Gareth Hughes Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Hey All - Here's one of my custom basses up for sale: It's a Jazz Bass, made by a luthier, Ernie McMillen, at the Lowden Guitar factory in N.Ireland. (If you're not familiar with Lowden Guitars do a Google or ask a guitar playing friend, they're VERY highly respected instruments plus Lowden built Goodfellow basses from 1992-1996). It's a standard J shape, with a custom headstock. This same luthier built many of the Goodfellow basses when they were commissioned there. Body is maple with an ebony cap on the front and a rosewood cap on the back. It has a brand new set of Wizard Hammers and an Audere preamp with stacked Vol and passive style tone control, stacked Bass and Treble and Blend. Bridge is by ABM and sunk into the body. Bass has a Nigel Tufnel worthy amount of sustain. Neck is a 5 piece: Maple Walnut Wenge(I think, or possibly Rosewood) Walnut Maple, with an Ebony fingerbard. Scale is 35inches. Strung last week with a set of Ken Smith medium gauge strings. I had this bass made about 5 years ago and as much as I love it, I have 3 others made by the same guy, so something has to give. Tone wise this bass has a very bright and strong mid-range and is quite fast speaking - due mostly to the maple I imagine. Naturally, without any preamp tweaks, its sits in Wal/Goodfellow land. With the preamp you can get a lot of variation -from modern burp to classic P-Bass to fat dub. All in (with extra parts like the Audere, together with a set of Chrome Knobs, cost $220. That's about £150, plus shipping and whatever import duty I got stung for), this bass cost about £1400-1500 to get made so I'd be looking at around [s]£950[/s] [s]£800[/s] [b]£750[/b] with free shipping to mainland UK. Open for offers and trades. Will also include a Hiscox Hardcase. Cheers, Gareth AND NOW WITH ADDED SOUND: All tracks recorded with the Audere set flat, straight into GarageBand via an MBox Mini, and no-eq alterations/compression, etc. STRUNG WITH GHS BRITE FLATS: Audere Hi-Position: [attachment=51740:MIx_HP_Fingers.mp3][attachment=51743:Mix_HP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51746:Neck_HP_Fin gers.mp3][attachment=51747:Neck_HP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51741:Bridge_HP_Fingers.mp3] Audere Mid-Position: [attachment=51744:Mix_MP_Fingers.mp3][attachment=51745:MIx_MP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51736:Neck_MP_Fin gers.mp3][attachment=51737:Neck_MP_Plec.mp3][attachment=51742:Bridge_MP_Fingers.mp3] STRUNG WITH ROUNDWOUNDS- a set of worn in Ken Smith's (can't remember the type). Same as before, no alteration to tone, except on the Jamerson track, which has some bass boost and reduced high end. Audere Mid Position [attachment=51874:Bad_Marc...P_Mix_SL.mp3] [attachment=51875:Forget_M...MP_Nk_SL.mp3] [attachment=51882:OK_Jamer...ipOff___.mp3] [attachment=51877:MP_Mix_F.mp3][attachment=51879:MP_Nk_F.mp3][attachment=51876:MP_Br_F.mp3] [attachment=51878:MP_Mix_Pk.mp3] Audere High Position [attachment=51880:HP_Mix_F.mp3][attachment=51881:HP_Nk_F.mp3] [attachment=28077:DSCF1336.JPG][attachment=28078:DSCF1338.JPG][attachment=28079:DSCF1337.JPG] [attachment=28081:DSCF1374.JPG][attachment=28084:DSCF1373.JPG][attachment=28083:DSCF1377.JPG] Edited to correct my dodgy spelling Edited June 16, 2010 by Gareth Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Oh, stop showing me nice Jazz Basses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 Well, if you buy it I promise to take the pictures down. Deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Tony Clifton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Rorshach!!!!! Edited July 1, 2009 by Gareth Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Having briefly seen this bass in the flesh I can say that the pics don't do it justice. You can see Gareth playing it with young guiturd god Simon McBride on Youtube (search for Simon Mcbride). Not stalking you G, honest! Gareth's a great guy to deal with, btw. Edited July 2, 2009 by Bigwan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Cheers for that Ian. Indeed, here's the bass itself in a video on Youtube, recorded in Dingwalls in London last year: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw&feature=related&fmt=18"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw...ated&fmt=18[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderthumbs Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 [quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='530508' date='Jul 2 2009, 12:40 PM']Cheers for that Ian. Indeed, here's the bass itself in a video on Youtube, recorded in Dingwalls in London last year: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw&feature=related&fmt=18"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw...ated&fmt=18[/url][/quote] Nice one, really enjoyed that. Good luck with the sale. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Thanks Pete. Twas quite a nice gig indeed. And here's a bump for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 [quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='530508' date='Jul 2 2009, 12:40 PM']Cheers for that Ian. Indeed, here's the bass itself in a video on Youtube, recorded in Dingwalls in London last year: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw&feature=related&fmt=18"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBYdYtd0pw...ated&fmt=18[/url][/quote] nice playing ......... enjoyed it as you obviously did ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 [quote name='johnm' post='591592' date='Sep 6 2009, 07:19 PM']nice playing ......... enjoyed it as you obviously did ...[/quote] Thanks Johnm - usually someone asks if somethings wrong with the bass player, so nice to know I'm not always a grouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) BABY BUMP!!!!! (with shipping included to mainland UK) Edited October 14, 2009 by Gareth Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Goose Bumps!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BassKS Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 [quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='628821' date='Oct 17 2009, 04:17 PM']Goose Bumps!!!!!!!![/quote] Are these W4s humcancelling or single coils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I'll help Gareth out here (he's a busy boy!). The W4's are hum cancelling. 1 coil per string actually. Great pickups and a FAN-F'ing-TASTIC bass. Gareth's comparison to a Wal is entirely justified. It's like a Wal and a really nice Jazz bass had a baby! To answer the next question this bass would be mine already if I wasn't so totally smitten with my Lakland ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 (edited) [b]EDIT: The pickups are now Wizard Hammers. Audio tracks recorded with the new pickups. [/b] [quote name='BassKS' post='634383' date='Oct 23 2009, 12:50 PM']Are these W4s humcancelling or single coils?[/quote] Hey BassKS - Excuse the delay, as Bigwan said - I've been bloody busy - not that I'm complaining. A gig is a gig. Anyway - yes, again as Bigwan said - the W4's are Bartolini's Quad coil pickups. Dead silent and wonderfully even across the neck, low to high and all in between. Cheers, gareth Edited June 11, 2010 by Gareth Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 PM's replied to - some interesting offers but.......... BUMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Bump for a price drop to £750 shipped ono. Also up for trades so try me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 Bump for added sound clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2000 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Nice playing Gareth - I can't understand why this is still here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Thanks John, much appreciated. New bump for new soundclips with Roundwounds. Also to note that the bass now sports a brand new set of Wizard Hammers. All the tracks were recorded with the Wizards. I'll get some new photos up once I replace my defunct card reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Weekend Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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