Peavey TL 6 American Made Six String Bass - SOLD £450

[ltswifty]

Selling a number of basses as I only play my P-bass. The wife reminded me of this fact, and for once I actually agree with her. Must be going soft.

This is a Peavey TL (Tim Landers) 6, made in America.

The quality of build on this bass and it's playability are right up there.

It's transparent dark purple (looks like transparent black on stage) over solid flame maple (yes solid) and purple heart.

It's 24 fret, through neck, ebony fingerboard with MOP triangle inlays. Has a Khaler fixed bridge, twin P pickups and active / passive electronics.

All original and in excellent condition.

It sounds and plays really, really well.

If you have never tried one of the Peavey American TL basses, you would be in for a big surprise. They are truely quality instruments.

For £450 I think you would do well to find a better 6 string.

Happy to post at cost. Comes with a gig bag.

I'm based near Colchester.

[media]http://www.flickr.com/photos/rownes/sets/72157635242248400/[/media]

Hope you agree, very good condition, especially given the age. It's a lot of bass for the money.

Cheers

Simon

Edited August 29, 2013 by ltswifty

[cocco]

Excited to see the pics.

[ltswifty]

Should have them posted later this evening, morning at latest.

[rumour6]

Fancy an EA iAmp800 and CXL 112?? Had to ask....

[biro]

Seriously tempted and trying to unders I had one of these and I sold it to fund some other endeavours of mine. Mine was a first series (1989?) model and God, what wouldn't I do to get hold of another TL-6. I suppose you wouldn't be able to wait till October, right? I am Italian and living in Italy, but I will be a postgrad at Cambridge from October onwards...

(I understand that posting to Italy is theoretically feasible, but I also reckon that you Britons are used to a much better postal service than we are, you lucky fellas!)

At any rate, good luck with the sale! Speaking of which, this is a video of me playing my old TL-6. I think it gives a nice demo of the instrument (apart from the fact that I was playing with old strings and possibly the lowest action ever, so the sound might be a bit muddy and "thin".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df1ljlMXpLc&hl=it

And here is a tune I wrote and recorded on the very same bass years ago (better strings, but lousy preamp and audio interface):

[url="https://soundcloud.com/ballpointmusic/mathematics-of-paper-folding"]https://soundcloud.c...f-paper-folding[/url]

Edited March 24, 2014 by icastle
Link fixed.

[ltswifty]

Pictures added.

[ltswifty]

Thanks for the trade offers, but I'm happy with the simple setup I have now, at least that's what I repeat to myself anytime temptation takes hold.

Thanks for the video and sound clip biro, really enjoyed both. Not supprised you want another TL6, they are a great bass. Sounds great and reallt nice to play. Not sure how widely known it is how good these are. If it's still here in October of course, but would obviously like to sell before if possible. I'd be happy to have a try at posting to Italy, but would be your risk unfortunately.

Cheers

Simon

[andybassdoyle]

Beauty. You don't see many of these and the were great, yours looks to be in top nick as well. It wouldn't surprise me if the stopped making them as they were too good at the price or something crazy like that.

Anyway, too many basses right now or I'd be on this. Have a bump on me.

Abd

[ltswifty]

PMs replied to. Thanks Andybassdoyle. I'm in the same boat and only ever use my P-Bass, I'm a typical bass playing gear junky.

Biro, if you left a deposit I would be happy to hold it for you until your in the UK.

[Ghosts Over Japan]

I really like that, I bet it sounds huge as well.

Cai

[Black Coffee]

Is it just me or is the picture not visible ?

[voxpop]

No pic for me on my iPad.?

[Satrugar]

Might have something to do with the fact that Apple products can't handle basic internet technologies like flash....

Nice bass btw, looks amazing!

Edited August 26, 2013 by Satrugar

[Oldman]

What is the scale,34" or 35"?

[biro]

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Biro, if you left a deposit I would be happy to hold it for you until your in the UK.
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Hey, thanks! I'll think about it real quick and let you know ASAP. Although I sort of made a vow not to buy another six stringer, I may well find myself unable to resist the temptation.

[b]Oldman[/b]: the scale is 34".

[b]Itswifty[/b], I am taking the liberty of adding a link to the bass specification page on Tim's old website. The page actually refers to the newer version of the bass, but the differences are truly minimal (the main one being that there is a different layout for the control knobs).

http://home.earthlink.net/~timlanders/TL6.html

At any rate, for those not familiar with Tim Landers, I definitely suggest checking his work. He is an incredibly talented player and really nice fellow.

[ltswifty]

Thanks Biro, appreciate it.

[Oldman]

I personally always thought that Peaveys did not get the recognition for quality they deserved, never played one, but pound for pound, new they surpassed other specs. If this was 35" scale I'd 'ave yer 'and orf, swelpmegod. But it ain't. Good luck with sale, love the Blueberry colouring.

[ltswifty]

Sold subject to the usual