Sold . Jon Shuker Precision bass, very road worn. Sale or trade. £850

[karlfer]

As title, very road worn. Great sound, plays very well. Was sold but buyer backed out. Thankfully the day BEFORE I did a 180 mile round trip to deliver it. Will provide a tatty but usable case. £30 UK mainland insured courier. Happy to talk trades. Feedback available.
The Shuker JJ Burnell model is very similar and costs £1950 new.
Many consider Jon to be one of England's finest luthiers. This bass is very well made from super quality materials.
Despite the body finish showing it has been continually gigged, the neck and board are pretty much as new. Just LOOK at that fretboard!
Price slightly negotiable if you make it collection or meet up within 50 miles of Wigan.

34” scale
20 frets
maple neck
birdseye maple fingerboard
two way truss rod
carbon fibre reinforcement
brass nut
Gotoh GB2 tuners
Jumbo stainless steel fret wire
black 6mm and 2mm position dots
satin neck lacquer
2 piece white ash body - P bass shape.
polyester basecoat
black polyurethane gloss topcoat
black/white phenolic scratch plate
chrome hardware
SD Basslines pup
Gotoh bridge
9lb 10 oz.

As I am much more jazz type orientated (although I do like P's), some examples of possible trades;

Fender Mex road worn 60's series jazz, plus £100 TO me
Bongo in immaculate condition, straight trade
American Vintage 64 Jazz RI plus £200 FROM me.

Cheers,
Karl.

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Edited October 14, 2015 by karlfer

[timmchale2009]

Oh Karl... You foul temptress.

Just clarify for me... The roadworness is it proper road worn or factory roadworn?!

[karlfer]

Oh dear.
Well Tim, the Shaggy who had this bass commissioned through Jon, tells me the following.
Rear, caused by belt buckle.
Top, caused by a copper wrist band.
Dropped several times.
Now, Shaggy is the bassist in Straighten Out, a top Stranglers tribute. Apparently some gigs get "a bit lively"

He also plays with some other bands, so it's seen a lot of action.
He originally sold it to fork out £1400 for a vintage valve amp.

We had actually arranged a trade whereby I got an almost immaculate '77 P, he got this back plus a few hundred quid.
Then his son found out and was a tad upset. Mainly because his son and girlfriend bought Shaggy the P for his 50th birthday

So Shaggy had to back out, possibly to protect his danglies Edited October 11, 2015 by karlfer

[karlfer]

Not a bump per se but if anybody is interested in BUYING this bass, I may well be able to do it a decent bit cheaper.

BUT ONLY whilst a certain shop (Barrie!!) has a certain jazz still in stock

[karlfer]

All pm's replied.
Have to admit, although prefer a sale, unusually tempted by a Spector Euro, a bass I've never considered before

[desmondpot]

Spector Euro. Good call. Awesome machines (particularly the 4 string with the p/j's).

[karlfer]

Cash sale still preferable and one of the chaps did ask what the "decent bit cheaper" was.
In principle he was happy with the much more bargainacious price for a quick, easy sale.
He is busy this week however, so nothing in stone yet.

After a few let downs this year (including this bass at the weekend)anybody wanting it on hold I'm afraid you will need to consider a deposit.

Was rather taken with the Spector though and we've agreed to chat further on Thursday.

[peety]

PM Sent mate

[GremlinAndy]

Yeah ...I've expressed an interest, but no final deal settled on quite yet. My offer is on the table, so if you have an interest, best do it quickly.

[karlfer]

Andy, you have mail.

You are the 1st to actually say you would like it at the reduced price of £750 collected/meet, so you have 1st refusal.

I've put the price up in public so the 5 interested know I'm not playing one off against the other.

Cheers all,
Karl.

[GremlinAndy]

Cash should be in your account.
See you tomorrow all being well.

[karlfer]

Sold, many thanks Andy, see you tomorrow,
cheers,
Karl.