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.
Electronics were completely redone with all new "stuff" by Mike Lull. Pickups are custom Aeros wired SERIES ONLY at Mike's recommendation. Preamp is Bartolini NTMB; controls are the standard Vol/Bal/B/M/T and 3-way freq selector. Bass is in Very Good condition, with only a few nicks and dings, including a couple that were repaired by Mike. Normal swirls on the back as you'd expect from a gigging bass, but nothing major.
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.
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.
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