Trying to make up some scratch for another bass I have my eye on, so the least-played in the stable has to go, hopefully quickly.
Bought this as my first purchase from TB from FrootBooty, and upgraded the crap out of it, as a learning experience.
Started life as a black + maple SX Jazz bass, and now sports a SD Antiquity II neck pup, SEIQ humbucking jazz pickup in the bridge, Audere JZ3 preamp, BadAss II bridge, Straplok strap buttons, completely shielded cavity (via shielding paint), black 3-ply pickguard, and custom logo on the the headstock.
The good: GREAT tone, I love the sound of this bass. Plays very well (the action is considered high by some, but that's all my basses) and what I'm asking is less than the price of all the upgrades. Very sharp bass - I get more compliments on the black blocks/maple black body combination than I do on any of my other basses.
The bad: It's a player, and has some wear - buckle rash on the back, a couple of spots by the control plate where the shielding paint got on the finish - probably nothing you couldn't elbow grease out. Also, the gain on one of the internal gain pots in the Audere is cranked, and I never got around to turning it back down. Very nice sound, just LOUD.
(The finish is okay where the license plate on my car should be - I blurred that out.)
At any rate, I'm looking for
$300shipped for this bass.
Some sound clips are on my YouTube, linked in my sig.
The Audere was $150, the BAII was $60, I think, the pups together were probably in excess of $100, so I feel like it's a fair price. For an extra $40 I'll ship it in a brand new Rondo case - not the nicest case around, but almost new and perfectly functional.
Thanks for looking!
