Shylock Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Made in Japan version that I believe is no longer available and now appears to being manufactured, with a P/J pickup configuration, in the US for a more expensive price. There are plenty of u tube videos around featured this bass and one of them describes it as a tone monster which it is. You can have either or both pickups passive or active and change to series or parallel wiring to produce precision, jazz and active tones. It is lovely looking red bass and in excellent condition with a few minor belt rash scratches on the back. I bought it second hand on a whim as I saw the Kasabian bassist using the black version and thought I would give it try. I have other basses and this one does not get used very much. To be honest I do find it a little heavier, at 9.68lb, than by Thunderbird, at 8.9lb. Also I am not a real fan of active basses and I just play it in passive mode. I am looking for £450, which seems to be the going rate, but in my quest to try/own other basses I would possibly consider trades for a Fender Jazz, Mexican or US, or a new Gibson EB model and possibly a SG or Les Paul bass, Epi T'Bird Classic IV (with the Gibbo p/ups) with cash adjustment either way. Or try me with other trades including D class amp head (must have headphone out and aux in) Collect, near Loughborough, or meet up locally at your place in view weight, value, handling etc. Thanks for looking and please contact me with any questions Edited January 18, 2015 by Shylock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shylock Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hi - thanks for your interest I will think about it, and research the basses, but for the moment, having just posted, I would rather just wait a little while to see if cash or my preferred choices come up. Mind you Rochdale is not that local to me. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stompbox Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Well yes, we aren't exactly on each others doorstep, but a 50 mile trip each to meet at, say Chesterfield(ish) is really just a pleasant day out...................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub_junkie Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I got a sunburst one of these a few months back and I have got the neck so playable on mine it has now become my 'go to' bass. The placement of the bridge J pickup has been a bit of a revelation for me. At first I thought it had too much bite but I now love playing fingerstyle over that pickup solo'd. Wonderful basses imo. GLWTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intime-nick Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Pm'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_Guardian Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Looks brilliant! Always had a soft spot for these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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