wildman Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) I bought this bass in April/May this year from Jose (mcnach), and since then a couple of things happened. 1. I was after the Stingray sound for the band I was playing with at the time and because of the modifications, this bass does it pretty well. However I found the neck very wide after my Jazz. 42mm at the nut. 2. That could have been overcome with practice, however since then, the band I was with broke up and I've decided to go back to my Fender Jazz as my "go to" instrument. So I am offering this for sale for what I paid for it. I have (with Jose's permission), "borrowed" a couple of his photos, but I have some of my own and can send them on request. I never gigged this, only rehearsed a couple of times, so its in the same condition as when I received it. Its a much modified OLP MM 4 string The original electronics are all gone. The pickup is now an alnico Seymour Duncan SMB4A, wired in parallel, Stingray style. Electronics are Seymour Duncan STC3M3 3-band preamp, their Stingray model. Battery access via the cavity on the rear of the bass and within the vcavity you can find a trim pot thath controls where the tone cut off occurs, thus allowing a wide variety of tones. Its a powerful bass, much more powerful than my Jazz if the truth be known. According to Jose, the bass was set up by Rory Dowling, luthier and founder of Taran Guitars in Edinburgh and the fretwork is perfect. Rory also rolled the edge of the fretboard so it has none of the rough edges that you sometimes find in off the shelf OLPs. The bass is currently strung with a pretty fresh set of D'Addario XL170 (45-100) and mid-low action. I havent adjusted it since buying it from Jose. I am looking for £200 which is what I paid for it. Yes its more than the stock OLP, but this is a lot of bass for the money. Pictures borrowed from Jose's original listing...any questions please let me know. Cheers, John Edited November 15, 2012 by wildman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) Hi mate, do you know if it will take a 4-bolt stingray neck? If so, you may have a buyer Chris EDIT: If it does you have found a buyer Edited October 22, 2012 by Beedster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wildman Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Still available, we confirmed that it wouldnt take a four bolt Stingray Graphite neck !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 [quote name='wildman' timestamp='1351881499' post='1856620'] Still available, we confirmed that it wouldnt take a four bolt Stingray Graphite neck !! [/quote] And I so wish it would, this is a great bass at a great price C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 This is an excellent bass, and I can vouch for 'wildman' as a great guy to deal with. That bass and I had a lot of great times together. I hope it finds another good home soon. It deserves to be played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildman Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Bump - still available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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