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ElMon 02-13-2013 07:19 AM

Benavente COCOBOLO Front/Fack - Quilt Board!!! 9 pc ash neck
 
Looking for:

$3650 Shipped to CONTL US only PAYPAL


More descriptive words and clips to come~!!!

Link to an older FS thread for this same bass:


http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/f...h-neck-938274/







Chauncy 02-13-2013 07:26 AM

Beautiful
 
Briefly owned this one....Spectacular!!

Bump

Hot Pocket 02-13-2013 07:45 AM

me too fantastic bass. trade for a warwick vamp ltd edition NT 5 ore Pedulla LTD Edition SOLID AAAAA quilt Fretless? :) BUMP for this beauty

Marial 02-13-2013 07:57 AM

Here is another example of a single-cut that I actually think is beautiful. Normally I'm really not a fan of that body style but that is gorgeous.

Jazzish 02-13-2013 08:00 AM

A work of art!

Phillip Jordan 02-13-2013 08:48 AM

Looks good Luke! GLWS

ElMon 02-13-2013 10:29 AM

NOT looking for trades on this one. I traded my FBass Fretless 6 to Mr Chauncy for the exact purpose of selling it.

ElMon 02-13-2013 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marial (Post 13873931)
Here is another example of a single-cut that I actually think is beautiful. Normally I'm really not a fan of that body style but that is gorgeous.

I'm with you on that 100%. Never have really liked the design or the way it felt on a strap...until this bass. Very comfortable even for a guy who wears his strap fairly low.

Chauncy 02-13-2013 02:00 PM

GAS
 
For a brief moment I was actually thinking about rebuying this again. Please make the pictures smaller or less legible. My GAS is incurable!

TTT

Hot Pocket 02-13-2013 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chauncy (Post 13876212)
For a brief moment I was actually thinking about rebuying this again. Please make the pictures smaller or less legible. My GAS is incurable!

TTT

Me too. This is one of those special basses. I just LOVE the ash neck.:bassist:

basspro557 02-13-2013 02:43 PM

PICS ARE GONE

ElMon 02-13-2013 03:12 PM

I'm looking at them right now and have refreshed the page several times....not having any issues on my end.

ElMon 02-13-2013 06:57 PM

Ok, a few things about this bass....

It has one of my favorite PRE's outside of a Sadowsky: the Lowend Pre. It's thick and bright in all registers and every knob including the VERY useful midrange knob can be goosed to maximum speaker-shredding and/or bowel-liquifying levels while still sounding musical.

Plus, it has a VTC and a V/V/T setup, which if you don't already know is like having a passive Jbass setup but with a kickass active pre.

So, that being said, is it a JBass? Does it cop a Marcus Tone but with a cocobolo top that'll make exotic-wood dealers case your house for a robbery? Yes and no.

The ash neck has a huge effect on what is otherwise very-much a JTone. It adds a level of compression to the tone and an extra crispness in the upper treble reason. The 'gank' in the upper register when slapped is ALMOST unpleasant. Not quite though. If anything, there's a whole lot there that can be tamed down or can mix very well with a tubier-sounding setup. The slap tone summed up is an extra-crispy and compressed Marcus tone.

Fingerstyle, it has all the JBass goodness, but with more low-mids, which as Pbass guy I like a LOT.

If I wasn't completely monogamous with my Sadowsky gals (bass polygamy?) I would give this bass a serious consideration.

pitbill 02-14-2013 07:01 AM

Here's a bump with a few pics for ya to show the color a little better. Another awsome playing, beautiful Benavente I would have kept if I hadn't gone back to 4 strings....as a side note...the top and bottom were cut from the same chunk of cocobolo when I had it built. Absolutley stunning in person. GLWTS! :)








ElMon 02-14-2013 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pitbill (Post 13879291)
Here's a bump with a few pics for ya to show the color a little better. Another awsome playing, beautiful Benavente I would have kept if I hadn't gone back to 4 strings....as a side note...the top and bottom were cut from the same chunk of cocobolo when I had it built. Absolutley stunning in person. GLWTS! :)









WOW. Smokin bass for sure.


Quote:

Originally Posted by Hot Pocket (Post 13879554)
I owned this one too. It was gutwrenching to let it go. It is prettier in person and plays and sounds like a dream. Very versatile bass.


Back of my mind is to try and snag a 6 string version of this somewhere down the road purely for practice-room wanking and/or some 'look at me' bass playing.

ElMon 02-21-2013 04:54 PM

ttt

cjazjef 02-21-2013 06:45 PM

I frigging hate seeing this go up as I am funded up for a fodera...this is a gorgeous bass good luck with sale that almost ended with me pming you with terrible self control

ElMon 02-21-2013 07:06 PM

This could be your 'don't wanna take the Fodera up to the local hootenanny' backup!!

ElMon 02-23-2013 09:08 AM

tt

ElMon 02-27-2013 09:52 AM

bump


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