*WITHDRAWN* Groove Shoppe GS5 *WITHDRAWN*

[Gwilym]

Thinking of moving this on. The reason I bought it was to try this bass with Nordstrand Fat Stacks, rather than the Dual Coils in my other GS5. I'm keeping the one with the Dual Coils.
I've had this for a year or so, and used it enought to know that it's a very nice bass with no issues. Tone wise, I'd say it sounds Miller-ish - ie, 70's jazz-a-like but with the modern bells and whistles.

Custom Glockenklang preamp that was made to Groove Shoppe spec. Vol, Bass, Mid, Treble. Passive/Active push/pull on the Vol, and when in passive mode the treble EQ works as a passive tone control. The switch is single-coil/humbucking mode for the pickups.

Hip-shot bridge & tuners. 35" scale, 24 fret. 19mm string spacing at the bridge. Neck is 1 7/8" at the nut *I think*. It's a slim and comfy neck. Balances really nicely on a strap, and probably weighs in at around 9lbs.

Pics of both on this thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/31502-groove-shoppe-gs5"]http://basschat.co.u...oove-shoppe-gs5[/url]

[url="https://picasaweb.google.com/109910182563338742532/GS5?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJKTl-r6xIyC3gE&feat=directlink"]https://picasaweb.go...feat=directlink[/url]


It's the white one I'm offering for sale.

FS/FT @ £1100

Not many of these around, and I've never seen one for sale in Europe. Very nice basses which retailed around $2600. A real shame it didn't work out for them in the long run.

Cheers
G

ps. EDIT: not looking to ship at the moment, so would be collection only from London or north/south Wales.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Gwilym

[Gwilym]

bump for link to new picture gallery above!
https://picasaweb.google.com/109910182563338742532/GS5?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJKTl-r6xIyC3gE&feat=directlink

Edited February 9, 2013 by Gwilym

[Gwilym]

Bump for a closeup of a crack in the finish/laquer.

[Gwilym]

Bump for some sound clips!

I had forgotten all about these until I found them on my computer this morning. They are sound clips which I must have downloaded from the old Groove Shoppe web site. They are of an ash/maple/maple bass like the one I'm selling, but I think the pickups on the recorded bass are the Nordstrand Dual Coils rather than the Fat Stacks on the bass I have for sale. I don't think the pickups make *that* much difference in the sound, but hopefully the clips will be a near representation of the kind of sound you can expect.

[b]Even though these files have a .mp3 file extention and are uploaded as such, I noticed when previewing my post that the attachment file is renamed entirely and the file extention from .mp3 to .ipb (an iPhone perl script format apparently, wtf?) Therefore you will need to rename them to .mp3 before you can play them.[/b]

Single Coil Both pick-ups 100%
[attachment=128264:1-3 Single Coil Both pick-ups 100%.mp3]

Single Coil Bridge pick-up only
[attachment=128265:2-3 Single Coil Bridge pick-up only.mp3]

Single Coil Neck pick-up only
[attachment=128266:3-3 Single Coil Neck pick-up only.mp3]

Single Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20%
[attachment=128267:4-3 Single Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20%.mp3]

Single Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20% (mids +2, treble-2)
[attachment=128268:5-3 Single Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20% (mids +2, treble-2).mp3]

Dual Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20% (mids +2, treble-2)
[attachment=128269:10-3 Dual Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20% (mids +2, treble-2).mp3]

Single Coil Slap Both pick-ups 100%
[attachment=128270:11-3 Single Coil Slap Both pick-ups 100%.mp3]

Single Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20% (passive tone on)
[attachment=128271:17-3 Single Coil Bridge 80%, Neck 20% (passive tone on).mp3]