Pics and specs below.
After owning J basses from several builders, I got a Sadowsky Metro (first year). I liked everything about it, gigging and recording, but it wasn’t resonant (blah wood). Dan Ransom had made me several guitars and basses, so I asked him to make this to surpass my Sadowsky, and he succeeded. Very
alive, resonant, balanced and singing, it became my main bass for the past 5 years (studio only). It originally had Ultra Jazz pickups and OPB-1 preamp set up, but I replaced them with a NJ4/Audere combo recently, which I prefer by far. I’m selling it because he just made me a PJ with Fralins and a Nordy pre, and soon will also deliver a 70’s style J with Nordstands and a Sadowsky Pre. So I’m going to sell this one and have him make me a pure passive ’66-inspired old school J bass.
Dan is in San Francisco and builds from lumber that he selects himself and crafts with a pin router. He is a
builder, NOT an assembler, and has made thousands of custom instruments over 30 years, many for celebrity/pro clients. He used to do all the building for Modulus and now does some high end ghost building and OEM for other brands. He also runs the PLEK for Brawer guitar. And he’s a great guy and has become a friend.
This is a GREAT bass at a joke price. If you want a top quality modern boutique J bass, consider this one.
Really.
$1500 shipped and paypalled in CONUS. Will ship internationally, but contact me for adjusted price.
Specs:
Alder body, lightweight
Bass weighs 8.5 lbs max
Maple neck with nice quilt AND birdseye
Indian rosewood board, nice color with body finish
Tilted headstock, no string tree
Hand carved Volute and spanish headstock joint
Medium jumbo modern frets
PLEK fretmill
Low action
Modern radius 9.5"-12"
Pearl dots
Medium C depth
21 frets
1.5” nut, bone
Hipshot Ultralight tuners
Graphite reinforcement
Truss access at the nut
BOLTS, no plate
TIGHT neck joint
Slightly downsized body, hangs great, very elegant
Deep vintage belly cut
Dark Gold metallic finish (fits any style!), THIN poly
Jennie pickguard, 3 ply parchment
Hipshot B bridge
Black backplate
Two battery compartments for 18V option
Nordstrand NJ4SV pickups
Audere JZ3 Preamp: V, Blend, Zmode, Passive tone/Mid, Bass/Treble
EXCELLENT+ condition
sorry about any dust, smudges, or glare...
