This baby has had several owners here in the TB community. I got it in a trade from aproud1. It's a fantastic, unique and
extremely lightweight bass, but lately it just hasn't gotten as much play time. That tends to happen when you have 10 basses
Details and specs - Oscar Schmidt OEB-3 Precision Style bass
- Serial # 02188
- Made in 1990 in Korea (according to Oscar Schmidt customer service)
- No longer available and very hard to find (try Googling it..this may the only one you come up with.)
- Black with a maple neck & fingerboard w/ black dots
- Only weighs 7 lbs 6 ounces, possibly less.
- I believe the body to be basswood or poplar
- 34 inch scale
- 20 frets
- Ultra Lights tuners
This bass was completely gone through and this is what was done:
- Pickup and control cavity shielded with conductive paint
- DiMarzio Will Power P Bass Pickup (around $80 new) professionally installed (Billy Sheehan uses these)
- CTS 500 K Pot on vol, CTS 250 K on tone, Switchcraft jack .050 capacitor on the tone control
- The frets have been leveled, recrowned and polished.
- The nut was re-cut for better action.
I have a TKL gray faux fur lined hard case that fits it perfectly. I also installed chrome Schaller straplocks and will include a black and red Fender strap. During installation, a small piece of paint came off and I ended up repainting the top horn with black paint. I didn't need to repaint as much as I did, but let's face it, I'm not good at these things. I then steel-wooled it to smooth the bumps, and Nano-Waxed over that to get the sheen back. The result is a crude area of black paint that is only noticeable up close in certain light. It does not affect playability. There is a little space under the straplock but it is solid and secure, reinforced with wood glue and part of a wooden dowel. Other than that, bass has some nicks and dings, regular wear for a 18 year old instrument. It's a great playing bass, perfect P-tone and extremely lightweight.
Price lowered to $155 shipped (lower 48 only). The pickup alone is worth at least $75 and I figure the bass + tuners + professional work + straplocks, strap + hard case + shipping are at least $150, possibly more.
Andy's original pics, pre-straplocks, pre-paint touch up (hope you don't mind, Andy)
