Ernie Ball Musicman Caprice - Maple - SOLD £1125 Lancashire

[bagsieblue]

Ernie Ball Musicman Caprice - £1125 (firm) plus £25 to ship Mainland UK, Or collect from Chorley Lancashire.

No Trades.

I need to thin the herd and raise cash.

A lovely EBMM Caprice, the colour is Diamond Blue and comes complete with original MM Branded hard shell case.

Discontinued now too I believe.

Weight is 3.55 KG on my digital kitchen scales.

Very Good overall condition with just one blemish as shown in the photographs which is on the underside of the bass near the output jack. 

EBMM'ss Blurb:

The Caprice is a modern-vintage masterpiece. With an offset body similar to a J-style bass and 2 pickups that give you all the versatility you'd need for any style of music. 
You can blend between the 2 passive singlecoil pickups for a number of different sounds. Each pickup has it's own volume control and there's a master tone to control the overall brightness of the bass. 
The top-loading bridge is made of hardened steel and ensures that you get plenty of resonance from the strings against the bass guitars body. 
The Caprice's sleek design and comfortable neck design are par for the course for a Music Man and this bass would easily serve you on stage or in studio, night after night. 
Music Man 
Everybody knows Leo Fender started Fender - but did you know that after he sold Fender, he went on to create both Music Man & G&L Guitars? Well you do now! 
Music Man are based in the USA and make a stunning range of guitars & basses from both their US based custom shop, and also under licence in the far east. The most iconic Music Man instrument is probably the Stingray Bass, but in addition to this the Music Man Axis & Silhouette guitars have become extremely well known. With artists like Tony Levin, Steve Lukather, John Petrucci & Albert Lee (plus a lot more!) using Music Man guitars & basses, you'll be in good company should you choose to buy one of these! 

CAPRICE BASS SPECS :

Body Wood Alder 
Body Finish High gloss polyester 
Bridge Vintage Music Man® top loaded chrome plated, steel bridge plate with vintage nickel plated hollow steel saddles 
Pickguard Shell (Heritage Tobacco Burst); Parchment (Diamond Blue); Black (Black); Mint (White) 
Scale Length 34" (86.4 cm) 
Neck Radius 7.5" (19.1 cm) 
Headstock Size 9" (22.9 cm) long 
Frets 21 - High profile, narrow width 
Neck Width 1-1/2" (38.1 mm) at nut, 2-1/2" (63.5 mm) at last fret 
Neck Wood Select maple neck 
Fingerboard Select maple or rosewood 
Fret Markers 5/16" Black or White dots 
Neck Finish Ultra-light satin polyurethane finish 
Neck Colors Natural aged yellow finish 
Tuning Machines Schaller BM, with tapered string posts 
Truss Rod Adjustable - no component or string removal 
Neck Attachment 5 bolts - perfect alignment with no shifting; Sculpted neck joint allows smooth access to higher frets 
Electronic Shielding Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined pickguard 
Controls 250kohm neck pickup volume, 250kohm bridge pickup volume, and tone - .1µF tone capacitor 
Pickups Music Man® inline humbucking; Music Man® offset humbucking 

Edited September 15, 2019 by bagsieblue

[tom1946]

I have the exact same one and in that colour too.

Someone buy it, they'e great basses

GLWTS.

[mr zed]

The body looks smaller than a Fender Jazz which may suit me well. Is this an accurate assumption or just the way it looks in the photos?

[bagsieblue]

2 minutes ago, mr zed said:

The body looks smaller than a Fender Jazz which may suit me well. Is this an accurate assumption or just the way it looks in the photos?

It's smaller - measurements from the spec details on these are:

Size 12-11/16" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 45-9/16" long (32.2 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 115.7 cm long)

[walshy]

That sure is pretty

[Mmarc]

Very nice bass. Very nice weight. Very nice price.

[itsmedunc]

In general, I don't like blue basses but this ticks so many boxes that it's becoming an obsession? Fabulous looking thing.  Ummmm...

[karlfer]

Stunning Martyn ❤️