SHERGOLD basses

[marcus bell]

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Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell

[Paul S]

There is of course a website devoted to them:

[url="http://www.shergold.co.uk/"]http://www.shergold.co.uk/[/url]

And a discussion forum:

[url="http://www.shergold.co.uk/forum/index.php"]http://www.shergold.co.uk/forum/index.php[/url]

More than you'll ever need to know on that forum. Includes a chap that used to make them!

Basically hand made in England, nice quality machines.

[marcus bell]

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Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell

[nick]

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359384834' post='1953871']
Cheers buddy, got a great sound, would love to get one one day if the price was right
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...lovely to play too, the neck on my 1980 Marathon is something else

[marcus bell]

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Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell

[BetaFunk]

Here's mine!

[Paul S]

That is absolutely lovely. Do you want to trade it for something?

[marcus bell]

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Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell

[Paul S]

One is just fine and dandy for me.

That is a cracker!!

[marcus bell]

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Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359391070' post='1954049']
I really want a two pickup one...
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A two pickup Marathon?

[ash]

You could get a Hayman 40/40 basically a Marathon with two split Precision pickups - they are becoming quite rare though so be prepared to pay £400+++
Like the Shergolds they have great necks - Shergolds were initially made up from old Hayman stock by the way.

Edited January 28, 2013 by ash

[marcus bell]

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Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell

[ash]

Its a 40/40 in the picture - Modulators had interchangeable control modules and a slightly different shaped body.

This is a Modulator

Edited January 28, 2013 by ash

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359395738' post='1954126']
Think it's a modulator
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Yes. The Modulator has two pickups.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='ash' timestamp='1359394863' post='1954112']
You could get a Hayman 40/40 basically a Marathon with two split Precision pickups - they are becoming quite rare though so be prepared to pay £400+++
Like the Shergolds they have great necks - Shergolds were initially made up from old Hayman stock by the way.
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I had a 4040 in the mid seventies, heavy as I recall but a good sounding bass.

[marcus bell]

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Edited June 23, 2017 by marcus bell

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359397680' post='1954187']
That's what I want!!
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Good luck if you can find one. It won't be cheap!

[hookys6stringbass]

They're great basses ...I love my two 6ix string Marathons....

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='hookys6stringbass' timestamp='1359400556' post='1954251']
They're great basses ...I love my two 6ix string Marathons....
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.....and so you should!!!

Have you seen the Masquerader that's on the bay at moment?

[hookys6stringbass]

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1359401073' post='1954260']

.....and so you should!!!

Have you seen the Masquerader that's on the bay at moment?
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No I haven't ...besides i've got one of them as well, although it's in bits at the moment... I used to have the four string Marathon as well....

[ShergoldSnickers]

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1359391070' post='1954049']
I really want a two pickup one...
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Had a Jazz style pick-up fitted near the bridge in the 80s, replaced a few of years ago with a Wizard. It sounds like this:

[url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Fretless Marathon, bridge pickup.[/url]

It looks like this:



Not much resale value though, too heavily modified. I'll be hanging on to it though.

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1359485513' post='1955523']
Had a Jazz style pick-up fitted near the bridge in the 80s, replaced a few of years ago with a Wizard. It sounds like this:

[url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Fretless Marathon, bridge pickup.[/url]

It looks like this:



Not much resale value though, too heavily modified. I'll be hanging on to it though.
[/quote]
Tis a thing of beauty!

What's yours like re: the body finishing cracking (the Shergold curse). Mine's not too bad compared to a some i've seen.

[4 Strings]

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1359485513' post='1955523']
Had a Jazz style pick-up fitted near the bridge in the 80s, replaced a few of years ago with a Wizard. It sounds like this:

[url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Fretless Marathon, bridge pickup.[/url]

It looks like this:



Not much resale value though, too heavily modified. I'll be hanging on to it though.
[/quote]

Could be Jaco himself!

[ShergoldSnickers]

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1359489581' post='1955636']
Tis a thing of beauty!

What's yours like re: the body finishing cracking (the Shergold curse). Mine's not too bad compared to a some i've seen.
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Yeah, it's got some cracking mainly in the sections adjacent to either side of the bridge - the photo doesn't really show this. The slab side nearest the bridge has a few chunks of the finish missing, a combination of wear and the cracking problem.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1359491622' post='1955700']
Could be Jaco himself!
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Not a bad sound from a bass that even by the standards of the day was hardly high end. It was money very well spent at the time.