dustandbarley Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) [font=Tahoma]Hello bassists.[/font] I have been spending willy nilly on bits of kit, so am having a clear-out. Here is my first "real proper" bass, bought in about 1984 (JT - can you remember when it was?) Lovely all singing and dancing 80's Jap craftsmanship. Original pickups have been replaced by Kent Armstrong (when he was still living in the UK) with his soap-bar replacement humbuckers, which are super quiet and added beef and punch to the sound. The original pickups are included in the sale and are working fine. Should you wish me to swap them back to the originals I will do that and include the humbuckers in with the bass. The bass has seen its fair share of action and has numerous dinks (all marks have been photographed and are on Flickr). Price is £495 delivered in the UK. Anyone is welcome to come and try the bass anytime. I'm located in Ashford, Kent. Lots of pictures on Flickr here : [media]http://www.flickr.com/photos/67929025@N00/sets/72157627248532308/[/media]</a> Cheers for looking. Edited September 27, 2011 by dustandbarley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 This is a total bargain. I Borrowed the slightly lighter coloured one for a few months and I still miss that sound! It sounded amazing with the original single coils in so I'm almost afraid to hear it with the Kent Armstrongs! Someone should jump on this fast as it's easily worth twice this price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Wonder Woman sucks That bass doesn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustandbarley Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) [quote name='chrismuzz' post='1366812' date='Sep 8 2011, 07:01 PM']This is a total bargain. I Borrowed the slightly lighter coloured one for a few months and I still miss that sound! It sounded amazing with the original single coils in so I'm almost afraid to hear it with the Kent Armstrongs! Someone should jump on this fast as it's easily worth twice this price![/quote] Thanks for you comments chrismuzz - the humbuckers are nothing to be afraid of - they are things of beauty. They have different windings from each other - Kent wound the neck pickup to be "Precision-like" and the bridge pickup to be "Jazz-like". In passive, just toggling the pickup selector gives the bass surprisingly different tonal characteristics. The active is really usable too. Lovely choice of bass / mid / treble frequency cut and boost really enhance what passive sound is putting out. [quote name='Dubs' post='1366852' date='Sep 8 2011, 07:26 PM']Wonder Woman sucks That bass doesn't [/quote] Ha-ha. Thanks Dubs. Edited September 10, 2011 by dustandbarley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustandbarley Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Loving the new Basschat look..... Here is a similar bass on ebay for price comparison only! (mine doesn't have a broken active switch) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120781335117?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1022 Sorry Mods if this is illegal, I'll remove if you tell me too. Poll : COME ON WONDER WOMAN !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustandbarley Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 The bass in the ebay link above looks like it sold (2 bids) for £590 + £20 postage. How can Wonder Woman be losing out to Pacman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogload Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 If I had the readies I'd have this one off you. I had one about 20 years ago but rather foolishly sold it (regretting it, as usual). Lovely instruments. BTW- I don't get how Pacman is more poplier than Wonder Woman either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montague Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Hi, just new here, played one of these lots in the 90's(it used to be Phil Lynott's) but never owned one. Would be very interested in giving it a good home. Wonder Woman rocks, never was a Pacman fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustandbarley Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Now sold - Thanks for your interest. I'm kinda glad Wonder Woman had a bit of a late run, but still feel she could have done better only managing to tie with Pacman.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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