MoJoKe

OK, I'm a little surprised this beauty has not sold yet, so I am happy to consider a lower price now, as the bills on my car are catching up with me... This is my beautiful Black Sparkle DJ5, and with deep regret this beauty must go for all the wrong reasons. My car gearbox needs replacing and I can't miss gigs because I have no transport.... Its an absolute peach, but I can't afford to keep it, though a keeper it definitely is. Its a Korean made DJ5 in Black Sparkle with the matching headstock, rosewood neck, with an East J-Retro preamp fitted which makes it an absolute tone monster, and weighs in at around 4.4kg. Looks gorgeous, plays even better than it looks and, as with all Lakland basses to B string is to die for! It is fitted with a very recent set of Elixir 45-130s, with very little playing time on them. The body is unmarked, and no buckle rash, it will come with the original cream scratchplate in addition to the white pearloid one currently fitted, in a tidy Ritter Gig Bag. There is a small bruise in the timber on the back of the neck as shown in one of the pics, but thats the only blemish, the lacquer is undamaged, and unnoticeable when playing. It came to me with silver knobs and I am inclined to sell it with these. The black ones in the pic are from another bass, but I am happy to leave them on here for a consideration if preferred...

is this still available?

Oh, Mojoke what on earth are you thinking...? This price revision is a pre-Christmas special offer only... stupidly good prices for these great cabs, jump while you can! I'll just hang onto them if they don't sell here 121H @ £275 £260 151p @ £350, £280 or both for £600 £525!! (Current new street price £844 for both)

OK, I am having my own Cabinet Reshuffle... (don't ask, the answer is YES, of course I am staying with Markbass, ya crazy damned fool!) So, here we have my Markbass Traveler cabs, which are in bang tidy condition, two and a bit-ish years old, and as we all know, sound stunningly awesome. This combination has always been viewed as bucking the received wisdom of the usual 1 x 15 plus 2 x 10, but I have always found I can get close to that tone when needed, but with much more versatility for fatter tones. I am looking for the following:- The price revision is a Christmas special offer only... stupidly good prices for these great cabs, jump while you can! I'll just hang onto them if they don't sell here 121H @ £275 £260 151p @ £350, £280 SOLD Collection (Devon), I can meet you somewhere if we can make that work, or I can ship at your expense, but UK only please (only because of practical considerations!). Many thanks for looking! (Henry has been at them since these pics were snapped last week, and they look lovely and non-dusty now!!) I can even put the inspection stickers back on if you want them! PS. Similarly, please don't ask "where they were made?" or you will likely get, at best, an impatient response!! If you care that much and think you have magic ears that can hear "countries", then research the horn colour of the 121h....! 😂Love ya really!

....and if you're hankering for a Limelight (nothing negative to read here, I know someone who has three, they all play bloody beautifully!) or similar, thinking you need that kinda vibe in your life, then buy this instead. If you then really want it to look scratched and dirty as well as old, then a. shame on you, this IS already properly old, and b. pop down to Homebase for some paint remover, sandpaper and grime paint. Oh, and remove/replace the bridge and neck screws half a dozen times with the wrong sized screwdriver... that always helps! 🤣🤣🤣

I can only echo @LukeFRC's comment! Nothing can beat the quality and character of these amazing basses. Forget it says Squier on it, because it really isn't one! This is a Fender Japanese Vintage bass, well up there with the very best vintage and custom shop Fenders. I have one, and you'll NEVER get me to part with it... Try, and you'll buy.

Just spotted this... You sir, are a bit of a chump, you should have called me, as I live 8 miles from Taunton....! Do what I did with mine... do the fretless challenge... Turn it into something playable! I bought my Affinity for £50 (for one of my kids, who started out on bass with it) as it had been dropped in the shop by a prospective customer, so I made them an offer. The neck work I did on it has made a "meh" neck into a REALLY playable fretless, with incredibly low action, but it has also taken a Babicz bridge, better pickups and an East J-retro to really make it sing. Not sure it can ever be valued beyond the sum of its parts, but an interesting exercise! Oh, and have a bump on me!

Beautiful looking bass which won't stop calling me, but sadly my back ain't going to like it... 😫

Gorgeous! The inevitable question, is it lighter than my Lakland? (that is the subtlest way I can think of asking its weight, without actually saying it and setting off the "QI klaxon"... please don't judge me, I have an old back to consider!!)

I'm absolutely staggered this is still here! Not only highly collectible, but probably the best Precision you'll ever lay your hands on...

When I eventually get around to not putting mine up for sale, I'll certainly put the white guard back on!! 🤣 I agree, best sold all original! Good luck Paul!

I have an identical one, with big "Fender", and while I still have the original white plate (and the original inspection tag!), mine sports an anodised guard... Definitely looks great, but I also like the white... I second that guarantee! I bought mine new in '82, and used it exclusively for most of the 80s (until I could afford a Wal!) then it spent a good few years under the bed having migrated to 5 strings, but I recently did a 60s theatre tour and used it as my main bass. It was like playing an old friend, these are without doubt (IMHO!) the best and lightest precisions I have ever played. Pretty much anyone else who plays it immediately makes me an offer or tries to make off with it! Mine will have to be torn from my cold dead fingers... You will NOT be disappointed. GLWTS!