Kevsy71 Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) For sale only (no trades thanks!) : Limelight 00196 P-bass in Sonic Blue £650, includes lightly-used Thomann hardcase. Can courier at cost. Lots of hi-res pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/133089969@N07/albums/72157691657567541 Having recently bought a CS relic with what turns out to be my perfect neck profile, I'm going to regretfully move this on as it's far too good to be a backup... I'm the original owner, this is the spec I asked for from Limelight: ’62 P bass ('62 in terms of the pickup wind) Sonic blue over Olympic white Medium relic Amber tinted glossy maple board with the rolled fingerboard edges 41mm nut 70s logo 'Aged' white pickguard Weight: 4.1 kg I think the neck shape is 'U', it feels fuller in the hand than my CS oval C but still plays and feels fast due to the 41mm nut and rolled edges. Pickups are superb with both flats and rounds - currently strung with Fender 9050M flatwounds. Trial/collection welcome: I'm in Tonbridge, Kent. Can courier at cost, will be well packaged within the hardcase and in a guitar cardboard box. Payment by BACS, PayPal wih fees paid, or cash. Feedback in my signature. Cheers! Kev Edited June 1, 2018 by Kevsy71 SOLD 5
Papalampraina Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 Beautiful bass! Good luck with the sale. 1
Marc S Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 Limelight basses are awesome. Not played a bad one (or even an OK one) yet. Sonic blue is not normally I colour I particularly like .... but this one looks stunning! I must look away now lol GLWTS - but I don't think this will be here long 1
StuartB Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) Sorry to be ignorant, but is limelight a company that takes existing Fenders and...bashes them up somewhat? How does it all work? Edited February 14, 2018 by StuartB 1
mrtcat Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 1 hour ago, StuartB said: Sorry to be ignorant, but is limelight a company that takes existing Fenders and...bashes them up somewhat? How does it all work? Nope. Limelight (aka Mark) build basses from non fender parts to the specs requested by the purchaser. I've had many fenders from USA / Mexico / Japan and the limelight I have has (to me) been the best of them all. That's not saying the Fenders weren't great it's just that my Limelight P just feels and sounds right to me (not entirely surprising as it was built to my preferred specs). The build quality is excellent and the relicing is nicely done. They are not definitely not Fender basses tho and a Fender logo is only applied at the request of the purchaser - they are also available with a limelight logo. Some love them but as with all reliced basses some will hate them but I've never come across another limelight owner or ex owner that didn't rate them very highly. 3 1
TheGreek Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) As I said on the other Limelight sale, a friend of mine had one of these he sold for £1400 last year. Was easily as good as, if not much, much better, than any Fender I've ever tried. Both the Limelights available are seriously underpriced IMO. Edited February 14, 2018 by TheGreek
PawelG Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 Just now, TheGreek said: As I said on the other Limelight sale, a friend of mine has one of these he sold for £1400 last year. Was easily as good as, if not much, much better, than any Fender I've ever tried. Both the Limelights available are seriously underpriced IMO. It must have been something special? I think somebody mentioned that to order a new one costs about £1000.
mrtcat Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 Yes, I'd say that this one is priced to sell but it's not a silly price. Generally £1000 is about right for a new Limelight P these days.
TheGreek Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 3 hours ago, PawelG said: It must have been something special? I think somebody mentioned that to order a new one costs about £1000. Hmmm...I think I need to check this out... If I recall correctly I was wrong once before.... 1 1
AndyTravis Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 On 14/02/2018 at 21:04, TheGreek said: Hmmm...I think I need to check this out... If I recall correctly I was wrong once before.... Was it a bravewood?
Kevsy71 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Posted March 4, 2018 After an epic noodle I realised why I loved this so much - can't part with it, so withdrawn. Thanks for all the interest! 1
DoubleOhStephan Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 I love this, it's pretty much the big bro of my strat. If I was after another P I'd happily take this off your hands. Very cool 😎 1
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