Selling my fabulous-condition fretted four-string
Traben Tribal Sun SLE bass.
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Only 100 of these were made -- in 2004, I believe -- to introduce the new model, and this limited edition was distinguished by the flamboyant black tribal-flame motif on its blond maple fingerboard. These instruments were distributed though Traben’s dealer network as prizes in various contests and sweepstakes, although I suppose some dealers could have sold their copies. I won this one online from Musician’s Friend…sorry, but it didn’t come to me with a case.
New and minty fresh in every way! Never played, never plugged in, and probably never even tuned up. (I play acoustic guitar, 5-string banjo, Dobro, etc, and I don’t even own an amp.)
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Features
Basswood body, quilted maple top
Five-piece maple and walnut neck
Bolt-on neck construction with special Traben joint
35" scale, 24 frets
Tribal Sun bridge design
Traben Custom Combo pickups
T3 active electronics w/pre-amp plus
master volume, blend, bass, mid, treble
Black nylon nut
Chrome and chrome-plated brass hardware
High gloss "Burnt Orange" finish
Sealed Grover tuners
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Two good substantial reviews here: Basses: Tribal Sun SLE by Traben Bass Company | Harmony Central
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another on
Bass Gear Review Archive, or brga.net, where you’ll have to search for “Traben” because site management there requests no direct linking.
More background on Traben here:
http://www.trabenbass.com and here:
Traben Bass Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia And it turns out we've got our own forum for Traben owners and fans right here:
Traben Club, Level 2.
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[Edited here by replacing the next sentence to take out the bad auction-type language.] Asking $450 but will be glad to entertain reasonable best offers. Shipping and insurance extra: Will ship only to a “physical address” in the USA, and only via
UPS insured, signature required. The shipping weight approached 30 pounds, as I recall, so expect to pay another $50-75 for the UPS bill, depending on your UPS zone. (I’m in upstate NY.)
Method of payment is via PayPal for purchase of goods only...no "personal payments" or "gifts" accepted, per this forum's policies. My understanding is that you don't have to actually have an account there to use PayPal for a credit card purchase, if that's your preference. (That's certainly the only way I could
accept a credit card!)
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Check it out!
The bass for sale looks exactly like the one in the stock photo above, except the fingerboard in real life is a much more attractive honey-blonde ale color, and not that ghoulish bone-white you see above. My own photos (sample below) are in an album here:
traben tribal sun pictures by trabentribalsun - Photobucket 
Please PM me right away if you have any problems getting access to that Photobucket album. I’m sure I'll be able to figure out how to send you one using Snapfish, Shutterfly, Flickr, or Picasa instead.
Thanks!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Tom
P.S. Oops! Almost forgot to mention that you can check me out, too. I'm a long-standing eBay buyer and seller, with a current Feedback Rating of 100% over 1,314 unduplicated transactions...172 as a seller. All of that is summarized here:
eBay Feedback Profile for collegianakid
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