Ray Rogers R-bass Singlecut Fiver
Good golly Miss Molly – what do I say about this bass? It’s beautiful, it sounds fantastic, but I already have a primary five string and this has done nothing but sit in it’s comfy gig bag (I suppose that’s my fault). However, this is TB, and as you know, another opportunity has presented itself so something has to go to make room.
I haven’t been able to find out all of the specs on this bass but I’ll share below what I am pretty confident of, especially regarding electronics and such. I don’t know what woods it is made of so someone with more experience there could probably speak to that with more certainty.
It does have some play wear: there are marks on the back of the headstock, the edge of the front of the headstock below the B string tuning key has a minor rough spot, there is some buckle rash on the back, and some minor wear on the neck. The front shows some also, which I will try to capture in a video.
All of that disappears when you pick it up and wrap your hands around it. You can feel the wood – it’s like wearing your favorite shoes. The sound is clear and articulate, and you can get lost in the flexibility of the preamp. It seems to have a brighter sound than my custom fiver with Bart Jazz pickups, but I can dial in some more thickness with the preamp controls.
It has Dunlop straplock strap buttons but not the locks for the straps; I put on a set of Kalium balanced tension strings – I think they are the set with the .142 B string – and I have the original strings it came with, which I believe are stainless but are a thinner gauge. It will be shipped in the Gator Transit bag that it was in when I acquired it.
Bass will be double-boxed (I’m pretty sure I have enough boxes) and packed well so that it arrives exactly as described. Shipped on your dime – I’ll get it packaged soon so that I can add box dimensions and weight for a more accurate shipping quote via your preferred shipper. My zip is 32065. Side note: FedEx burned me in the past so I am disinclined to use them, but ultimately it’s up to you.
Everything else I know about it is below. Let me know if you have any additional questions, and hit me up with any offers.
Specs:
Year: Unknown, supposedly one of his early builds. Early 2000’s?? No clue.
Scale length: 35”
Weight: 10.2 lbs.
Body wood: Not sure; it has beautiful burl wood caps adorning the body and headstock.
Neck materials: Maple with either walnut or rosewood stringers and possibly a rosewood or pao ferro fretboard.
Fret condition: Very good – some very minor wear spots in the money-note area and little, if any, up the rest of the fretboard.
Tuning machines: Hipshot Ultralights
Strings: Kalium balanced hybrid steel, .142” low B
Nut width: 1 7/8”, brass nut
String spacing: 21 mm; adjustable Hipshot bridge.
Electronics: Apparently not a Mike Pope - per posts below, more likely it's a HAZ Labs preamp - with four bands (bass/treble/upper and lower mids) and Bartolini dual-coil pickups. There are series, parallel, and coil tap switches, along with midrange frequency switches. The tone knob works in both active and passive modes, and it has a blend; the volume knob is an active/passive switch.
Accessories: Gator Transit gig bag, and a whole lot of mojo.
Good golly Miss Molly – what do I say about this bass? It’s beautiful, it sounds fantastic, but I already have a primary five string and this has done nothing but sit in it’s comfy gig bag (I suppose that’s my fault). However, this is TB, and as you know, another opportunity has presented itself so something has to go to make room.
I haven’t been able to find out all of the specs on this bass but I’ll share below what I am pretty confident of, especially regarding electronics and such. I don’t know what woods it is made of so someone with more experience there could probably speak to that with more certainty.
It does have some play wear: there are marks on the back of the headstock, the edge of the front of the headstock below the B string tuning key has a minor rough spot, there is some buckle rash on the back, and some minor wear on the neck. The front shows some also, which I will try to capture in a video.
All of that disappears when you pick it up and wrap your hands around it. You can feel the wood – it’s like wearing your favorite shoes. The sound is clear and articulate, and you can get lost in the flexibility of the preamp. It seems to have a brighter sound than my custom fiver with Bart Jazz pickups, but I can dial in some more thickness with the preamp controls.
It has Dunlop straplock strap buttons but not the locks for the straps; I put on a set of Kalium balanced tension strings – I think they are the set with the .142 B string – and I have the original strings it came with, which I believe are stainless but are a thinner gauge. It will be shipped in the Gator Transit bag that it was in when I acquired it.
Bass will be double-boxed (I’m pretty sure I have enough boxes) and packed well so that it arrives exactly as described. Shipped on your dime – I’ll get it packaged soon so that I can add box dimensions and weight for a more accurate shipping quote via your preferred shipper. My zip is 32065. Side note: FedEx burned me in the past so I am disinclined to use them, but ultimately it’s up to you.
Everything else I know about it is below. Let me know if you have any additional questions, and hit me up with any offers.
Specs:
Year: Unknown, supposedly one of his early builds. Early 2000’s?? No clue.
Scale length: 35”
Weight: 10.2 lbs.
Body wood: Not sure; it has beautiful burl wood caps adorning the body and headstock.
Neck materials: Maple with either walnut or rosewood stringers and possibly a rosewood or pao ferro fretboard.
Fret condition: Very good – some very minor wear spots in the money-note area and little, if any, up the rest of the fretboard.
Tuning machines: Hipshot Ultralights
Strings: Kalium balanced hybrid steel, .142” low B
Nut width: 1 7/8”, brass nut
String spacing: 21 mm; adjustable Hipshot bridge.
Electronics: Apparently not a Mike Pope - per posts below, more likely it's a HAZ Labs preamp - with four bands (bass/treble/upper and lower mids) and Bartolini dual-coil pickups. There are series, parallel, and coil tap switches, along with midrange frequency switches. The tone knob works in both active and passive modes, and it has a blend; the volume knob is an active/passive switch.
Accessories: Gator Transit gig bag, and a whole lot of mojo.
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