For sale/trade is a Benavente Greg Edumndson custom bass
Up FT is truly a one-of-a-kind piece. This bass is a Benavente Greg Edmondson Custom 5. One of only two or three originally built for Greg Edmondson of the Memphis-based band BREAKING POINT. This bass features an Amber tinted Spalted Maple top, Maple back, 24-fret Maple board, 7-piece neck (maple/wenge/maple/purpleheart/maple/wenge/maple) with abalone blocks, and a truly unique body shape reminiscent of a mix of both a Carl Thompson and the Benavente "SCA" body shape. Weighs about 10 pounds Black Hipshot "A" bridge and keys with inset Dunlop straplocks.
Pickups are custom Aeros wired SERIES ONLY at Mike Lulls recommendation; tried Nordstrand dual coils and these pickups just "worked" better .Preamp is a custom 18V Audere wired volume/tone, balance, bass, mid treble , Z-mode switch, active passive switch.
This bass is no longer produced by Benavente. Per Brian Barrett at the Low End, retail of a new piece like it by Chris Benavente would hit somewhere in the $5k range, as built by Divinity Guitar Works.
The bass is very clean with only evidence of some superficial scratches on the back that could be easily buffed out if you're feeling saucy. It's a great bass but the neck profile isn't for me, it's quite flat from front to back and I prefer a baseball bat in my hands
. It is a very fast neck, just not for me.
First pic was immediately after preamp install. I have both original knobs and Sadowsky style aluminum knobs. I'm re-doing the washers under the smaller knobs ( Bass/Mid/Treble) with smaller ones so they don't stick out. I have a matching stacked knob on order but will include both sets of knobs. Audere preamp power light installed just under the bridge, will try to get a pic of the bass with the light on. This new preamp kills
Will sell for $2450 or Trade for 34" scale 5 string basses. I'm interested in Sadowsky, Spector, Zon and LowEnd basses. I'd love to get my hands on a Sadowsky Modern 24, Zon Sonus Special or LowEnd Jazz or Thunderbird styled basses. I'm leaning more toward nice Jazz style basses right now as I don't really have one. This is the price with the brand new Audere 18V preamp and Aero pickups.
