electricbass Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) Here we have a [b]Paulman custom J6[/b] string handmade 6 string Jazz style bass, made by the late great Paul Mcnab of Huddesfield. Originally made as a 5 string, the bass has been professionally converted to a 6 as the neck width and general vibe of the bass allowed it to be so, in fact it asked for it to be so! It has made it into an awesome J6! It's a bit heavy at around 12lb but if that is not a major concern for you, read on... Originally purchased from Bass Direct a couple of years ago this bass would suit a 6 player who likes a more narrow string spacing, it's 15 - 16mm. It has loads of tone as you'd expect from a huge lump of wood and a filter based preamp and also has a nice bright acoustic tone too. One think to say is the truss rod can vibrate a wee bit sometimes, I had it checked out and all is well, you can only hear it occasionally when playing unplugged. Tweak the truss rod a nats smidge and it goes. Condition is fair, it did have a harder life before I got it so it does show quite a few marks, more on the back though so not so bad... I'll get some pics up of everything as soon as I can. Collection with cash only as I like buyers to see basses like this first. Collection from Biggleswade, Beds area. Specs below. [b]Custom made bass[/b] [b]Ash body / Flame maple carved top[/b] [b]Birds eye maple neck[/b] [b]Ebony fingerboard with custom inlays[/b] [b]Bone nut[/b] [b]Schaller bridge and machineheads[/b] [b]Delano SB pickups[/b] [b]ACG - EQ2 filter based preamp with passive control[/b] [b]Weight [/b][b] [/b][b]12lb! [/b] [color=#ff0000][b]**Lots more pics to follow BTW, I'm having an issue uploading at the moment**[/b][/color] Edited September 22, 2017 by electricbass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Very nice! Though that top B looks mighty close to the edge of the fretboard... how does it play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricbass Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Hi binky bass, thanks. Yes it plays really nice actually, very low action! The saddles are all mobile on the Schaller 2000 bridge so could actually be moved in a smidge if required...does play nice though. I'm selling as it's not getting used. I'm not really a 6'er tbh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Man Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I think I played this when it was first built (it was a fiver back then) at Phil Boots shop in Lonf Eaton. There's a FB group for Paulman owners, will post it there for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 That's my old bass that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricbass Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Cheers all! Bass is now sold off forum. Thanks for your interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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