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Old 10-21-2011, 07:18 PM
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Wishbass flying V. 34" 4 string.

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Wishbass flying Vee style bass. Insane.

Wishbass Vee photo gallery here.

34” scale
fretless.
String through.
EMG Select passive pickup
movable corian bridge, intonates fine with the corian.

Made from an astonishing assortment of different woods, with maple, purpleheart, pau darco (fingerboard, I believe), and other woods making an appearance.

Fingerboard is smooth and hard, slight bevel on edges, slight radius (cannot be much).

Body finished in light spray gloss, imperfect in places (typical for these). Needs a good progressive sanding and polishing, and the body or neck could be sanded to thin out curves if necessary.

Neck very playable.
Width 1” & 13/16 at nut, 2” & 13/16 at end of fingerboard.
Fingerboard 26” 1/4 long.
Front to back, neck 1” in most places. A nice curve drops the width to under 1” from the headstock by first position.

Excellent candidate for projects, high-end refinish. Sounds Unbelievable. The mwah of an upright, rumbly, sustainey, and bitey/grindy if you add a preamp or a pedal.

Relatively slim Wishbass neck. 44” headstock to end-button.
Wings extend 10” beyond. ~ 11.5lbs

$550 shipped, Cont US. No case, but will be wrapped well and boxed hugely.

I'm in Los Angeles - $500 cash/pickup (or $500 and your shipping label).

I'm also selling an Eden WT550 in another thread.


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Old 10-22-2011, 12:57 AM
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Never saw this model before,very cool!
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Old 10-22-2011, 09:51 AM
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It's definitely got funk. Sweet bass!
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That's a sick looking bass. Free bump!

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bump! I cannot edit the first post any more.. but price is now dropped to:
$450 shipped or $400 cash/pickup in Los Angeles.
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wishbump! $450 shipped!
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bump! $450 is a GREAT deal on this one, esp given that shipping will cost > $50
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Not going to ask about lap balance, but how is it strapped on?
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there is a strap button on the "heel" and another at the split in the Vee.

hangs reasonably well with a wide suede strap, and i'll include one
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Maybe a little more tame model

Thanks for the response-- I think I would be interested in a Hipper or Lobe model
A bit tamer look and feel.
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i wish that wish would start being more carefull about his pickup placement. a fretless with one pickup? if he'd put them in the fender back pickup sweet spot, they'd be so much more useable. too far up!

IMO. cool looking bass though!
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i wish that wish would start being more carefull about his pickup placement. a fretless with one pickup? if he'd put them in the fender back pickup sweet spot, they'd be so much more useable. too far up!

IMO. cool looking bass though!
Seems to work pretty well where it is - and plenty of room to add more above and below
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