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OK so the tax code at work has been wrong for the last few months.... Lets see if the tax man will be civilised and give me a nice wad of cash to get this off your hands. Gather round gather round, all hold hands and lets send the nice vibes to HMRC....if only the vibes were coming from a P bass they'd cut thru the mix enough to be heard right!?! It's a lovely bass and I firmly believe that these 'new' Fenders will be the classics of the future - they are hawt !

Hey Guys and Gals, I got this bass a while back and have been tricking it out to my spec but the time has come to move on. The bass is a Tanglewood short scale hollowbody. I had all the wiring removed and replaced, I'd say ripped out but it was a very careful, considered process due to the tight working spaces in the cavity. Basically what was done to the bass includes: -New Switchcraft input jack -New CTS pots One vol and dual 'stacked' tone control -All new wiring -DiMarzio Model One neck Humbucker The original neck single coil (large humbucker size) is included and has an output of 12.3 if I remember correctly and sounds big. The Model One is a tad more balanced with the bridge mini humbucker IMO. The bass also has a really nice bridge which is very similar the new Fender High Mass bridge. Its soild and the bass has great sustain because of it. This bass plays great, is super light and sounds really warm and fat. Works with many styles from acoustic type stuff, blues, jazz, roots right through to classic rock tones - I defy you to play Sunshine of your Love on this thing and not smile It currently fitted with Thomastik Infled flat wound strings which sound really nice on this. I mainly use this bass on two tracks live and play it alot at home due to its easy portability. The live tracks are both quite different; one is a distortion heavy tune and through my Bass Drive it sounds wonderfully thick and heavy. The TI strings never sounded good with dirt on my old Jazz bass but on this its a perfect marriage. The other track I play it on is an acoustic style thing that gets heavy and the bass works in both guises. Warm and thick with the acoustic sounds and thick and nasty (but but in a good way). Its also my sitting on the couch watching the telly/blues bass and is a lot of fun to play in general. Reason for sale I play in a 6 piece band and when getting to and from gigs space is always at a premium. I love the tone of Thumpy but I'd like to get the new John East P Retro and fit it into a nice MIM P bass. If the P Retro is my thing I'll move it into my Lakland and keep the MIM P as back up at home and the Lakland will be my passive/active one stop bass. Its either that or get a Stingray but thats a bit out of my range just now. Digby and I traded on this one and it came to me in great shape. While I have gigged it, its still in great condition and more versatile than you might first imagine. The mini 'bucker, which is in the classic P position and not right back at the bridge has a nice, aggressive sound, that classic sweet spot P sound with a little something extra due to the hollow construction and the neck is full and warm - what a bass should sound like really! Basically I'd like to trade for a good solid P Bass or I'd like £350 cash, paypal or preferable by bank transfer but we can chat on the phone and work out whats best for us both. I think the price is fair for the high build quality and great condition of the bass. I'll add better pic's soon once i get moved and dig out the camera The bass is in Edinburgh and if you're local get in touch and come try it out in my practice rooom. I'll have tea if you wanna bring biscuits! Thanks for reading and drop me a line if interested. The bass includes a real nice padded case and a cheap functional strap. G

Im gonna chime in here...... Butler Good day to you sir! This 70's P is immaculate - Jamie talked about 'cracks' on the headstock lacquer- I'd say striations - they may grow up one day to be cracks but thats a good few years off yet. I know the tech that did the recent set up on this and he couldn't believe that this bass is as old as it is and no wear - it's got a nitrocellulose finish that is intact and you know how quickly n/c can show gig wear. This bass is a classic late 70's (I had an old beat to sh*t '78 so know the vintage) its heavy, solid and it will do every tone you want a P bass to do - not every tone ever but every tone from a P. Thick and reggae groovy, edgy punk rock or just plain simple thick in the mix. A P is a P is a P and this one is what Fender would call a closet relic and charge twice the asking price for. Whoever gets this will basically get a 'brand new' vintage bass for not much more than a new MIA P bass. That folks is worth saving the extra few £££ or selling that second cab you don't really need. Good luck with your sale fella.

A very underrated or unknown company is ElectroniX Just wish they had made more of an effort with the sound clips Really impressed with what I heard tho sound wise.

It pairs up nice with the bass drive - I've also ran the SFT with 18v just to hear the difference and there is a noticeable boost in output and tone as would be expected of course. I like the 18v sound for edgier stuff but 9v is better for the Motown-ish vibe this pedal is very capable of doing and its nice to have the extra versatility and tones of both 9 and 18v Gaz - hows the X Drive and Sub working out for ya?

About 6 months ago my guitarist at the time let his guitar version ( identical internally) go for £110 though I knew he would bargain down to £90 if pushed as he was broke. I nearly bought it off him just because it was such a good deal he was virtually giving it away