Embra Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Price drop: £1800 A Serek Midwestern short scale (30.5 inch) with Dunlop flats and Jake's B90 pickup (passive). The bass weighs 3.2kg (7.05 lbs), balances well and is a ton of fun to play. The body is made of African mahogany (Khaya spp.) I'm selling it to fund my next Serek build. Current new price as specced is £2490. More details here: https://www.serekbasses.com/basses/midwestern/ In Jake's words: "The Midwestern is a short-scale powerhouse that is compact in size, but does not lack in tone. Think P-bass meets EB-0. The Midwestern is made up of a lightweight Mahogany body and a 30.5″ scale Mahogany set neck making it effortless to play, and easy to travel with. Inspired by vintage Midwest-bred designs, this is our simplest and most utilitarian offering. However, updated with modern hardware and electronics as well as effortless playability, you won’t believe this is just a humble short scale bass!" Nut Width: 1 5/8″ Nut Type: Bone Scale Length: 30.5″ Frets: 20 Med/Wide Nickel Fingerboard Radius: 12-14″ Compound Body Thickness: 1 3/8″ Overall Length: 40 5/8″ Weight: 7 lbs Tuners: Hipshot Ultralite Bridge: Hipshot 2 Point Supertone Finish: Nitro Lacquer ORIENTATION: Righty FRETS: Fretted FINGERBOARD WOOD: Jatoba PICKUP: Serek B90 BODY FINISH (SEE SPECS SECTION FOR COLOR CHART): Solid Color Satin TV Yellow PICKGUARD (HEAD BADGE WILL MATCH UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED): Brown Tortoise TUNING KEYS: Lollipop STRINGS: Dunlop Flatwound GIG BAG: Standard Gig Bag Edited October 3, 2020 by Embra Price drop 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Gorgeous. If only I could shift my Fender CS 51 Precision 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassist_lewis Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 😍 I love the look of these basses. GLWTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Best shortscales out there! Love mine! Someone snap this up! Si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Love this bass, keep coming back to look. I assume its this one from BassDirect, which has more pics to salivate over https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Serek_Midwestern_TV_Yellow.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embra Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, Clarky said: Love this bass, keep coming back to look. I assume its this one from BassDirect, which has more pics to salivate over https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Serek_Midwestern_TV_Yellow.html No, I ordered it direct but that one Mark sold was an inspiration for sure (if you look carefully, you can see that one is MW-070 and mine is MW-075; mine doesn't have the dummy coil either). FWIW, I've just paid my deposit for the next one (Midwestern 2, 32" neck, black body, jatoba fingerboard, black pickguard and bi-sonic pup) - should be ready by December 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassadder Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) I have a 30.5” Mid Western 2 5 string on order.... Mahogany body and neck, Pau Ferro fingerboard.... Nordstrand Blades, all white with a 6 ply scratch plate.... I’ve been taking lessons with Evan Marien and he has one he loves so I know it’s gonna be a beast... Would love a MidWestern 4 with one of Jake’s B 90’s.... Edited July 15, 2020 by bassadder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iomamo Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Serek is on my list of dream basses. Unfortunately, it's not doable for me at the moment, but GLWTS. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Continue to want this but neither of my Precisions (in the FS forum) are moving, so have a bump instead from me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joebethell Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 On 25/07/2020 at 10:06, Clarky said: Continue to want this but neither of my Precisions (in the FS forum) are moving, so have a bump instead from me I'm amazed this is still here to be honest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcray Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 So am I, it’s slowly murdering me! On 29/07/2020 at 13:26, Joebethell said: I'm amazed this is still here to be honest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcray Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Please may this sale happen so this bass stops torturing me 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Marcray said: Please may this sale happen so this bass stops torturing me 😁 Just buy it! My Serek 'The Grand' is fabulous to play Edit: I see its Sale Pending .... you are too late then, lol! Edited October 2, 2020 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcray Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Clarky said: Just buy it! My Serek 'The Grand' is fabulous to play Edit: I see its Sale Pending .... you are too late then, lol! I love this bass, I want it, if I was in the UK I woulda snapped it up to try it on, but I’m not so I’m considering my own Serek build. A couple of decisions still to make on the exact configuration. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embra Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 And sold! Thanks for looking and for all the comments! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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