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11-16-2012, 04:50 PM
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Endorsing Artist: D'addario Strings, Mono Cases, Aguilar Amplifiers | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Woodside, New York | | | FS: Custom Daniel Ransom J Style 5 string
Hello all ... Up for grabs is a custom Daniel Ransom J Style 5 string
A little bit about Daniel Ransom. Daniel is a luthier based in San Francisco and was the brains behind Geoff Gould & Modulus Basses for many years before moving into business for himself. His basses are in high demand by many players around the US including Gary Brown & Keanu Reeves (yes ... the actor believe it or not)
This particular bass sports an ash body with highly figured maple top as well as a maple neck with figured maple finger board. Components include Bartolini hum cancelling jazz pickups paired with an Aguilar OPB-1 preamp (18 volts) with an active passive switch. This bass also sports a comfortable 34" scale with an ABM high mass bridge which can be adjusted to suit your personal string spacing needs. Asking $1550 shipped CONUS. Thank you very much !!     |
11-16-2012, 05:31 PM
| | | | Doesn't John Paul Jones and ZZ Top play his basses too? |
11-16-2012, 07:57 PM
|  | the other white meat | | | | | JPJ- Manson, Dusty Hill and Billy- Bolin... Dan Ransom is connected to Real Guitars in San Fransisco and is regarded as one of the USA's top electric luthiers... |
11-16-2012, 08:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA. | | | I have a bass that I commissioned to be built by Dan Ransom and just wanted to chime in on the fact that he is a quality builder. Nice looking bass there. Good luck with the sale.
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11-16-2012, 08:52 PM
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Endorsing Artist: D'addario Strings, Mono Cases, Aguilar Amplifiers | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Woodside, New York | | | Thanks guys
I think with with all these replies the price is a steal. |
11-17-2012, 01:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, Ca | | | What a cool bass !! The flamed maple is unreal !! |
11-17-2012, 04:35 AM
| | | | pm' ed yesterday.... |
11-17-2012, 05:13 AM
| | | How much for those awesome sneakers!
sorry had to ..  |
11-17-2012, 08:33 AM
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Endorsing Artist: D'addario Strings, Mono Cases, Aguilar Amplifiers | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Woodside, New York | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bearhart74  How much for those awesome sneakers!
sorry had to .. | Sneakers included with purchase of the bass  |
11-17-2012, 12:54 PM
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Endorsing Artist: D'addario Strings, Mono Cases, Aguilar Amplifiers | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Woodside, New York | | | 19mm 9lbs. SKB hsc |
11-17-2012, 02:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern California | | Hello all,
I normally don't this, but I thought I'd add some commentary on this bass since I am the original owner who commissioned Danny Ransom to build it for me.....
It is a beautiful feeling and sounding instrument, and with the tilt back headstock, stays in tune quite well and sets up easily. This instrument had probably the lowest action of any I've owned. The OP should know that it was PLEKKED which contributes to it's excellent feel. The neck profile I chose is a shallow 'C' shape with a flatter fretboard feel....not a real round radius like a Fender, but more along the lines of an MTD. I chose a medium/tall fretwire.
Danny picked some really nice woods per my request, and the swamp ash is nice and light. The flame maple is gorgeous without being what I call 'pretensious'.....haha! I chose the Aguilar 18v two band preamp as I have always found it to make any instrument with this combo of woods sound natural. The humcancelling Bartolini J's sound big, but IMHO do not produce anywhere near the single coil tone if that is what someone is after....but this set is more modern sounding. I performed live, and recorded with this bass, and it sounds very deep and 'throaty' with some nice (but not obnoxious) highs (depending on EQ of course). I used DR 'High Beams' and D'Addario nickel round wounds....but definately preferred the sound of the D'Addarios. This bass records very easy, and sounded soooo good in any mix it was in.
If it is still in great condition, I would encourage anyone interested to consider it....you would have a hard time finding a better feeling, sounding and looking boutique style 'J' bass. By the way, Bartolini does (did?) offer this exact pickup set in a single coil format. Danny and I were talking about switching them, but we ended up building another bass for me altogether. For what it's worth, he custom built seven basses for me over the years, and this one was THE best in terms of feel, and the one I still think about 
Best of luck with the sale....someone will love it. |
11-17-2012, 02:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern California | | Forgot to mention.....
The OP's photos do not do the instrument justice. It is MUCH prettier in person |
11-18-2012, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, Ca | | | Weekend bump !! |
11-19-2012, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Osman Alkan pm' ed yesterday.... | pm answered |
11-19-2012, 01:21 PM
|  | I play the bass and design things. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brockton, MA | | bump for a great seller. still have that pink LEJ???
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11-19-2012, 02:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: san antonio/austin | | WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what an awesome looking bass!!!  |
11-19-2012, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by p0k bump for a great seller. still have that pink LEJ??? | Yup
She rocks. Wish I had money to buy another LEJ. |
11-20-2012, 07:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kew Gardens, NY | | | Hey Bajo
Absolutely gorgeous. Wish I had the cash, just put a for sale sign on my car (lol), would sell my soul for this. Kudos to whoever gets this one. |
11-20-2012, 08:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | Jesus, if I didn't have a bass on order currently this would be MINE! That thing is BEAUTIFUL!!!
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11-21-2012, 11:36 AM
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