Steff Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Hi guys, I'm selling my Sire V7 which I bought a few months back. I've played my MM Stingray5 for 20 years and since I got the Sire, the MM has sat in the corner... It is a lovely bass but I fell in love with a KSD I played recently hence the sale. Plenty of reviews and videos online. Some details: Swamp Ash body, maple neck. The bass is currently loaded with Aguilar pickups - that improved the audibility greatly, although takes it slightly away from the original sound. To me they made the bass useful for gigs, before that i found it to be getting a bit lost in the mix with louder bands. Tuners have been upgraded to Shaller. The neck had a professional setup and a few frets have been touched by my luthier - it's a common issue with those basses. Currently with a very low action, easy to play and has the right amount of fret buzz - at least for my liking (I never got the players who like no fret buzz at all - to me it adds nice flavour to the sound). Pot caps have been replaced with better looking ones - don't remember what exactly but they're quality. I bought the bass used - the previous owner had broken the volume pot (again a well known occurrence with these bases when someone tries to replace the pot caps). That has been professionally replaced. The bass comes with a cheap gig bag (I never had the original one as Thomann don't send them with one as far as I know) and with the original pickups should anyone decide to revert back. Worth mentioning that on the original pickups I've lowered the poles of the G and B strings to create a shape that follows the neck curve, otherwise I was getting a different string to string volume. That can easily be reverted to original too. There is a couple of scratches at the back as seen on the photos. Also I managed to break one screw when I was replacing the tuners - that hasn't in any way affected the tuning and I don't think it'll ever be an issue. The upgrades on their own are worth a few quid - the pickups are £300 new (I got them for £160 second hand), tuners are over £80, pot caps are about £30 as far as I remember and there was also the luthier fee of £60 - there's nearly £330 worth of upgrades here. That pretty much sums it up. It's a lovely bass and I gigged it a lot, but it's time to move on. Trade wise - I'd only be interested in a KSD Proto-J 5 string one. Edit - bought one so no longer looking. Could be interested in any 5 string fretless basses. I am based in west London and I don't have the packaging to ship it but I travel for gigs around the UK fairly often - we can sort something out. Thanks Steff Edit: I am happy to drop the original pickups back in and sell the Aguilars on their own. That would reduce the price with £150. [attachment=253861:image1.JPG] [attachment=253862:image2.JPG] [attachment=253863:image3.JPG] [attachment=253864:image4.JPG] [attachment=253865:image5.JPG] [attachment=253866:image6.JPG] Edited October 4, 2017 by Steff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Hi Steff, I'd be interested to know how you lowered the polepieces on the original pickups? I'd like to do the same with mine. That's a beautiful bass (I'm biased!), GLWTS..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Have your photos disappeared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 [quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1505741220' post='3373907'] Have your photos disappeared? [/quote] I can see them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I think they disappeared for a while but they're back for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Photos back. Good looking bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerz Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hey Steff, Looks really sweet, I might come by and check it out next time I'm passing if you still have it. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Bump. Here's a little video from last night's gig. For a bit of slap sound please scroll to 8:30 Taken with an iPhone but it is audible enough. [url="https://www.facebook.com/steffmarinov/videos/vb.1471579225/10214456613477080/?type=2&theater¬if_t=like¬if_id=1505859020107240"]https://www.facebook...505859020107240[/url] As I've edited above - I am happy to drop the original pickups in and sell the Aguilars separately. That will reduce the price with £150. Edited September 20, 2017 by Steff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 [quote name='Steff' timestamp='1505907452' post='3375107'] [url="https://www.facebook.com/steffmarinov/videos/vb.1471579225/10214456613477080/?type=2&theater¬if_t=like¬if_id=1505859020107240"]https://www.facebook...505859020107240[/url] [/quote] Some very nice playing there my man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) For some reason that Facebook like is going to an error page for me... "Sorry, this content isn't available right now. The link you followed may have expired, or the page may only be visible to an audience you're not in." Edited September 20, 2017 by CameronJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Not sure why, my profile is set on public. Bump for the original pickups back in and a price reduction of £150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benroch Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) Are you playing it lefty??? Could we get a listen to what it sounds like with standard pickups?? Edited September 21, 2017 by benroch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 I think I’ve taken this video with the original pickups https://www.facebook.com/steffmarinov/videos/10213726757831145/ Nope playing it right (see what I did there? 😂) but Facebook shows it the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Bump! This bass is now £400 since I’ve pit back the original pickups but you still get the benefit of upgraded tuners, fretwork and the modded pickup pole pieces that made a massive difference in string to string volume balance. I’ve now got a KSD flying my way from the US so not interested in a trade anymore unless it’s any quality 5 string fretless. Edited September 24, 2017 by Steff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Now sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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