Selling my beloved bass to finance another purchase. This is a very special bass that has been recently overhauled and is in perfect playing condition. Determined to be a American (Yankee) instrument dated between 1830 - 1850. Large but playable 7/8 size perfect for all applications. Huge Prescott-like organ pedal bass sound. Excellent pizz and very smooth under the bow. Although it is not a Prescott I played it along side a Prescott yesterday and the dimensions, construction and sound are nearly identical. Many have considered it to be a Tewksbury and photos of other instruments by the maker bear this out. An absolute delight.

$28,000.00

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front...

Upper Bout: 21 1/2"
Middle Bout: 15"
Lower Bout: 26 1/4"

Ribs:
Lower/Mid Bout: 8 1/2"
Upper Bout: 7 1/2"

Body Length: 43"

Mensure: 42 1/2"

Manly...

Now that's a bass!

Very manly. Love it!

Nice balance of dimension. Top is nice and wide as is the bottom. Big sound from that I'm guessing. Nice deep ribs. She's a handful to move around on the subway but I'm guessing it's worth it for that big tone.

Damn dude. Look at that scroll. The exaggerated flip out the bottom. Sick.

Wish I had a bunch of bread.....

Beautiful bass, what kind of quiver does it have attached to it?

That's a Mike Weatherby quiver purchased at David Gage.

I had the pleasure today of meeting our own Jeremy Allen and hearing him play beautiful music on my Yankee Clipper. Nice guy with a great sound. Love it when talkbassers end up being really cool and play great in the bargain.

No need to butter me up! :) It's a great bass, and it was fun to hang for a minute in my old neighborhood...with a bassist who also has a toddler named Mathias...

When is he buying it?

You're not helping...where's the intervention you promised on Facebook? Do you know how many preamps I would have to sell to afford that bass?

Just to offer my impressions: Jason's bass is a very serious instrument. The things I really look for (which are usually pretty darn difficult to find) are all there: fullness of tone and lots of sound, an even response and projection from every note and in every position, ease of playability (from the standpoint of the comfort level with the left hand as well as from how much effort has to go into it from the right hand in order to get the sound you want), and a unique and serious quality of tone. Some things I already told Phil: this bass does that magical thing where it kind of plays itself with the bow, and I've never in all of my searching heard a low register (on the E string in particular) like the one on this bass. I have two basses right now that do what I call the "subwoofer effect" very well, but on both of them it kind of fades below the low G; on Jason's bass, though, it just keeps getting better as you go all the way down, and bowing the open E is a religious experience. This bass would kick @ss with a C extension, except that you'd be crazy to mess around with that humongous Prescott-looking scroll.

I found the bass to be very comfortable and easy to play, but then again I'm at least a 7/8ths myself. I can see the gripe Jason has with climbing over the shoulders to get into thumb position, but this would not be as big of an issue for a lot of people who may play seated or may have longer arms or whatever. My English bass is pretty ridiculous for the same reason, but I can live with it. It's been three years since I was doing all of my bass shopping, but if I had come across this bass at this price back then my search would have been over.

One other thing (and this is not unimportant): the Yankee bass has tons of mojo. You walk into a room with that thing and before you even play a note people will go "look out!" I'm sure Jason can confirm that he's had that experience before.

Yeah but do you like it? That is a nice review, thank you for the kind words about my bass. I am always thrilled to share the instrument with other bassists. It's a pleasure to hear it out front and see someone else discover it's charms. I don't know what your situation is or what it will be but I would love someone like yourself ending up with this bass. It needs a PLAYER to really dig in and find all it has to offer. It does have tons of mojo and it sort of becomes you and you become it. I have had many people come up to me and say "you must be Jason, I recognize you by your bass". Hope all is well. Me, I'm borrowing basses which feels like cheating on my wife (not that I would know what that feels like, exactly). Cheers.

This is a little rehearsal recording I made with a singer in Holland. It's just the two of us (the rest of the band hadn't shown up yet) so it is very spare and clear. You can really hear how this Yankee records; the warmth, the sustain.

http://files.me.com/bassnote/sr4du1.mov

Look gents I'm hearing you but "there's more pretty girls than one" as the old song goes. Believe it or not I'm completely convinced that it's time for me to move on. The bass feels too big for me to play the kinds of things I want to play. Once you get something like that in your head it's hard to feel the same way about it as I did five years ago. Plus, I have found at least one instrument that inspires me to bear down and reach for the next level. I appreciate the checks and balances you guys are providing. I won't make any impulse decisions, I promise. And thanks for the Charlie ref. I certainly spent my time digging Charlie although it's been years now. I remember that day and what I was actually thinking of while recording... It was that great guitar player with Gillian Welch.

Still up for sale. Showing three times this week. I recently discovered the amazing Irish vocalist Susan McKeown and tried my hand at bowing her version of the tune "The Winter It Is Past". It was recorded into my laptop with the Yankee Clipper. Here's the link:

http://files.me.com/bassnote/xvlj2z.mov

Many proposals but no wedding ring yet. This bad boy is still available. Nick Lloyd was the latest TBer to play and hear the beast and claimed it to be priced below market.

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I just made a little gallery of photos for the bass. I think this gives a more fuller picture of what the bass is about. All inquiries are welcome.

http://gallery.me.com/bassnote/100169

beautiful bass, wish I was closer but I think I can hear it all the way from seattle!

....it just keeps getting better as you go all the way down, and bowing the open E is a religious experience. This bass would kick @ss with a C extension, except that you'd be crazy to mess around with that humongous Prescott-looking scroll.

Yeah, why would anyone put a low C on something like that when a low B could be added almost as easily! :D

Yeah, why would anyone put a low C on something like that when a low B could be added almost as easily! :D

Calling Chris Threlkeld...

Yeah, why would anyone put a low C on something like that when a low B could be added almost as easily! :D here are pics(I think)

Beautiful! PM sent...