There is about a 90% chance I'll pull this listing but I figured it really won't hurt to throw it out there and see what happens. This is my first of two Drake Custom basses. I don't really want to part with it, but I just haven't been playing it lately. My playing needs have changed in the past few years and I'm generally reaching for my Stingray or my Drake Custom Jazz these days.
Here are the specs:
-Roasted basswood body with hand rubbed gloss finish - (no colors, tints, dyes, or paints. That is the natural color of roasted basswood after the clear finish was applied)
-Roasted maple neck - 34" scale
-Macassar ebony fingerboard with gold mother of pearl dot inlays
-Vintage spec stainless steel frets
-Red tort guard
-Hipshot hardware (Ultralight tuners and chrome plated brass bridge)
-Dunlop straplocks
-Nordstrand pickups (NP4a with Big Split at the bridge) and active/passive 2-band Nordy preamp. Controls are: vol/vol, treb/bass, master tone (with active/passive push/pull - tone works in both active and passive)
-Weight is around 9 lbs, maybe less, and the balance is perfect
Neck specs:
Nut width is likely somewhere between 1.5625" and 1.625" - very comfortable.
7.25" radius.
Neck thickness (top to bottom at various frets):
1st .825"
3rd .840"
5th .850"
7th .860"
9th .870
12 .890"
Sound sample here (this may have been with the old preamp, which was EMG, but same pickups - you get the idea.)
$2450 shipped or best fair offer - lower 48 USA. I realize customs lose value overnight but I have over $3000 into it and would rather keep than completely lose my shirt. A new one would be a lot more since prices on everything have gone up lately (another reason I should probably keep it, but we'll see!)
Ships in a super high quality Road Runner gig bag (pictured.)
Trades? Sure. In rough order of preference:
-Fender American Precision Elite (P/J configuration with spoke wheel truss rod - natural ash/maple preferred but open to other colors)
-Fender American Precision Ultra (P/J configuration)
-USA Peavey Millennium Plus
-G&L El Toro
-EBMM Cutlass (single "P" style bass)
-Maybe some kind of Reverend bass
-Maybe a 4-ohm bass cab (1x12 preferred)
-Vintage and/or unique instruments, e.g. old MIJ basses
-Rickenbacker bass - prefer dot inlays
Plus or minus cash as needed though I don't have a ton that I can add. Absolutely no basses with Jazz necks (1.5" nut width.) I don't really play 5+ strings or shorter-than-34"-scale basses and I already have a fretless.
But try me with whatever. Cash is, of course, king.
Here are the specs:
-Roasted basswood body with hand rubbed gloss finish - (no colors, tints, dyes, or paints. That is the natural color of roasted basswood after the clear finish was applied)
-Roasted maple neck - 34" scale
-Macassar ebony fingerboard with gold mother of pearl dot inlays
-Vintage spec stainless steel frets
-Red tort guard
-Hipshot hardware (Ultralight tuners and chrome plated brass bridge)
-Dunlop straplocks
-Nordstrand pickups (NP4a with Big Split at the bridge) and active/passive 2-band Nordy preamp. Controls are: vol/vol, treb/bass, master tone (with active/passive push/pull - tone works in both active and passive)
-Weight is around 9 lbs, maybe less, and the balance is perfect
Neck specs:
Nut width is likely somewhere between 1.5625" and 1.625" - very comfortable.
7.25" radius.
Neck thickness (top to bottom at various frets):
1st .825"
3rd .840"
5th .850"
7th .860"
9th .870
12 .890"
Sound sample here (this may have been with the old preamp, which was EMG, but same pickups - you get the idea.)
$2450 shipped or best fair offer - lower 48 USA. I realize customs lose value overnight but I have over $3000 into it and would rather keep than completely lose my shirt. A new one would be a lot more since prices on everything have gone up lately (another reason I should probably keep it, but we'll see!)
Ships in a super high quality Road Runner gig bag (pictured.)
Trades? Sure. In rough order of preference:
-Fender American Precision Elite (P/J configuration with spoke wheel truss rod - natural ash/maple preferred but open to other colors)
-Fender American Precision Ultra (P/J configuration)
-USA Peavey Millennium Plus
-G&L El Toro
-EBMM Cutlass (single "P" style bass)
-Maybe some kind of Reverend bass
-Maybe a 4-ohm bass cab (1x12 preferred)
-Vintage and/or unique instruments, e.g. old MIJ basses
-Rickenbacker bass - prefer dot inlays
Plus or minus cash as needed though I don't have a ton that I can add. Absolutely no basses with Jazz necks (1.5" nut width.) I don't really play 5+ strings or shorter-than-34"-scale basses and I already have a fretless.
But try me with whatever. Cash is, of course, king.
