Pete1967

Yep no worries John - I may well get a bit of time tomorrow so I'll post an update and ping you.

No sorry - it's on hold pending me getting the shipping sorted out.

The cull continues with this Hohner B2A FL that my dad bought in the late 80's or early 90's. He was a professional double bass player (CBSO/RPO) and fancied a tinker on bass guitar - that lasted about a fortnight i think. He palmed it off on to me about 20 years ago to 'get it out of the house and it's been sitting in my bass cupboard ever since with the exception of a few months in Liverpool - see below for more on that! Only part of the serial number label still exists but fortunately its the first half so I can see that it's from 1986. It's had a life. There are plenty of nicks and dings, some quite deep, but remarkably the finish is intact. There are some dings to the back of the neck, but none too deep. It actually plays quite well and the fretboard is in remarkable condition but I did refinish that a few years ago when my then 14yo nephew borrowed it to see if he wanted to play bass. Sadly it came back from him not working. I can't get any output from it and the active passive switch stalk has been broken off. It definitely was working when I lent it to him though so I suspect the active circuit has given up the ghost - I highly doubt that the pickups will be faulty, but I'll get the meter out when I get a bit of time and have a poke around. So it's going to need work but it's a gloriously kitch piece of 80'sana, and restored would definitely be playable. I just don't have the time (or, frankly, the inclination) to do the work. I've seen a few go for a somewhere in around the 400 hundred quid mark, but since it's going to need work and is definitely a punt for someone I've priced it accordingly, I think. There's no case with it but I can scrounge a bike box from my local shop, sling some bubble wrap around it and ship it. Usually around £25-30, or collection from north Leeds Please feel free to fire away with any questions

Hi All, I’m putting out a feeler for my Shuker 4 string Jazz bass. Bought direct from Jon in 2010 as a travel bass when i was commuting to High Wycombe weekly with my job. As you can see it’s green, very green, with cream scratchplate and black hardware - tuners are Hipshot ultralites and the bridge is a Gotoh. Swamp ash body, maple neck and Madagascar Rosewood fretboard. Pickups are Delano noise cancelling. 20 stainless steel jumbo frets. It’s currently fitted with an Aguilar OBP2 and a power switch, but i’m planning to remove this and use elsewhere, so please assume a passive VTT config. Its in virtually as new condition since its only had very light home use. Some minor swirling on the scratchplate is the only marking i can find. It's light and very well balanced as you'd expect - weight added below. Comes complete with a Shuker branded Hiscox LiteFlite. Happy to ship at cost or if you want to come to my home in north Leeds for a cuppa and try it out, you're more than welcome - you'll just have to put up with my taste in biscuits, it's Garibaldis or Shortbread only here (do other types of biscuit even exist?). Feel free to get in touch with any questions. Cheers Pete Edit: I've had some requests for a bit more technical spec Scale length - 34" Nut width - 38mm Weight - a very respectable 8lb 2oz Edit Edit: I hadn't spotted that one of the pics was crap so I've changed that and added an ownership post-it to stop @ped coming after me with a sh*tgun (add vowel as appropriate)!

** Sold ** Hi All, I've decided to sell my Michael Kelly Dragonfly 5 acoustic 5 string bass guitar. I bought it for one project about 10 years ago (and had to import it from the USA!) which saw some recording and just one gig. It's been played at home occasionally since. 34" scale length, tobacco burst finish with a quilted maple veneer, ripple mahogany neck. Fishman piezo pickup under the saddle mated to a FIshman preamp with 4 band EQ. Just set up with phosphor bronze round wound strings - the action is about .5mm higher than you'd have a solid body but you need that really because PB strings are more compliant and acoustics tend to get played a bit harder. There's plenty on the saddle for it to be dropped down if needed. No fret or nut buzzes and plays nicely for an instrument in this price bracket - plenty of unplugged noise! Excellent, near mint condition. Comes complete with a Tribal Planet semi rigid gig bag. Located in North Leeds. Any trial/inspection welcome - tea and biscuits provided free. Collection preferred, but fully insured shipping available which should be around £40, but please contact me for exact shipping costs. Its on EBay at £325, but to a BC'er - £300. Edit: sorry for the weird pic order - not sure how to adjust, but you get the ide I'm sure!

annnnnd... Sold. Gone to a great new home.

After much soul searching I've decided to sell my Shuker 5 string Jazz. Made for me by Jon in late 2012 and delivered in early 2013. I just have to be realistic about the number of basses I can keep and since arthritis in my left hand is limiting my playing significantly now I just don't need them all (bit of a bummer at 53!). I have three of Jon's basses including a S2 of a very similar spec that was the first that Jon built for me and I just can't let that one go, so this one it is. It's a real wrench to get it go, but it is what it is. I'd always wanted a Sadowsky but after discovering Jon I realised that I was never going to buy anything else, so I asked him to build me something that would kill an NYC and boy did he deliver that. This thing has massive tone and is incredibly versatile. It'll do a passable P and go all the way to Mark King at his most fragile, with great vintage jazz tones in between, but it really excels at modern Jazz tones - that's what it was designed for of course. It's utterly silent and is a fantastic studio instrument. The neck is incredibly stable - the last time it was out of the case was in 2019, and when I fished it out to take the photos it was still dead in tune. Balance is perfect with zero neck dive thanks the the super light tuners. Weight is 9lb. Condition is exceptional - never gigged, just used for some recording at home. There are some extremely light swirls in the finish on the top but it's only visible in reflected light (with glasses on!) - they would buff out completely. Next to no wear on the frets. It was serviced by Jon in 2019 and will be fully checked before leaving me. Specs are: 34" Scale 24 fret Swamp Ash body with quilted maple curve top and black pinstripe veneer under Gloss Cherry burst finish with matching headstock 5 piece laminated maple/flame maple neck with carbon graphite reinforcement (not sure on the neck depth but will get the verniers out and update the ad - it's around 21mm though I think) Dual action truss rod High nickel content frets Stunning birdseye maple fretboard with Abalone dot markers Phenolic nut Schaller BM light tuners Schaller 2000 bridge - currently set at 18mm centres but is adjustable wider and narrower DiMarzio UltraJazz pickups Jon's own three band preamp with sweepable mid frequency. Vol and Blend. Sadowsky knobs Weight: 9lb according to my luggage scales Shuker branded Hiscox liteflite included - as new Something of this spec from Jon now would be way north of two grand and heading towards three, so this is a bargain for a virtually as new instrument - I'll listen to sensible offers of course, but I'm not minded to shift much on price. UK delivery by fully insured courier is included, or Covid safe pickup from north Leeds or meet up within sensible distance. Any questions please ask! Sob....

Cheers Nigel... and replied. Bridge now sold pending the usual.