eubassix Posted June 28, 2016 Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Schack (Andy or Nico?) Unique 4 Custom LTD in dark blue (trans). Good overall condition and excellent playability tone-s. Exceptional build quality and with the amazing Schack no-bolt/s neck & BC3P circuit. But realistically the polyester/blue body has a lot of surface marks & buckle rash to both front and back.There's also a paint/surface crack by the output jack/pan and some string-wear to the tops of the BassTec (Bartolini) J pickups. This does not affect the bass 'as an instrument' at all - plays and sounds great, but it would be(come) exceptional with a body refin' or maybe taken back to the natural maple (natural bass photos attached to illustrate, although a different wood). Otherwise, an exceptional players bass! Comes with a decent, generic hard case. Free Courier. Features: - Full solid body (2pc) Flamed Maple - Maple - Bubinga - Neck - Ebony Fretboard - 24 Fret and zero fret - 34" Scale - 18.5mm (+- 0.5mm) Spacing - ETS / Schack Bridge - Active Schack (GK) 3 Band Preamp - 2 Basstec (Bartolini) Single Coil PU's - Schaller Security Locks - Gotoh Hardware/Tuner - Weight: 8.5 lbs. Nut width is 1.5" . BC3P Schack 18V on board EQ system. The signal is not coloured in any way, due to the linear response of the circuit. Offers the player a great deal of versatility. Circuit is prewired and easily configurable. -Master Volume -Balance Control (buffered) -Bass (100-300Hz via dip switches) ±15dB -Middle (500-1500Hz via dip switches) ±15dB -Treble (2000-8000Hz via dip switches) ±18dB -Adjustable pickup input gain. *There's a new Schack (Unique 5) review in this months Bass Guitar magazine (pp. 52-54. same neck fitting. £3450!). Edited August 15, 2016 by eubassix
SephaldaSimorangkir Posted June 28, 2016 Posted June 28, 2016 Wow... why you sell it? You'll regret ,mate
sselterf Posted June 28, 2016 Posted June 28, 2016 Andy Schack it is. Superb preamp - quite a lot of Sei basses came equipped with that.
richardd Posted July 1, 2016 Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) Get thee behind me young David. Played one at the Bass Show amazing tone. tempted. Edited July 1, 2016 by richardd
eubassix Posted July 1, 2016 Author Posted July 1, 2016 Tried unsuccesfully to quote/reply above ... didn't work ! Thanks for the +++ comments; Not using 4's much now. If I had the time I'd refin' it - it's a really nice instrument (potentially). Plays great; I'd always 'known' Andy Schack by name/ reputation (instruments and EQ systems), but saw something from NAMM recently with a reference to a Nico Schack (?); was that the recent London BG show Rich? Agree - the tone/s & playability are exceptional; just the aesthetics that aren't great on this one.
richardd Posted July 1, 2016 Posted July 1, 2016 Yes David it was at this year's show.I think Nico is Andy Schack's son,there is a snippet on youtube about them.The basses did sound good .and the finish next to nun .If you were not so far away would have loved to have a look see.☺
richardd Posted July 3, 2016 Posted July 3, 2016 Yes only 10 minutes down The A1.You should have popped in for a cuppa .Sadly I don't get up your way much.☺
noise_art Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 I used to own 5'er: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vOB7EQBmvc It was early Schack with fully parametric EQ, s/n 80. I sold it to a friend of mine, and still regret
noise_art Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 on this release (I think it will be soon available on YT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wti8xCCk0MU I used this early Schack mentioned above, and the other one - Custom made with s/n 300. The older one was much better, but newer custom does the job in ballads, both had ebony fingerboard, the older with bubinga body, custom with swamp. I love Schack! Good luck with the sale!
deepbass5 Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 Anything sub a £1k is a gift for a schack, I've owned two 5's still waiting for them to come back up on here
eubassix Posted August 7, 2016 Author Posted August 7, 2016 [quote name='grunz7' timestamp='1470573932' post='3106788'] what's the nut width and weight? [/quote]Nut width: 1.5". Weight (as stated in OP/description) is 8.5lbs.
eubassix Posted August 12, 2016 Author Posted August 12, 2016 OK... last try up to Sunday (13/8) - plan to remove it otherwise and have it stripped/refinished. There's a nice 5 Unique currently up on ebay :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201643853032?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT .. and another of the HL/graphite versions :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182239880753?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
eubassix Posted August 14, 2016 Author Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) Final call............. Edited August 15, 2016 by eubassix
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