Delberthot Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) I've decided to split the for sale ads up for the BB425 & BB1025 as it was starting to look a bit messy I bought this vintage white BB425 just over a year ago as I had been exclusively playing 4 string basses for some time and wanted to go back to 5 but without the huge financial outlay to make sure that it was the right choice. The BB425 is such a good bass that it replaced my Seafoam Green Fender FSR Precision for gigs. The pickups are very powerful for passive and together they give a very nice P bass tone with the extra highs that you get from the jazz pickup at the neck. Finish is excellent and I couldn't really fault the bass in any way. If I had to compare it to something then it would be something like Fender MIM but one of the higher end models. The bass features the same 5 piece neck that the BB1025 does being constructed of maple and nato. It also features the same string through body bridge of the 1020 and 2020 series basses but has a bridge that I believe is unique to this particular model. Underneath the vintage white is an alder body. This bass comes with the Fender deluxe gig bag that my Precision came with as this model doesn't come with a bag or case. It is currently fitted with a set of light guage Chromes and they're too light for me so I am selling them with the bass. It is in incredibly good condition as anyone who knows me knows that I hate dings, dongs, dinks and any other kind of marks. It was always the last thing to come out at a gig and the first thing I'd pack away. I am looking for around £250 posted within mainland UK for this one. [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/BB425%20-%20BB1025/DSC04213_zpso3fksn3v.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/BB425%20-%20BB1025/DSC04214_zpsox6ndyje.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/BB425%20-%20BB1025/DSC04216_zpsyjr75azu.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/BB425%20-%20BB1025/DSC04217_zpsizwsgdya.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/BB425%20-%20BB1025/DSC04212_zpsf4hpeyca.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/BB425%20-%20BB1025/DSC04215_zpszsmia8kb.jpg.html"][/url] Edited March 27, 2016 by Delberthot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzBass Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Delberthot, The bridge was introduced on the earlier BB615, this was to improve the B string (quite obviously) I had a 615 and I must say it was fine, recommended GazzBass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 Absolutely - what I meant was unique to the current BB series with the 102x and 202x series sharing a different bridge. At the moment I have a real hankering for a fretless and am tempted to remove the frets from this and see if I can manage to squeeze an active circuit in somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Price reduced to £210 posted within mainland UK as of now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Coffee Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 This is the best value on basschat. I've got the bb425x and love it. I'm tempted to buy this to make a pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 As I mentioned before, this took the place of my Fender FSR which was at one time "the one" before I sold that and bought the BB1025 just because I had the money and wanted to find out how much better it was to this. Truth is that they're both great basses and I'd happily gig either one of them. IMO there's nothing in this price bracket to equal the quality of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Bumpola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Delberthot Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Bump If I sell the Stingray and the BB1025 then I might keep this as a backup so get it now while it's still available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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