- Fretless
- Y
For sale is a Conklin 7-string fretless Groove Tools GT-7. This is not a defretted bass. I’ve had a lot of fun with this bass but I’ve got my sights on other things and it’s time to thin the herd a bit.
I got the bass used from ebay in about 2003. It came with a fretted neck installed and the fretless neck as a spare. I swapped the necks as soon as I received the instrument and it’s been a fretless ever since. I don’t know for a fact which was on the bass when it left the factory or why the seller had an extra neck. The nut was way too high for a fretless (appeared to be the same as the fretted nut), but I had it professionally re-cut not long ago and it plays great.
There are a few dings or tiny cracks in the finish and I tried to get a picture of every one. Some of them are kind of hard to see in the pictures. If you see a mark that isn’t in a red circle it’s probably a reflection. Near the bottom strap button is a pale mark under an inch long, but that one is on the wood under the finish. Some scratches on the fingerboard from the strings.
The electronics are in perfect working order and sounds great. Other than the business about the neck mentioned above, everything is stock as far as I know. Specs:
34” scale
7-piece wenge/purpleheart neck with ebonol fingerboard, 16" radius
Swamp ash body with figured maple top
Bartolini active pickups with volume, blend bass and treble controls
Natural finish
The string spacing at the bridge measures 16.5 mm
Weighs about 11 lbs. if my bathroom scale is to be trusted
Brand new strings!
Asking $850 OBO. Includes shipping (CONUS only) and insurance. Comes with a padded gig bag. Paypal is fine. Not looking for trades at this time.
Thanks for looking.
I got the bass used from ebay in about 2003. It came with a fretted neck installed and the fretless neck as a spare. I swapped the necks as soon as I received the instrument and it’s been a fretless ever since. I don’t know for a fact which was on the bass when it left the factory or why the seller had an extra neck. The nut was way too high for a fretless (appeared to be the same as the fretted nut), but I had it professionally re-cut not long ago and it plays great.
There are a few dings or tiny cracks in the finish and I tried to get a picture of every one. Some of them are kind of hard to see in the pictures. If you see a mark that isn’t in a red circle it’s probably a reflection. Near the bottom strap button is a pale mark under an inch long, but that one is on the wood under the finish. Some scratches on the fingerboard from the strings.
The electronics are in perfect working order and sounds great. Other than the business about the neck mentioned above, everything is stock as far as I know. Specs:
34” scale
7-piece wenge/purpleheart neck with ebonol fingerboard, 16" radius
Swamp ash body with figured maple top
Bartolini active pickups with volume, blend bass and treble controls
Natural finish
The string spacing at the bridge measures 16.5 mm
Weighs about 11 lbs. if my bathroom scale is to be trusted
Brand new strings!
Asking $850 OBO. Includes shipping (CONUS only) and insurance. Comes with a padded gig bag. Paypal is fine. Not looking for trades at this time.
Thanks for looking.