- Fretless
- Y
5-string, 35" scale, Flamed maple top over chambered ash body, birdseye maple neck with lined fretless macassar ebony fingerboard. Weight: 6 lbs. 2 oz.
String spacing: 19mm at bridge.
Includes beautiful Rob Allen custom G&G hardshell case. $2450 shipped CONUS. Raising money, so not looking for trades.
I bought this light-as-a-feather beauty in January 2018, seeking an upright-y tone for a cocktail jazz combo I had started, and it has served me very well--so well that last winter I made the leap and bought myself an entry-level (plywood) double bass. I'm finally getting the hang of playing the upright, and have decided to start raising funds for a more refined upright, and they are not cheap.
This bass has been a consistent head turner at gigs, both for its elegant beauty and its incredible voice: like an upright but with just enough more punch and definition to work well with the R&B and country we sneak in amongst the jazz standards. I've even used it for entire sets with the classic country band I play in.
The previous owner had larger fret dots installed at the fret lines (click on thumbnail pic below), a common modification for people who gig these, as the stock dots and the subdued maple fretlines can be hard to see on dark stages.
The bass has been gigged, both by me and the previous owner, and though it looks flawless from a few feet away, if you maneuver it around in the light, you can find indentations on the top from fingernails along the strings between the neck heel and bridge, on the back of the body, and there's an indentation on the headstock that, again, is hard to see from a few feet away, but if you swivel it around enough, you can find it.
In the lower cutaway, there is a section where a few inches of the binding is separated a tiny bit from the body (see the 9th photo). This was disclosed by the previous owner, and hasn't changed for me. I've heard of this happening in other Rob Allens, and doesn't affect playability, or even appearance unless you know it's there, and it has been a non-issue for me.
Since I'm raising money for an upright, I'm not interested in trades.
Note: In the last few pictures I have gone out of my way to use glare to reveal imperfections in their most unflattering light, which looks a hundred times worse than they do in person.
Please PM me with any questions concerns, offers, etc.
Thanks for looking!
Note: these next photos intentionally show the flaws in the MOST UNFLATTERING light. They are very hard to see looking straight on from two feet away.
String spacing: 19mm at bridge.
Includes beautiful Rob Allen custom G&G hardshell case. $2450 shipped CONUS. Raising money, so not looking for trades.
I bought this light-as-a-feather beauty in January 2018, seeking an upright-y tone for a cocktail jazz combo I had started, and it has served me very well--so well that last winter I made the leap and bought myself an entry-level (plywood) double bass. I'm finally getting the hang of playing the upright, and have decided to start raising funds for a more refined upright, and they are not cheap.
This bass has been a consistent head turner at gigs, both for its elegant beauty and its incredible voice: like an upright but with just enough more punch and definition to work well with the R&B and country we sneak in amongst the jazz standards. I've even used it for entire sets with the classic country band I play in.
The previous owner had larger fret dots installed at the fret lines (click on thumbnail pic below), a common modification for people who gig these, as the stock dots and the subdued maple fretlines can be hard to see on dark stages.
The bass has been gigged, both by me and the previous owner, and though it looks flawless from a few feet away, if you maneuver it around in the light, you can find indentations on the top from fingernails along the strings between the neck heel and bridge, on the back of the body, and there's an indentation on the headstock that, again, is hard to see from a few feet away, but if you swivel it around enough, you can find it.
In the lower cutaway, there is a section where a few inches of the binding is separated a tiny bit from the body (see the 9th photo). This was disclosed by the previous owner, and hasn't changed for me. I've heard of this happening in other Rob Allens, and doesn't affect playability, or even appearance unless you know it's there, and it has been a non-issue for me.
Since I'm raising money for an upright, I'm not interested in trades.
Note: In the last few pictures I have gone out of my way to use glare to reveal imperfections in their most unflattering light, which looks a hundred times worse than they do in person.
Please PM me with any questions concerns, offers, etc.
Thanks for looking!
Note: these next photos intentionally show the flaws in the MOST UNFLATTERING light. They are very hard to see looking straight on from two feet away.
