For sale 2012 Birdsong Double Fusion

This is a unique "Double Fusion" (meaning that it is one of a small handful ever built that has two pickups, each with its own volume control, and a sweepable tone control, rather than Birdsong's standard Varitone). The build began in the Fall of 2011, and it was completed and delivered in April of 2012. The Serial No. of this bass is 12F-033. Here are the specifications:

Body: Wild Walnut with crushed turquoise accents (front and back of body) - this is a one-piece solid walnut body, with special forearm contours, in addition to the standard "belly contour" on the back. This keeps the weight down to just a bit more than 8 lbs., which is unusual for a solid walnut bass ... even a short-scale instrument!

Matching Walnut headstock

Neck: Maple, with the trademark Birdsong neck profile, but slightly less bulky at the end by the headstock (not so much of the usual "Deep V" shape that the neck on my earlier Birdsong bass had).

Fretboard: Rosewood, with 24 frets - special MOP/turquoise diamond pattern position marker at the 12th fret; no other markers on the fretboard. This Rosewood board is thick, and has a beautiful dark, natural grain.

Scale Length: 31"

Control Plate; Truss Rod Cover; Nut and Control Knobs: Ebony

Pickups: (2) Kent Armstrong Soapbars (hum canceling) Note: Pickups are not Kent Armstrong's according to Scott @ Birdsong they are standard Fusion Pickups

Controls: Volume/Volume/Sweepable Tone

Tuners and Bridge (strings through body): Black

A note regarding the tone - If you solo the bridge pickup, you can get some "barky" Jazz Bass-like tones (well, almost), but the predominant tone with both pickups set at 100% volume is a deeper Music Man or P-Bass like tone. I don't recommend rolling the tone control all the way to the low end, particularly if you have the neck pickup (or both pickups) at 100% volume. My favorite tone on this bass is with both pickups full-on (or with the neck pickup full-on, and the bridge pickup volume rolled-off about halfway) and the tone control about 33% to 50% of the way on (not bottomed-out). If you want a really deep sound, go with the tone rolled all the way off, but this can get "boomy" in some venues.

The bass comes with the original TKL hard case, all adjustment tools, and both the certificate from Birdsong, and a "build sheet" that I gave to Scott at Birdsong when he was starting the build.

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