philwood Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) Decided to sell my gorgeous handmade custom bass crafted in Germany - see Marleaux website for details [url="http://www.marleaux-bass.de/marleaux_home_eng.html"]http://www.marleaux-bass.de/marleaux_home_eng.html[/url]. Im not entrirely sure what the body woods are but the body seems to be mahogany and the top some kind of spalted (excuse my ignorance i should email Marleaux and ask!). The neck is maple and the fingerboard is ebony. The hardware is vintage gold which is nice as ive found the 'normal' gold hardware tends to tarnish after some time, but not the case here. 34" scale length, bolt on neck, active 3 band eq, active/passive switch and pickup pan. Comes with hardcase. A lovely bass to play and I will try and answer any questions as best i can or supply more photos. This bass cost £2100 from a local music shop only 5 months ago and is as mint as the day i bought it. My reason for selling is i really really need to upgrade my rig so ive put a deposit down and need to come up with the rest of the cash! I already own a nice 5 string M-bass which i play most of the time anyway. Asking price is £1350. Thanks for reading! Edited March 20, 2010 by philwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Can't believe no-ones commented on this lovely bass yet so I will. Especially as you dont see many of them about. i really like this but so many basses and so little time (and money)!! Best of luck with the sale. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesemt Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 What's the weight of it? Do you know the nut width and neck shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Thanks Barnacle Bob! It is a stunner! Jamesemt - I will weigh tonight and measure the neck width for you. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Weight is 6 1/2 pounds and the nut width is 40mm thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [quote name='philwood' post='743540' date='Feb 12 2010, 09:55 PM']Weight is 6 1/2 pounds and the nut width is 40mm thanks[/quote] 6.5 lbs - what a dream weight Looks gorgeous too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Only and last price drop to £1350!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) Found the review on this EXACT bass on guitarmagazine - Link here - [url="http://www.guitarmagazine.co.uk/gear/bass/127609/1/marleaux-consat-custom-bass"]http://www.guitarmagazine.co.uk/gear/bass/...sat-custom-bass[/url] and listed for £2230 here - [url="http://www.guitarmagazine.co.uk/gear/1/bass"]http://www.guitarmagazine.co.uk/gear/1/bass[/url] Edited February 19, 2010 by philwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesemt Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 If this was a Jazz nut width I would have taken it off you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='Jamesemt' post='750777' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:32 PM']If this was a Jazz nut width I would have taken it off you...[/quote] The nut width on my MIA Jazz i like 38 or 39mm My '73 i a lot less, around 36mm Si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesemt Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='Sibob' post='750814' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:56 PM']The nut width on my MIA Jazz i like 38 or 39mm My '73 i a lot less, around 36mm Si[/quote] yeah I prefer 38mm nut width. Bump for a gorgeous bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Bump again no interest at all?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 Any sensible offers at all?? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 another bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwood Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Bump bump bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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