"Chez" semi

[Shaggy]

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About the third time he's listed it. Looks quite decent, and I love a nice semi (ph'nar ph'nar..... :brow: ) anyone know anything about the make / maker? Would be tempted if I wasn't GAS-ed out (curse this site!) probably totally impossible to sell on though.

[backwater]

[quote name='Shaggy' post='848743' date='May 26 2010, 05:51 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120572683339&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

About the third time he's listed it. Looks quite decent, and I love a nice semi (ph'nar ph'nar..... :brow: ) anyone know anything about the make / maker? Would be tempted if I wasn't GAS-ed out (curse this site!) probably totally impossible to sell on though.[/quote]

A google search for the Wood N I name in the listing finds this :

[url="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:c-63CSVZ_AcJ:www.vintagebassguitars.co.uk/2010/05/chez-semi-acoustic-bass-guitar-450-00-2/+%22Wood+%27n%27+I%22&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk"]Google Cache [/url]

Which says :
[quote]This ‘Chez’ bass is unique and hand made in the UK. It has switchable Bartolini humbucker pickups, a Leo Quan Badass II bridge, Schaller tuners, bone nut and is newly strung and setup with GHS Boomers strings.
As you can see from the photos this is a beautiful bass with no expense spared on the finish and bindings, even down to having brass fret dots on the side of the neck. The neck is five piece and very stable but slim and easy to play with an easily adjustable truss-rod. It plays with a very low action and is great for all styles from thumping blues to Wooten-esque tapping and slapping. The bridge pickup gives unbelievable punch and J-bass tones, while the neck pickup has an authentic P-bass fatness.
There is no information about Chez online. There is a plate inside one of the f-holes with some information about the maker. Steve Smith – Wood ‘N’ I – Guitar Specialist – from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK. The phone number has a pre-1994 area code, and the tuners say ‘made in W Germany’, so made pre-1990. I suspect the maker stopped trading before the internet was in effect, hence the lack of information.
Although this bass is over 20 years old it is in very good condition. It is a dream to play and it looks and sounds amazing!
This is a most reluctant sale but I have just bought a new amp and need to pay off a loan for it!
Paypal or cash on collection please. Packaged in a hard case. Postage estimate at £15 for UK or local pickup. Will post outside UK but buyer covers all extra costs. Feel free to ask questions, or if you want to try it out, etc…
Good luck!!![/quote]

I suspect it is the same bass they are talking about - the google cache is from May 10th 2010 although the page is no longer active on the website.

Andy

Edited May 26, 2010 by backwater

[Shaggy]

That's the exact blurb he had in the previous 2 listings - not sure why he left it out now as it's what a prospective punter would want to know about an obscure bass. Just somehow has that "Far East" look to it, although I guess the info is genuine.

[Annoying Twit]

Is it just me or does the set neck look a bit crude? Not that I'm suggesting it's mechanically less than excellent, but cosmetically it doesn't look wonderful to me. It doesn't match up to some of the finely contoured and smoothed neck joints I've seen people oohing and aahing over on other forums.

[BigRedX]

The set neck looks fine - as far as I can tell from the rather small photos. It's just where the binding on the body stops tends to accentuate the joint, but you get that even on high-end Gibson and PRS guitars. I'm more concerned visually about the wonky machine heads!