Up for grabs is my Fender "Mellostang III" bass. Started its life as a MIJ Mustang reissue. Excellent playability with absolutely no "dead-spots" on the neck. Truly a gem of a bass. I've done several tone-experiment mods to it with different pickups and electronic layouts and finally landed on a killer versatility and monster tone with the current setup. The neck pickup is a Dimarzio Model One humbucker, middle position is a Vintage Shadow humbucker (made in Germany in the late 70's), and the bridge position is a hot GFS lipstick pickup. They all blend super well with each other, but also mix and match very well for an unbelievable variety of sounds. Controls are stacked knobs -- vol/vol and vol/tone. That's individual volume controls for each pickup and a master tone control. There's also a mini-toggle coil tap switch for the Dimarzio Model One neck humbucker, so you can run it as a single or dual coil. The pickup cavities could use a bit of touching up as they were done with a drill, but you only see them when you take the pickups out so it never bothered me. Comes with the orginal Fender Mustang hardshell case ($150 value in and of itself). I have well over a $1000 into this bass but am
asking only $475 shipped CONUS because that's about all I need to compensate for the yet outstanding cost of the '51 Precision I just picked up. Paypal is preferred.
This bass was my #1 for a couple of years now and I hate to see her go, but I can't justify or afford keeping them all around. If you're looking for a one-of-a-kind player that will melt ears and turn faces, this just may be the one for you.
