FS: Cort Curbow 6 / defretted / passive/ two SGD pickups / TI Jazz Rounds

[kerryg]

Hi all - here's a "poor man's boutique fretless 6er". It's a red Cort Curbow 6 that I did the defretting / filling / sanding on myself, then brought to luthier Paul Iverson for the fingerboard shaping and
finishing.

[NOTE - CHANGE OF DETAILS: needed the bass for a session so I restrung it - now sporting fresh D'Addario XLs rather than the TI JRs, although I'm happy to throw the TIs in the case as well]

The new SGD pickups nailed what I asked for - the opposite of "wimpy" and "anemic" - fat, punchy and warm. Paul installed one at the original position and routed for a second between that and the bridge to grab more "J" style tones, and then filled the gap between them with a block.

The switches are designed to allow you to split the coils separately to get a "virtual" pickup between the two real ones, but it's trivial to rewire it as a standard 2-pickup. David can suggest other options as well.

Defects: this was my first defret, and although I took my time (and lots of pro advice) there's a small smear of Krazy glue on the finish above the 12th fret and some runoff on the heel (my bad) and a small cover is missing from the back of the worm gear on one tuner. Aside from that, she's good to go.

I've had a wonderful time reintroducing myself to the world of fretless with this bass in the last year or two (hopefully I can post some gig clips), and as a direct result I'm now going to jump further (much further) up the budget ladder. Don't be fooled, though - this little CC is absolutely nothing to be ashamed to walk into a pro gig or session with, as you'll hear from the recordings [SOUNDCLIPS IN POSTS #2 and #18].

I put a fair bit of time and cash into this one (the strings and pickups alone were over $300) so we'll start this at $525 shipped CONUS/Canada. Will ship in a (cheap) gigbag.

[kerryg]

for a quick and dirty soundclip... bass line is front pickup, other parts back pickup - no compression, bit of verb on one part, verb and delay on the melody.

http://kerrygalloway.com/forsale/CC%20DEMO%201.mp3

[bassmonkeee]

Pics?

[Tommygunn]

Any way I can download that sound clip?

I loved it so much

[kerryg]

that's very kind - it's just a rough-and-ready throw-together, but I'm glad you liked it. You should be able to right-click the link and "save to disk as" (or words to that effect).

[kerryg]

showing the tuner with the missing cover, plus a view of the bit of glue runoff under the heel (seen from below and behind). Needless to say it's not visible from the front.

[alembic5]

Dang! Now there's 2 basses I want in Vancouver. Wish I had the cash to try it out!

[kerryg]

Thanks - I wish you did too, particularly since you're not too far a drive away from me

[kerryg]

Price change - $575 now includes shipping.

[squiresuzuki]

Originally Posted by Tommygunn

Any way I can download that sound clip?

I loved it so much

Lol, are you kidding? Just right click the link and then choose "Save As..." or "Save Link As..."

[bassmonkeee]

Originally Posted by squiresuzuki

Lol, are you kidding? Just right click the link and then choose "Save As..." or "Save Link As..."

Lol, are you kidding? The question was asked 10 days ago and answered the same day. Maybe you should pay more attention...






Needless jerk bump for a cool bass that I'm doing my best to ignore.

[kerryg]

Now, now folks - say, either of you two want to buy a bass?

[chuck1073]

Excellent conversion. I already have two Cort Curbow 6'ers.....and a fretless Mr Potato 6.
If you're interested we might be able to swap fretless basses....

[kerryg]

Originally Posted by chuck1073

Excellent conversion. I already have two Cort Curbow 6'ers.....and a fretless Mr Potato 6.
If you're interested we might be able to swap fretless basses....

Thanks! All I'm particularly GAS'ing for right now is a fretless Turner Ren 5 or 6, I'm afraid - that's my only motive for listing this.

[chuck1073]

Ah! A Ren is absolutely a few hundred steps beyond what I had in mind.

Nice taste in basses! Good luck with the sale.

[El Tookay]

...you could always de-fret the Roscoe.........






kidding! Free bump for a cool Curbow, and one of the nicest guys/ scariest chops you'll ever meet.

[kerryg]

Originally Posted by El Tookay

...you could always de-fret the Roscoe.........

You know, I'd considered doing exactly that. But folks have talked me out of it, saying "that's sacrilege, just leave it be and buy a fretless".

I still might - I've been going through a "refresh my tone" period where I've changed out basically everything in my chain between my hands and the audience, right down to patch cords, just so I don't get completely bored with hearing myself...

[kerryg]

New soundclip, straight into an M-Audio Fasttrack Pro interface, no EQ, bit of compression and verb.

[I do believe I'm talking myself out of selling this - heck, I'm even buying a Sadowsky preamp for it tomorrow.]

[alembic5]

Man do I wish I had some cash. I would so love to try this out. Oh well, bump for you none the less!

[kerryg]

Bump