Hi!
I received this bass as part of a trade along with a Stingray 5 and while I like it it's 'Ray like qualities are coercing me to move it along for something different.
It's a Skjold 4-string Standard 92. The body is black limba, and the neck is 3 piece maple with a morado (pao ferro) fingerboard. It's a 35" scale, 24 fret with a zero fret-the neck is 1 1/2" wide at the zero fret.
The pickup is Pete's proprietary C4, which is a precision and a reverse precision under the cover. The preamp is an East Deluxe, which is treble, bass, mid with mid sweep, volume, pickup selector and master tone. The pickup selector is 4 way: p, reverse p, both in series and both in parallel. There's an ultrabright pull on the volume knob, and the bass can go passive when you pull up the tone knob. All hardware is Hipshot.
What does it sound like? I'll try to get sound clips up at some point. The pick up placement gives it a very Stingray like quality with a woodier more low mid heavy sound due, I imagine, to the body wood. The preamp makes it far more versatile than your typical 'Ray though. I've heard 'Ray on steroids used but I don't entirely agree; it's got the vibe but is a different beast.
What's that? YOu'd love to get the Stingray vibe without the weight?? This bass is a light weight at about 7.5 pounds and balances beautifully. The bass will ship in the original case.
This bass will be getting a setup with medium/low action , a set of DR Sunbeams and a bit-o lemon oil on the board
Looking for $1600 shipped or trade for a Spector 4, Rickenbacker or Sadowsky Metro +/- cash as needed.
More pics here
Skjold Black Limba 4 String - a set on Flickr
