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For sale SHEN SB 88 - 2015

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$1,500.00
Strings
4
Status
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Details

The bass is in excellent condition. There are just a few very small scratches and dings can be found on the top, back, and sides upon extremely close inspection.

The fingerboard has been dressed and is in good condition. The neck is in very good condition; the headstock has some really small dings and light scuff marks.
The action is medium to low, the hardware is good.

Features

· 3/4-size
· Laminated maple top, back, and sides
· Painted purfling
· D-profile maple neck
· Ebony fingerboard
· Open gear tuners
· Maple Despiau bridge with adjusters
· Endpin: Was recently Upgraded to cork plug with 10mm rod, replaceable screw-on tip
· Body width: 26"
· Body length: 43.75"
· String length: 41.25"
· Fingerboard width at nut: 1-5/8"
· Pearl dots on fingerboard side for navigation when learning

· French brazilwood bow included
· Black padded soft case included
Set up in the last year by a professional luthier.
New D'addario Zyex strings
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Comments

Jun 18, 2003
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Huge fan of this bass. I gig with it regularly and get so many compliments. They don't come up often for some reason. This is the first I've seen in like almost 2 years!
 
Nov 14, 2019
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That's a really interesting woodgrain on all 4 sides. Almost looks like it is dripping. Don't recall seeing much quite like it before.
 
Aug 8, 2017
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That is interesting Ed S. I thought the bass was particularly good looking when I first saw it. Much warmer than some of the reddish heavy lacquer finishes on laminate basses. But the "almost dripping" could be my inept iPhone camera work. I need to take and post some different pictures. My wife says it look like a table is growing out of the bass. Cheers!
 
Aug 8, 2017
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Thanks. I love the look of the bass. I also like the Upton bass but have never seen on in person. This bass looks great, sounds great and is rugged enough to be a great gigging bass.
 
Nov 14, 2019
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That is interesting Ed S. I thought the bass was particularly good looking when I first saw it. Much warmer than some of the reddish heavy lacquer finishes on laminate basses. But the "almost dripping" could be my inept iPhone camera work. ...

Don't get me wrong. It looks cool - and it IS plywood. I generally prefer different - so long as it ain't different/FUGLY! And yours definitely ain't that!

Grain just looks a little different than many I've seen. In the 1st and 3d pic - often makers try to resemble the straight grain of spruce on the top. And the side has a very prominent grain w/ no flame. On the back, sometimes makers try to resemble bookmatched boards.

Your maker said "To hell w/ pretense, We're gonna show off the flowing grain in this plywood." I respect that decision, and it looks cool. Just a little different than I'm used to, to see that prominent grain on these big sheets of ply.

I agree, it is way cooler looking than those red plasticky-looking imports.

Besides - it is all about how the damn thing sounds and plays!

... The maple grain looks a lot like the popular on my Upton. ...

Yes, I've heard that is a poplar choice! ;) I'm having an Upton hybrid made right now w/ birch sides and back. June can get here soon enough!
 
Nov 14, 2019
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Just googled a few more images of the Shen. I maintain that the grain/finish is unusual, but I dig it. And $1500 - w/ bag/bow - sounds like a good price for a well set-up example.

Not that my opinion should matter to anyone, but I don't want there to be any mistaken impression that I somehow dissed the OP's bass.
 

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