Another one that I hope I end up keeping...
This was the first production version of this bass by Veiellette.
This started out as a fretted bass but a previous owner pulled them. WARNING...do not attempt to pull frets out of a wenge board!!! It was a splintery mess. Also, the zero nut was pulled so the lines where the frets once were no longer could be used to find your note. However, I thought it could use a salvage.
I had Joe Veillette fix this bass. He put a new, clearly striped wenge board with side dots and installed a new solid nut, set it up with LaBella blacks. This is a fantastic fretless now. I have such a hard time putting it down.
He wrote to me about this bass when I got it back.
The bass was originally completed on June 23, 2006.
Body is Poplar with a Western Red Cedar top.
Neck is Eastern Rock Maple with a Wenge fingerboard.
Bridge/tailpiece is Wenge also.
The piezo is a Japanese-made crystal-type element.
They can’t get them anymore and are now using K&K.
It’s a great piece and one of the best-sounding piezos they've heard.
The preamp is a D-Tar “Eclipse”, a semi-custom blender preamp that is still their standard for piezo/magnetic instruments.
$2500 + shipping from PA
I have three other basses for sale too:
Autographed Chris Squire Signature Rickenbacker 4001CA
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/chris-squire-4001cs-rickenbacker-autographed-922655/
1972 Jazz Bass
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/72-fender-jazz-real-geddy-922657/
Rare Early Ken Smith BT-4
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/vintage-ken-smith-bt-4-sn-140-a-922662/
This was the first production version of this bass by Veiellette.
This started out as a fretted bass but a previous owner pulled them. WARNING...do not attempt to pull frets out of a wenge board!!! It was a splintery mess. Also, the zero nut was pulled so the lines where the frets once were no longer could be used to find your note. However, I thought it could use a salvage.
I had Joe Veillette fix this bass. He put a new, clearly striped wenge board with side dots and installed a new solid nut, set it up with LaBella blacks. This is a fantastic fretless now. I have such a hard time putting it down.
He wrote to me about this bass when I got it back.
The bass was originally completed on June 23, 2006.
Body is Poplar with a Western Red Cedar top.
Neck is Eastern Rock Maple with a Wenge fingerboard.
Bridge/tailpiece is Wenge also.
The piezo is a Japanese-made crystal-type element.
They can’t get them anymore and are now using K&K.
It’s a great piece and one of the best-sounding piezos they've heard.
The preamp is a D-Tar “Eclipse”, a semi-custom blender preamp that is still their standard for piezo/magnetic instruments.
$2500 + shipping from PA
I have three other basses for sale too:
Autographed Chris Squire Signature Rickenbacker 4001CA
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/chris-squire-4001cs-rickenbacker-autographed-922655/
1972 Jazz Bass
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/72-fender-jazz-real-geddy-922657/
Rare Early Ken Smith BT-4
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/vintage-ken-smith-bt-4-sn-140-a-922662/
