SOLD - Custom Jaguar Bass Built By Bass Doc & Jim Cairnes - 32" Scale - £250 £275

[benebass]

Hi - I'm a bit reluctant to do this, but I'm just not playing as much as I'd like & this thing deserves to be more than just furniture! It was put together by the Bass Doc for me a few years ago. The late Jim Cairnes was a luthier based in the North East who was best known for souping up Chris Rea's guitars, but he also worked with the Bass Doc to make some beautiful basses.

A while back I started playing shorter scale instruments as I found them a bit easier on the left hand. I was speaking to the Bass Doc about this & he said he had a 32" scale neck made by Jim going spare, so we decided to build an instrument around it. It turned out pretty good!

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It's currently strung with Status flats & sounds great. Specs are: -

32" scale birdseye / rosewood neck
Tulipwood body
Fender machine heads
ABM bridge
Dimarzio model J bridge pickup
Dimarzio model P copy from a Westone neck pickup (I had a real model P in there for a while, but prefered this one)

I posted a thread on it in Gear Porn before I upgraded the pickups - you can see it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/150814-bass-doc-electric-iv/"]here[/url].

It's only seen home use & condition's pretty good - there's a small ding to the headstock, but it was touched up. Ideally I'd like to do a cash / collection deal for £250. I'm based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Cheers,

B.

Edited February 14, 2015 by benebass

[benebass]

Bump - open to offers for a cash & collection deal...

[silverfoxnik]

That's such a cool looking bass!

GLWTS

[benebass]

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1422969987' post='2678956']
That's such a cool looking bass!

GLWTS
[/quote]

Cheers! I've had a query on weight & our old bathroom scales are showing it to be less than 8lb. Action's pretty comfy with flats too...

[benebass]

Bump for price drop

[Bassassin]

That's beautiful. Lovely craftsmanship from two of the NE's finest.

Jon.

[benebass]

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1423228676' post='2682488']
That's beautiful. Lovely craftsmanship from two of the NE's finest.

Jon.
[/quote]

Thanks Jon! It's a beautiful instrument & my phone photos don't really do it justice. The neck's gorgeous, with a really comfy profile - midway between Precision & Jazz at the nut. Probably going to miss this one when it's gone...

[Bronner]

Some of the greatest Rock n' Roll songs of all time were done on little bass guitars like this.
The little Fender Mustang bass is on a lot tunes that were ordinarily played by P-bass and J-bass players.
It's a little bass with big attitude and I like it. It will probably get played more than an instrument that weighs more than bookshelf.

[Sibob]

Looks great! Looking for any trades at all?

Si

[benebass]

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1423393175' post='2684182']
Looks great! Looking for any trades at all?

Si
[/quote]

I wasn't really considering any trades, but I'm always on the look out for short / medium scale basses

[Sibob]

No worries, I have a bunch of pedals for sale, an Ashdown amp and a Novation XioSynth......I imagine none of that piques your interest haha (although let me know if it does)

GLWTS though, lovely looking bass!
Si

[benebass]

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1423409280' post='2684421']
No worries, I have a bunch of pedals for sale, an Ashdown amp and a Novation XioSynth......I imagine none of that piques your interest haha (although let me know if it does)

GLWTS though, lovely looking bass!
Si
[/quote]

Thanks for the offer Si, but don't really need an amp or pedals at the mo & already have a XioSynth!

Cheers

B.

[Hazy Bass]

PM'd

[benebass]

Replied

[benebass]

This bass is now sold - cheers!

B.