£40 to post. Will get some quotes on postage if there looks to be a sale. Hit me with any questions! I got this from Bass Direct and have included their original pictures.