- Ships to:
- United States
I picked this up from the original owner here on Talkbass a little over a year ago. It was a custom build (circa 2004) spec’d out with a lot of extras.
- African ribbon mahogany body
- Burled maple top and matching headstock
- 3 piece quartersawn maple neck with graphite inlays
- 5A birdseye maple board with real abalone blocks, 24 frets
- White fingerboard binding,
- Tiny mandolin frets
- Jazz bass width (1.5 inch) nut.
- Nordstrand dual coils under birdseye maple covers
- Trickfish/Fodera preamp with single-series-parallel switching for each pickup
- 3 band EQ with passive tone control
- Active/Passive switch
- Standby/kill switch
- 34” scale
- 8.4 lbs!
- Includes hard shell tear-drop case.
This bass is in very good condition. It does have some light wear, but it’s hard to see or photograph due to the highly figured wood. (You gotta view the light at the right angle.)
The bass balances perfectly, both sitting and standing. The jazz bass neck profile is comfortable and a dream to play, IMO.
Sound is very much on the modern side and articulate. The active EQ can dial in everything from Jaco to Marcus, jazz bass to T-Bird (well, more like a T-bird without the wall of mud
). The slap tone is seriously good; the combination of mandolin frets and maple board results in a percussive slap tone. It also sounds really good in passive mode; the coil switching and passive tone control provide an impressive amount of versatility even with active EQ bypassed.
I’m pricing this at $300 less than I paid in order to move it quickly, as there is other stuff I want to buy.
$1500 PayPal G & S. Buyer pays shipping. CONUS only. No trades.
Thanks for reading. DM me with any questions.
- African ribbon mahogany body
- Burled maple top and matching headstock
- 3 piece quartersawn maple neck with graphite inlays
- 5A birdseye maple board with real abalone blocks, 24 frets
- White fingerboard binding,
- Tiny mandolin frets
- Jazz bass width (1.5 inch) nut.
- Nordstrand dual coils under birdseye maple covers
- Trickfish/Fodera preamp with single-series-parallel switching for each pickup
- 3 band EQ with passive tone control
- Active/Passive switch
- Standby/kill switch
- 34” scale
- 8.4 lbs!
- Includes hard shell tear-drop case.
This bass is in very good condition. It does have some light wear, but it’s hard to see or photograph due to the highly figured wood. (You gotta view the light at the right angle.)
The bass balances perfectly, both sitting and standing. The jazz bass neck profile is comfortable and a dream to play, IMO.
Sound is very much on the modern side and articulate. The active EQ can dial in everything from Jaco to Marcus, jazz bass to T-Bird (well, more like a T-bird without the wall of mud
). The slap tone is seriously good; the combination of mandolin frets and maple board results in a percussive slap tone. It also sounds really good in passive mode; the coil switching and passive tone control provide an impressive amount of versatility even with active EQ bypassed.I’m pricing this at $300 less than I paid in order to move it quickly, as there is other stuff I want to buy.
$1500 PayPal G & S. Buyer pays shipping. CONUS only. No trades.
Thanks for reading. DM me with any questions.
