Valenti Vintage J5 for sale only

[emblymouse]

#089
Alder Body w/Quilted Maple top
Trans Blue Finish
Graphite reinforced Maple neck
Maple board
34" Scale
1 7/8" @ Nut
12" Radius
Nordstrand Big Single Pickups
Aguilar OBP-3
Black Hardware
Clear Pickguard
HipShot B Style bridge, 19mm
Hipshot UltraLite tuning gears
StrapLocks

I just got this bass from Cohelo, it is really clean and mean! EX+ shape. About 9-9.5 lbs. This was very close to what I'm after, but I've decided to have something custom built for me and be done with the 5'ver quest for good.

This is about 1 year old and would have sold for $2200 with the fancy top. More photos here...
http://s438.photobucket.com/albums/q...youse/valenti/

$1600 shipped CONUS w/ older TKL Tolex hsc.

[funkboy5]

That's sweet....

[emblymouse]

back to the front

[bass_snake]

Really nice! Love the colour.

Fred

[Georynn]

Geez, that thing is gorgeous, wish I had the scratch for this one....

Free bump...

[mattygbass]

sweet bass tom!!

[emblymouse]

Yes, as the days go by it's getting sweeter!

I'm going to gig it tonight at The Worlds Largest BratFest (yea, it's a Wisconsin thing). I'm backing about 10 different 'Chick Singers' doing a very wide range of styles from Contemporary Country to Aggro-Pop. I usually bring a couple basses to these gigs but I think this Valenti will cover it all well.

Have a great weekend everybody!

[Interceptor]

I heard Tom tonight - great as always.

The Valenti sounded very very good in his hands. Nice growl and solid bottom. I'd be happy with what I heard! I also get the be free and rip around a four string thing.

Good luck!

BUMP.

Jim

[Sterling_Bass]

Gorgeous Valenti. Good luck with the sale.

[emblymouse]

Gracious thanks Jim! Send me some of those pix you took and I'll post one here.

This bass proved it's real world chops with style. Very aggressive when you want it, but flexible. Comfortable to boot, this gig was 2 hours facing the 90 degree sun w/ no breeze.

PS - I managed to keep from dripping sauerkraut on it. 172,559 brats consumed so far, the world record is in sight TODAY!!

[emblymouse]

Stormy bump

[ciubz]

how does alder body/maple neck combo sounds like, i never tried one before. My guess is taht it's quit bright, right ?

[emblymouse]

Originally Posted by ciubz

how does alder body/maple neck combo sounds like, i never tried one before. My guess is taht it's quit bright, right ?

That would be the conventional wisdom, but I don't think it is accurate. Rather than bright, I would say that combo makes for a more pronounced upper mid. More 'in your face' so to speak. My only comparisons are an Alder body/Maple neck MPG Level 5 but it has P/MM p/u's. It is much 'woodier' than this Valenti. I used to own a Lakland Ash/Rosewood w/ Big Singles and it was much closer to this sound, not quite as up front. I think the Aggie pre keeps things from getting too Hi Fi and glassy, it's got a nasty quality when you toy with it.

I hope this is helpful.

[emblymouse]

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[Flipper]

V,V,T,T,T for the knobs?

[emblymouse]

vol-blend-tone x3 18V

[Nino Valenti]

Originally Posted by Flipper

V,V,T,T,T for the knobs?

Vol, Blend, Treble, Mid, Bass. IIRC, the Vol has a p/p for preamp bypass and the Mid has a p/p for Mid Shift.

[emblymouse]

Originally Posted by Nino Valenti

Vol, Blend, Treble, Mid, Bass. IIRC, the Vol has a p/p for preamp bypass and the Mid has a p/p for Mid Shift.

Thanks Nino, those are important details too.

You do extra nice work BTW, very tidy right down to the small stuff. More than a pretty face here!