ON HOLD - RIM Marseer (4) in Honey Buckeye - less than 5 months old - £1075

[lozbass]

Up for sale a RIM Marseer fretted 4 - the facing is a beautiful honey buckeye burl and the bass is beyond doubt the most beautiful RIM that I've seen. The bass was completed in late November last year and is less than 5 months old.

You can see the bass in the build diary at the following link:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/9653-rim-basses-in-progress/page__st__600"]http://basschat.co.u...s/page__st__600[/url]

Also, you can see the previous sale thread here:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170166-fsft-rim-marseer-through-neck-4-string-sold/page__p__1588994__hl__rim%20marseer__fromsearch__1#entry1588994"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry1588994[/url]

I bought the bass for a new project just around two weeks ago in the hope that I could get back to playing long-scale (on a lovely, slender and shallow 34" neck). It was a rather emabarassing and foolish mistake. I can only really play short-scale with any comfort and should just stick to that...maybe this time I'll learn...

The condition is entirely as new apart from a tiny patch of topcoat missing from the edge of the fishtail (repaired in five minutes if you could be bothered), and a tiny and very shallow impression (now filled and invisible) on the neck. There is also a small, faint black stripe under the lacquer by the strap pin and a little of the black finish missing from the strap pin itself (please see the final image below).

The bass is a stunning hand-built and a perfect testament to Robbie's work - the attention to detail is fantastic. The hardware is ETS (lovely!) and the tuners Sperzel. Pickups are Armstrong custom wound in etched Rim cases (very cool). There's a Dingwall switch for the currently passive electronics. This bass could easily accommodate a circuit but I'm not convinced that there'd be any benefit. The instrument has a beautiful voice of its own but is almost endlessly variable with some tweaking of the eq and volumes.

Basic features are:

Body - chambered flame maple (with RIM fishtail design)
Top - honey buckeye burl (with thick purpleheart laminate)
Neck - through-neck construction - 3 piece flame, rock, flame maple
Side Markers - white luminescent (supplied with torch for quick re-charge)
Board - Maccassar ebony
Pickups - Aaron Armstrong custom RIM
Bridge and retainer - ETS (adjustable - currently around 16.5mm)
Tuners - Sperzel
Scale - 34"
EQ - Dingwall four-way switch

The bass is in superb condition and will be supplied with either a brand new Protection Racket bag (a very impressive hybrid, highly protective case), a Mono bag (almost new, but an upcharge of £25 - these are around £130!), or a TKL ABS hardcase (almost new, very nice - no upcharge). This is a very beautiful instrument that I would absolutely love to keep - the simple truth is that I'm very stupid, and should stop believing that I can play long-scales. Action is very low and playability is fantastic - the whole bass just shouts 'boutique' in every dimension and the range of tones is outstanding. The top is amongst the most beautiful pieces of timber I've seen on any bass anywhere.

I'm willing to let the bass go at £1075 (with either the Protection Racket or TKL case, or £1100 with the Mono). No trades or offers thanks. I'm taking a very substantial hit (on a bass that I believe cost £1800 just over four months ago!) Collection in central Manchester would be lovely (indeed, highly preferable!), though I can ship for around £20 in the UK.

Some images below (though the images from Robbie and 4000 are probably better than mine anyway). Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Edited April 14, 2012 by lozbass

[buenavista]

PM sent.

[giblett123]

Have a bump, lovely basses and Lawrence is a top bloke to deal with, well worth a punt.

[lozbass]

Hi all, thanks for the messages complementary posts! Bump for new images and response to PMs

[Scooby]

C'mon folks! This really is a top notch bass, very playable, lovely range of tones and light - and I should know, I sold it to Loz!! Great guy to deal with so grab yourself a peach of a deal

[giblett123]

If I hadn't already commissioned my own RIM I'd have this, a lot of bass at this price.

[lozbass]

Gentlemen, again thanks - the bass is gorgeous and I'd recommend RIM to anybody. The bassis now 'On Hold'