RaNoFuNkY Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) SOLD! Cheers all. Hi all, Putting this back up for sale on the back of the recent Stu Hamm tour. Open to offers/trades/part exchanges. Trade-wise, I'd be interested in anything with a 32" scale or shorter, graphite or wood. This includes any of the cheaper Mexican standard urges out there too! The bass is in top nick, not a single dent or dink to be found on it anywhere apart from a slight burnished look on the rear Fender neck plate. Its a USA 32" model, with the Pau Ferro neck and 4-way selector switch controlling a JPJ setup. The 4 way rotary controls passive, active, active with midboost and standby modes. The three-position switch enables all pups, just P and just J's. The other two concentric pots are volume//pan between the two J pups and treble cut/boost//bass cut/boost. Consequently this bass is very flexible!! Combining active and passive modes with the variations in pickups gives great variation, think passive jazz to passive precision thumper, to the cut of an active jazz/precision. Needless to say its a virtuoso's bass that can cope with Stu's ecclecting playing (slapping/tapping monster to RoCk BeAsT!!). So I'm sure someone out there can give it a better home than me. I love the neck on this thing. Slapping is a joy, and tapping really rings out the notes without sounding harsh or trebly. Its a very responsive bass. It also has fitted a hipshot drop D-tuner, which allowed me to *attempt* some of Stu Hamms pieces he played with his Kubicki X-Factor. With regards to the pictures below, the finish is actually a black SPARKLE or flake, with a white pearloid scratchplate and gold hardware. My pants phone camera gives the impressions of gloss black, but its really a subtle sparkle. [attachment=13426:DSC00784.JPG] [attachment=13427:DSC00791.JPG] [attachment=13428:DSC00788.JPG] [attachment=13429:DSC00786.JPG] [attachment=13430:DSC00787.JPG] Will consider the dog in a PX! These things tend to hold there value, and don't often come up for sale. I believe there was a "burgandy mist" mk1 that went for £950 on here last year Edited April 14, 2010 by RaNoFuNkY
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Does the Dog come with it? I'm guessing so as it's got the same colour scheme....
martthebass Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Yup, loving the dog. If the dog has no scratches or noticeable dinks I could be tempted to px my SR4. Sorry it's been a long day....................
RaNoFuNkY Posted September 16, 2008 Author Posted September 16, 2008 I'm afraid to say that Eric the Wonder Dog is knackered!
jmesa Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 This is a nice bass, played it the other week... good luck with the sale mate!
RaNoFuNkY Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 Cheers J! Yeah, it really is a cracking bass, and in great nick too!! I would be sad to see it go.
RaNoFuNkY Posted September 22, 2008 Author Posted September 22, 2008 Now accepting cash offers, so go on - have a go! I'll be sad to see this go because the neck is brilliant, and the tones are great. But I've got others and I've got my eye on something else. . .
RaNoFuNkY Posted October 1, 2008 Author Posted October 1, 2008 To the top with you! Had some interest, but this bass deserves more!
RaNoFuNkY Posted August 14, 2009 Author Posted August 14, 2009 Thinking of selling this again. Any interest?
RaNoFuNkY Posted August 16, 2009 Author Posted August 16, 2009 Had a few PMs, so just to confirm, this is the MK1 medium scale version - NOT the 34" necked version that Stu Hamm currently plays. I've played both and I certainly prefer the 32". Seems more playable to me, but then I'm only small!
RaNoFuNkY Posted August 17, 2009 Author Posted August 17, 2009 As ridiculous as ever Bob, he's more of a draft excluder than a dog! But damn I love those ginger eyebrows...
BarnacleBob Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Glad to hear it. Always wanted to have a dog but I am way to irresponsible and lazy. I dont think I had even heard of this model til I saw this one. I am intrigued by short scale basses as I am relatively titchy but never really played any - always fancied an Alembic SC. but the weight would have killed me. Do u get plenty of bottom end with the short scale? BB
lozbass Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 [quote name='BarnacleBob' post='573465' date='Aug 18 2009, 08:56 PM']always fancied an Alembic SC. but the weight would have killed me. Do u get plenty of bottom end with the short scale?[/quote] You do with a SC!
RaNoFuNkY Posted August 20, 2009 Author Posted August 20, 2009 To be honest, I have certainly played shorter 32" scales, if that makes sense! In fact, the reason I'm considering selling it is because the neck is just a bit to big for me, feels more like a 34" which I'm not really a fan of. I play other 32" necks and they certainly feel much smaller in my hands. Plenty of bottom end going on mate, I really like the versatile preamp, plus the multiple options on the pups really give it some beef. I have used it for all types of music, and it sounded "real", the preamp options don't make it sound gimmicky if you know what I mean. It's actually hanging in a shop in Twickenham at the moment if anybody fancies an inspection Plenty of bottom end from the Eric the wonderdog too.
4000 Posted August 21, 2009 Posted August 21, 2009 I passed on a green one of these a few years back for £650. I wish I hadn't. They're nice, comfortable, versatile basses. Loving that finish too!
funkle Posted April 12, 2010 Posted April 12, 2010 Still for sale? If so, can you tell me the neck thickness front-to-back at the 1st and 12th frets? Thanks.
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