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Open to offers.

Bump for price drop.

Deal pending.

Responded to various folks.

Man, I think I advertised this too cheap. There are a lot of PM’s. Responded to all

Wow, I think it is the same bass too. It’s a small world. Though not that many made, maybe it’s not a surprise!

I originally bought this from @molan. It’s been so long I had to check all my old emails!

Ah, this was the standard spacing on all the Jazz Updates. I quite like it myself…I think it complements the overall aesthetic.

Up for sale is my Celinder Jazz Update 4. I've had this for 12 years now. It's a great bass, and I have gigged with it plenty. Selling to...help fund another Celinder! Extremely rare model from an instrument maker who only made about 500 or so instruments. If you're looking at this advert, you probably know what it is already. If you don't, then let me direct you to a video I recorded about Celinders, featuring this bass... Specs: Ash body, birdseye maple fingerboard, and beautifully figured birdseye maple neck with blocks and binding. Jazz width nut (1.5"), 19mm string spacing at bridge. Original CP3A preamp with dip switches, JJ pickup setup. Controls are one volume per pickup and bass and treble individually on the other pots. Electrics are in full working order. Nicely shielded cavity and easy battery access. Weight 4.8 kg, or so the bathroom scales tell me. It has a clear ramp installed which is easily removed by unscrewing the pickup screws. Frets and neck in excellent order. I haven't had to adjust the truss rod for years. Strung with DR Fat Beams; they are a little dull for my taste but others would find them fine. I would suggest a string change myself though. E string is 5/64" at 12th fret going over to 4/64" at the G string 12th fret. It's a pretty low action, with nearly zero relief. It will come with a second pickguard (pictured). Happy to ship anywhere. Will ship in a generic 'soft hard case'; I never did have a case for this when it was sold to me. The price on this is £2700. Shipping to be negotiated separately on a case by case basis by location. I will entertain offers, but no trades, sadly. Pete

Sold.

Deal pending.

My clear-out continues. It turns out that I am not a fretless person, although I have been trying. I think it's better I stick to fretted though. This is a beautiful Squier Vintage Modified Jazz. I did a lot of research before buying. This was the best bang for buck I could find in a fretless instrument. I like the ebanol fretboard so much I bought another fretted Squier that has one. It sounds a lot like another Jazz I have with a genuine ebony board. I had the fretboard levelled a year or so back to make sure I could get a good setup on it. I've given it plenty of love. Weight is 9 lbs 3 oz. on the kitchen scales. Strung with D'Addario NYXL roundwounds. They sound fantastic on this instrument. It's in great condition and everything works the way it ought - truss rod, electronics, etc. Original specs can be seen at https://www.squierwiki.com/VM-Jazz-Bass-Fretless. Reverb has this presently as £365. £309 shipped in the UK seems fairer. Pete

Aye. Import duties cut both ways…I miss shopping on European websites…

Can drop price if hard case not desired; I still have a way to ship safely.

Sold.

I am now in the process of getting the right cabling from Nuno.

Sold.

Edited prior post to correct pickup sizes - now used an electronic caliper.

Hey all So here's a unique preamp. If you're looking at this, you probably know what it is already. You'll need to have some unique pickups to go with this one - multicoils with multiple outputs, like Herrick or Turrner pickups. I've documented the sound of this well over at my Youtube channel, and many might be familiar with it through that. One video showcasing it is at https://youtu.be/tGkFYOLNOyo?si=8OJjIjhJFvUppCB4 Since I've now upgraded to the Mark 2 version of this preamp, I don't need the Mark 1 version anymore. This version doesn't have a pick attack/treble boost switch or variable Q filters, though it remains excellent nonetheless. It has slightly wider frequency ranges for the pickups as a result. I've copied the blurb from the Bass Direct website for ease: 'The Double NFP Special preamp is an evolution of the Double NFP but designed specifically for Multicoil pickups that benefit from a “one humbucker per string” coil wiring, simulating Wal MK electronics. The idea is to get a full Humbucker pickup with one pair of coils per string combining them electronically for minimum loading effect and string isolation. This method of mixing the coils brings maximum output, clarity, and punch out of the pickups without any adverse loading effects. The filter controls have now been updated with a sweepable resonant peak that ranges from 100hz to 4 kHz on the Neck and 200Hz to 4kHz on the Bridge. You can also boost the cutoff frequency(resonant peak) by pulling up the potentiometer. It offers 6x inputs so that you can wire any multi-coil pickup up to 6 strings. Sweepable filters Range – Neck: 100hz to 4khz; Bridge: 200Hz to 4kHz. Resonant Peak– +3db standard/ +6db boosted Voltage operation– 9v to 27vDC Current Draw– +-5mAh (@9v) Filter boards x2: W: 4,4cm; H: 2,6cm; 😧 1,7cm Blend board x1: W:3.2cm; H: 2.2cm; 😧 1.3cm Potentiometers: Hole size is 6 mm and bush height is 10mm. (to be used with 6.35mm knobs)' It's fully working. Annoyingly, I don't have the interconnect cables between boards, so you'll need to get those direct from Nuno. (They haven't changed between preamp versions though.) Because of the extra hassle, I have discounted the preamp even further. The newer version costs £259. I'll offer this one as a bargainous £105 shipped in UK. Pete

Bump for price drop. £120 posted.

I keep trying to get back into 5 strings but they never stick. Even though I played them for years. Guess I'm now a 4 string player at heart. So, I'm selling my 1998 Stingray 5H. It sounds great. The frets have plenty of wear left in them, the neck is straight, the action is low, and the truss rod works. The electrics work as they should. It's in good working order. It does have a lot of play wear - this is a player's bass, not a collectors item. I have photo'd the many cracks and scratches for posterity, but it is as it is. Weight is 10 lbs. It comes in a Thomann hard case. The price reflects the package. If you're like me, and you want the Musicman sound at a bargain price, then this is it. £1275 shipped in the UK. £1175 shipped in the UK. Pete

Looks like the front pickup is 89.5mm width and the rear one is 92mm. As far as I understand it, they're standard Jazz Bass sizes. Certainly the bass that had these in had Alleva Coppolo Jazz Bass single coils in there first, and they fit fine too. Edit: used my calipers once I installed a new battery. Front pickup is 91mm and rear is 94mm.

Hello all Another find from my extensive and unusual parts clear-out. This is a set of Celinder SS Humbucker Alnico Jazz Pickups. Truly a unique set of pickups. I only know of one other person who has a similar set - I think it might be @Kiwi if I recall correctly. I had these made as a custom order direct from Aaron Armstrong back in 2013. I had them made for a Celinder 60's Jazz Bass I owned at that point, and they served me well when mated to a John East J-Retro. When the bass was sold, I reverted it to the original single coils. So these are humbuckers nearly identical to those in every Celinder Update Jazz bass (70s Jazz bass tributes), except they are alnico instead of ceramic. This was to give me a sound more typical of a 60's Jazz, but without the hum. It worked. (Aaron tells me the humbucker design has two coils rotated through 90 degrees, with magnets in the middle of them pressed up against a blade of steel, which in turn runs down the whole length of the middle of the pickup.) They are very low output and low impedance. They have a sound extremely near to single coils - as with other Celinder Updates - but they must be mated to an active preamp to have typical instrument level output. It's been a minute since I used them. But when removed from my Celinder, they were fully working, and I expect them to perform normally. A new set of these would probably be around £250, I think. Ask Aaron, I guess, he would tell you. I've priced these as £140 posted in the UK £120 posted in UK. Pete