Scooby Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) Recently got this lovely bass in a trade. It is an amazing bass with a huge sound. This MPU Headless 5 is built by Finnish maestro, Marko Ursin. The overall quality of the build is superb. It has a hand wound 10-pole pick-up with adjustable poles. It also has a piezo at the bridge and is equipped with the ACG eq 02 preamp, plus a pickup blend/volume stacked knob. String spacing is 18mm at the bridge but it is adjustable either way. It accepts regular strings, as they are clamped with screws on the end of the neck by a string anchor. The width at the top nut is 46mm. The bass has a truss rod. Cosmetically the bass is near mint, except for a couple of very tiny dinks that are difficult to picture. The black hardware paint shows a little bit of wear too. It is a light bass (4 kilos) and balances really nicely, making playing a real pleasure. Edited November 26, 2018 by Scooby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 That neck! Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyparrot Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 hi where are you based please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 9 minutes ago, greyparrot said: hi where are you based please? Based near Matlock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassislife16 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I had a Marko Ursin full Carbon headless a few years ago and sold it to a lovely chap named Doug. This one looks lovely and you’re only down the road from me!! I have to ask, are you considering trades for the right scale basses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eneade Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 This is the first time I hear about this luthier. Looks like a quality piece ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteHantzios Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Hi all, Pete got this bass from me.,been my main bass for over a year and I didn't believe it at first when he told me it's 35" scale. It plays effortlessly, tuning stability is marvelous, it has the best b string I've heard and played and it truly is a unique work of art, since Marco(mpu) as I've been told builds only instruments which he chooses. Whoever gets this is going to get a pretty special instrument. It also has a trussrod! (I'm against instruments without one). A bonus point for me is that fiddling with the eq you can easily get into stingray territory, and I don't mean trying to immitate it like many others, it can do it exceptionally well with its own flavor. GLWTS:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassislife16 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, PeteHantzios said: Hi all, Pete got this bass from me.,been my main bass for over a year and I didn't believe it at first when he told me it's 35" scale. It plays effortlessly, tuning stability is marvelous, it has the best b string I've heard and played and it truly is a unique work of art, since Marco(mpu) as I've been told builds only instruments which he chooses. Whoever gets this is going to get a pretty special instrument. It also has a trussrod! (I'm against instruments without one). A bonus point for me is that fiddling with the eq you can easily get into stingray territory, and I don't mean trying to immitate it like many others, it can do it exceptionally well with its own flavor. GLWTS:) Did you have contact with Marco? I had one of his basses prior but couldn’t really find anything on the internet about him/the company... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteHantzios Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 No, (though I often contemplated the thought just to tell him I have one of his basses and how much I like it), but Scooby did. I know you can find him in talkbass, under username MPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 (edited) Mmm...pretty groovy 😼. Trades? Does it come with a case / gig bag ? Edited November 23, 2018 by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 That is proper lush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 No, really, that is PROPER lush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 On 22/11/2018 at 16:09, PeteHantzios said: No, (though I often contemplated the thought just to tell him I have one of his basses and how much I like it), but Scooby did. I know you can find him in talkbass, under username MPU. Also on here as MPU. Did I mention how attractive that bass is? It is just as well I live far away from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggieboomboom Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 This is amazing! Can't stop looking at it. The acg preamp is the best I've ever used. Can really dial in your sound. How much do kidneys sell for now days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Oh man, I love that - I'm just getting into headless models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.harry Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Damn I just put my order in for a new Status headless This might have scratched that itch for far less Especially with the piezo bridge (I wonder if her indoors would notice me having two headless basses?) GLWTS H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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