TheRev Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) I'm putting up my much beloved but criminially underused Bass Collection fretless for trade I bought this new in 1994 and it was my main gigging bass for 7 years until I bought my EBMM Sterling. I then had the bass professionally defretted (so it has lines) and over the years it's acquired a set of EMG PJ pups and an EMG BTS preamp (18V). The bass was originally the passive, SB301 model. Since I started playing upright bass, I haven't really had a need for a fretless bass guitar so rather than watch it gather dust I'd like it to go to someone who'll actually play the bugger. It's in pretty good condition for its age - the usual minor scratches on the body and small dings on the headstock. The paint has completely chipped away on a small section of the body around the jack socket recess (just visible in the photo above) - a common flaw on the early Bass Collection basses. It's light as a feather, has a slim C shaped neck and has harmonics all over the neck - ideal for that Jaco-esque sliding harmonic thing that he does. Now, I realise that there's absoutely no love for these quality little basses these days (shame on you all), so I'm not going to waste my TIM on looking for a sale - I'll happily take trade offers, just so that this great little bass will get some proper use. I imagine that someday in the future the Nanyo basses will attain the desireability now lavished on 80s Ibanez and Aria basses - but I'd rather it was being played so it has to move on. [b]Stuff I'm interested in[/b]: Something with a vintage vibe, short scale or hollowbody, or any combination of the three. Small lightweight speaker cabs Small combos (e.g. Line 6 Lowdown Studio 110 or similar), preferably 60W+ I have never owned a Jazz bass and quite fancy one, so if you've got a Squire VMJ or CV going spare - hit me up. I'll even consider one of those little skinny stringed guitar things (I quite like Teles), but only as a last resort If there's interest, I can post (i.e. take..) more images and links to Myspace so you can hear the mwaaah... Cheers Dave Edited November 17, 2011 by TheRev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 No Bass Collection love out there? Will also accept cash if there aren't any suitable trades. £300. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shantijoe Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 [quote name='TheRev' post='1195703' date='Apr 11 2011, 12:43 PM']No Bass Collection love out there? [/quote] Hi all I have an ebony finger board Bass Collection with EMGs and can vouch for these excellent underated basses. Grab a bargain someone... good luck, joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Very good basses these, huge range of tones and impressive build quality. Good luck C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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