FS/FT: Older R-bass 4 string 1850 obo

gkbass13 · #1 05-18-2011, 10:55 PM

Here she is. This time I'm for real. I want to buy another Saab Aero, So I need to free up some Cash!

This is one of the Older (Fodera Monarch/VW-esque) R-basses.

Alder Body
Chestnut top
purple heart layer between the two
3 piece maple/purpleheart neck with purple heart binding on the fretboard
birdseye board with no decals(side dots only)
weighs around 7.5lbs
33 inch scale
Bartolini PJ pickups
Haz Labs 3 band preamp with Active passive and on/off switch
hipshot ul hardware and tuners

In great condition for a bass built in 2002
Recently setup with pretty low action, and it absolutely KILLS!

If you're looking for Vic on a budget, here you go.

1850 obo

gkbass13 · #2 05-18-2011, 11:03 PM

I am willing to do a trade plus cash involving any combination of the following:

Lakland Skyline 55-01's, 55-02's, JO 5's
Japanese Fender 75 reissue jazz bass
Fender FSR Jazz bass in Lake Placid Blue with matching headstock and Blocks
Epifani Ul 2x10 cab. must be 8 ohms and have smaller grill holes
Bergantino 8 ohm Ae 2x10(2 would be cool)
Bergantino 8 ohm Hs 2x10(2 would be very cool)
Genz Benz shuttle 9.0

And a longshot....If you happen to have a Saab 9-3se from 2002, I will trade this bass plus cash for it

if you have a 9-5 Aero from 2002-2004, I will trade this bass plus Cash, or a combination of this bass, cash and a 2003 Volvo S60 2.4t for it...

Thanks everyone! Make those offers!

-Grady

MikeBass · #3 05-19-2011, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkbass13

Here she is. This time I'm for real. I want to buy another Saab Aero, So I need to free up some Cash!

This is one of the Older (Fodera Monarch/VW-esque) R-basses.

Alder Body
Chestnut top
purple heart layer between the two
3 piece maple/purpleheart neck with purple heart binding on the fretboard
birdseye board with no decals(side dots only)
weighs around 7.5lbs
33 inch scale
Bartolini PJ pickups
Haz Labs 3 band preamp with Active passive and on/off switch
hipshot ul hardware and tuners

In great condition for a bass built in 2002
Recently setup with pretty low action, and it absolutely KILLS!

If you're looking for Vic on a budget, here you go.

1850 obo

If there ever was a reason to sell a bass....Saab Aero.....
I totaled the hell out of my (rare in the US) 08' 9-3 Turbo- X a little over a year ago.
I tried to find another one when insurance came through, but NONE to be found.
As rare as the 9-2 Aero. Or Saaburu (basically a Suburu WRX wagon badged as a Sabb).
Sleeper of a car.

BTW, the Aero specs out at like 148 or something, but it's electronically limited to 135.
Not that I would ever try and go that fast.
Never.
Not me.....

gkbass13 · #4 05-19-2011, 09:44 AM

I know it mike. I drove a 9-3 se for 5 years, and did 130 in it once. I'm going to buy a 9-5 aero, but dig 9-3s and the wagons as well. My current Volvo just leaves me wanting something more everytime I drive it.

Grady

MikeBass · #5 05-19-2011, 10:00 AM

LOL!!!
Yeah, I have a Volvo C30 now and I know the feeling!
Great car, but not the same....

gkbass13 · #6 05-20-2011, 06:35 PM

Bump for an awesome 4 string bass and the most under appreciated European car company! (Thanks Mike, now the thread has a dual meeting)

Joel Graham · #7 05-20-2011, 09:36 PM

I got a chance to play this very bass at the Bass Palace in Scranton, PA years ago. The bass had a killer feel and was the bass I wanted to buy from the entire inventory (was on a selling trip to Bob- Japan Yamaha BB1200, eighties Spector NS-2J)....

genstormbringer · #8 05-20-2011, 09:47 PM

Set neck? Nut width? Type of neck - jazzesque classic c shape is the neck flatter on the back side? Fingerboard radius?

gkbass13 · #9 05-21-2011, 07:52 AM

It is a bolt on neck. C shape but no where near chunky-plays insanely fast but doesn't feel like a toy. Nut width is 1 and 5/8's of an inch. not sure about the fingerboard radius.