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For sale Beardly lined fretless 5, 32" scale

Sold
$2,000.00
Strings
5
Status
This item has been sold and is no longer available!

Details

Fretless
  1. Y
$2000 shipped in a nice bag (Reunion Blues or ProTec Contego, your choice), OBO. Trades for basses, fretted or fretless (34" scale or shorter), amplification, or even a DB.
Cash either way.

This is an extremely nice bass.

I received this from Rick in June of last year, and it's just never clicked with me (which really sucks because on paper it is exactly what I wanted).

32" scale lined fretless
1.75" nut
3" wide @ 24th position
Purpleheart fingerboard
Walnut top
Walnut/Purpleheart/Maple/Purpleheart/Walnut body sandwich
Roasted maple and flamed maple neck
Purpleheart pickup cover/ramp
Nordstrand MM 5.4 pickup
Vol/tone setup, with 3 way coil switch
17.5mm Hipshot A style bridge, recessed in body
B and E strings can string thru the body so you can use standard scale strings
Hipshot ultralight tuners
Side dots and lines are glow in the dark luminlay
Cavity cover is magnetic (very cool)
~9lbs

Not pictured are the Dunlop strap lock ends (only the bass side) I will put on there.

Overall in very, very nice shape.
Never gigged, just used at practices and around the house.

There's a couple little worms in the striped wood block in the back (I forget what kind of wood it is), and a split in the walnut top layer near the edge where your right arm would rest. The bass was received with these imperfections, and they are minimal at best.

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Comments

naetog

Supporting Member
May 26, 2006
1,564
1,800
Chico, CA
I received it strung up that way, with the high C.
The nut was cut to accomodate a low B like it is now without modification.

The string through body option on the E/B strings (or E/A depending on how it's strung up) are not for 'punch' or 'sustain' or whatever other marketing I've seen about it.
It is so you can use any regular 34" scale strings without winding up the fat part of the string on the tuning peg.
 

Matt Power

Supporting Member
Jul 2, 2000
2,511
2,469
Magnolia, TX
Gorgeous bass! Go hit up Tommy at FMI. I would bet he would trade you a hybrid Shen for that bass...he likes boutique basses. I traded him a Maruszczyk for a Shen a few years back. We were both happy. Just an option.
 

naetog

Supporting Member
May 26, 2006
1,564
1,800
Chico, CA
I will do this bass no justice on camera either this evening or tomorrow night. Standby for an awkward video!
Edit: Forgot it was Easter weekend. Got distracted with the kid and family stuff. Haven't forgotten, just won't be as timely with the video.
 
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