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Bought an immaculate Trace Elliot amp off Loz. Great transaction with a splendid seller. An absolute delight to deal with. Cheers!
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For sale is my Hartke HA3500 head. Excellent condition, all working and comes with case as pictured. I can throw in a jack to speakon lead if required. Price includes UK shipping.- 1 reply
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Just bought a Fodera off Al. Really friendly guy to deal with who couldn't be more helpful. The bass was packed perfectly. Couldn't be more happier with the bass and transaction.
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SOLD ...Fodera Monarch standard 4 .... 3200 EUR!...
bigthumb replied to drums1977's topic in Basses For Sale
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After a weeks worth of agonising I have decided to put this beauty up for sale/trade. After a recent big bass purchase I need to recoup some funds. This in an excellent example of a late 70's Precision. All original apart form the pickup ashtray and comes with a fitted flight case. Weight is 10 Lbs 6 oz according to my kitchen scales. Since I got it last year It's left the house only once and apart from some flat wounds fitted its in exactly in the same shape as when I got my hands on it. Original listing here: I love this bass but needs must. I'd take a trade on a bass with a max value of around £800 but a straight sale would be better. I'd only be interested in a US Jazz, Sandberg, Lakland, Musicman etc. I really need to lower my credit card balance! So try me, I can only say no. The bass will be shipped insured to UK only addresses. Please PM me if outside UK. Heres a few more pictures, any more required please ask. Thanks. Paul- 1 reply
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Not a clue I'm afraid. They were on the bass when I bought it.
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These are Hipshot replacements. I’ll have to take a closer look at the vintage style replacements. If they’ll fit without making too much of a mess I still might put some on as I think it would make the bass look so much better.
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I've owned 3 Thumb basses, 2 being from the late eighties. The vintage Thumbs are a world apart! Never had an issue with neck dive or a problem with the weight, even playing long sets with them. I love the 'organic' feel to them and the body is a work of art, like a beautiful wooden sculpture and the necks are perfection. Being a big bloke they did look tiny on me but the curved body did rest comfy on the beer gut. 👍
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When funds permit I'd like to replace the tuners on my Jap '57 reissue with the period correct tuners. Why 70's style tuners were fitted to 50's/60's so called reissues baffles me. So I'm looking at getting these: https://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_pure_vintage_bass_machine_head.htm I just hope that the four screw holes on the base plate match up and the pegs are the same width.
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I would have expected some sort of automated message or an entry on the tracking page saying that they've been unable to collect today and will attempt collection next working day, or something like that but nothing. At lease with some sort of update you know whats happening and where you stand, needless to say I'm pretty hacked off. If it weren't for the lockdown I'd make the 440 mile round trip and collect myself.
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Not sure. I've heard nothing other than the seller informing that there's been no collection. I know that I would have put in the space but that really should not be an issue.
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Oh well. Used them for the first time and let me down. Booked them to collect a bass I bought here and never turned up. I just hope the do the right thing and refund me. Rebooking through interparcel
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SOLD - Precision Bass 60th anniversary limited edition
bigthumb replied to bigthumb's topic in Basses For Sale
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For sale is my much loved Precision Bass. This is the Blonde 60th anniversary limited edition which I bought used a couple of years ago for £1k and only selling due to a recent purchase. Overall condition is very good with only a couple of chips to the lacquer and marks/scratches on the scratchplate. The bass has been used and very much enjoyed being one of the best Precisions I've ever owned. The bass comes with its hard case as pictured. It weighs 8 lbs 7 oz according to my kitchen scales. Comparing it to my other Precisions I'd say it's much more 'lively'. Much more resonant and crisp. I've only ever put round wounds on it so I can't really say what it would be like with flats on, sorry. If any potential buyer prefers flats I'd be happy to swop the DR's with a week old set of TI flats. There are plenty of reviews of these basses online. Obviously in these awful times collection is out the question so the price includes insured shipping to UK only. I will need to get prices for outside the UK. Payment by bank transfer or PayPal with fees covered. The price is firm and I'm not interested in trades thanks. Anymore pictures/details just ask! Cheers, Paul.
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Noted. Thanks.
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I need to arrange a courier to ship a bass and being a high value instrument I'd like it insuring if possible. Under normal circumstances I'd collect the bass in person but it will have to be shipped. I know couriers can be hit and miss and most here will have horror stories but is there a company that will insure a shipment and if the worse happens, pay up? So any recommendations please.
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I'll have to buy a later Precision just to A/B them! I did own a 2001 Precision years ago which I remember was very nice indeed and I'm pretty sure I owned a later one than that. But yes, it's its a really nice bass. My '77 is heavy compared to the others but it's a lovely player and has the lowest action of them all. The Japanese reissue is pretty light weight as is the 60th anniversary, the '95 maybe a little heavier but not much. If the opportunity arises to get hold of a Lakland Bob Glaub again I'll be snapping it up, absolutely fantastic basses.
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I just can't capture the actual colour of the bass, probably need to go outside and take pictures. The brown tort guard (the one on my 57 reissue pictured above) looks better on it IMO but it has the holes for the cover and tug bar which I didn't like. The cheapo Chinese one is a direct copy of a US one and doesn't have the holes. And for a tenner delivered was an absolute bargain.
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Another recent(ish) purchase from here is my '95 US Precision. Just a fabulous bass, love it. I replaced the factory white scratch plate with a red tort one bought off ebay. Its a cheap as chips one from China which fits perfectly and looks pretty darn good to me. The body colour is a gorgeous off white, the rosewood board is lovely and dark making this my prefect Pbass colour combination.
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This is my recently acquired CIJ '57 reissue with mods. Firstly the pickups are new US Fender vintage and a KiOgon loom. The scratch plate is a 62 reissue Fender and strung with TI flats. The bass came to me in not too great shape. Terrible setup and input jack knackered. Underneath the pick guard the pickup cavity has been hacked to I can only presume take a different pickup. Needless to say I paid a 'suitable' price for the bass. So I replaced the electrics and the white single ply guard with the tort one pictured here which IMO looks 100% better. The Ashtrays and tug bar are borrowed from my '77 Precision. The body colour is either a very off white or a pale yellow colour, the (crappy) pics don't really capture this but it really dose look wonderful in the flesh.
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I'd be very interested but you couldn't be selling it at a worse time for me! I've had a few G&L's, US and Tributes but NEVER a Precision type. I don't quite understand the 'problem' with the tuners. Never had any trouble with them over the years.
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The saddles on the original bridge are smaller so swopping them should lower the action. The Gotoh saddles are quite fat compared to the original ones. Worth a try maybe?
