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#202
JDGA fan said:
What he said, a miniscule amount of Celeste basses were built, compared to Mark King models, so few get seen and even fewer commented upon. They're a nice, high-quality alternative to Fender though if you prefer a bolt-on neck, at least they were 20+ years ago. That one was built in 1990 and was the 19th Celeste built. I would imagine six elephant ear tuners and three string guides could mean pretty bad neck-dive though if that body is light. Looks like this one has some cracking in the lacquer around the neck joint, so you might want to double-check that it's nothing structural (probably isn't, but something the seller should have mentioned I think).
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Thanks for your comments. I will let you know about the neck dive and the cracking (the seller did not mention any major issues) in the lacquer around the neck, as soon as it has arrived.
 
#206
dasto said:
Thanks for your comments. I will let you know about the neck dive and the cracking (the seller did not mention any major issues) in the lacquer around the neck, as soon as it has arrived.
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So it finally arrived, after some problems with the customs (wrong or old form joined so it was shipped back to the sender....).
The crack on th neck joint is definitely only at the surface and does not affect the stability of the neck. The mentioned neck dive is a fact. This is my first experience with a neck diving bass guitar and it's quite strange to get used to pull it back from time to time. The playability nevertheless is extraordinary. The strings can be set very low and the neck is very comfortable to play. I would compare it with my Yamaha trbjp the neck shape is quite similar. Soundwise it is more from the vintage side. But with some adjustement on the bass and treble pots and on the two trimpots which are located on the circuit board it's possible to generate a nice fingerstyle- and slapsound. Since the circuit board is very old (noisy, when boosting the mids)
I was asking John for a replacement, but he said he has not built any Celeste modells for years and he has not any spare parts left. To give you an idea of the electronics:

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On the whole I am very happy with this bass since it's a very good player and it differs from my other basses which are mostly very modern sounding instruments.
 
#218
JDGA fan said:
More traditional sounding than I remember, but it's been years. I believe those are stacked humbuckers with a bass-treble active circuit, so I recall a more modern sounding instrument despite the look.
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Yes, you are right it has a active circuit with bass and treble pots, additionally there is a internal trim-pot on the circuit board for the mid-frequencies (you can see it on the pictures I've posted before).
 

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