Custom Benavente SCD 5'ver on order

j-raj · Dec 3, 2006

Benavente D-Shape SC (Bolt on) 34" SCALE
*5 string (nut cut to allow E-C and B-G tuning)
*2 Benavente Wide (sweet spot and bridge position)
-Benavente 3-band pre, tone control
(3+3 knob config: Vol/Balance/Tone, Bass/Mid/Treble) (Vol push/pull for par/single) (Satin Bullet knobs)
*Mahogany body/Ebony strip inbetween top and body
*Marble Macc ebony Finger board
*Marble Macc Ebony pickup covers
*5 pc Maple neck (maple/wenge/maple/wenge/maple)
*24 frets
*Black Hardware (Hipshot bridge, knobs and tuners + D-Tuner)
*Curly Red Wood top and headstock veneer
*Matching top - cap over neck at body joint
*Satin finish

A couple pix to start off with:

Beav · Dec 3, 2006

Awesome J! That's going to be hot. You've been waiting a while to order that baby haven't you?

gkbass13 · Dec 3, 2006

i love the benavente body shape. congrats on a nice bass man!

moro · Dec 3, 2006

That is so sexy. The SCDs are by far my favorite singlecuts from any maker.

As a side note, I didn't realize that redwood was so light colored. I expected it to be...red.

moro · Dec 4, 2006

Brian Barrett said:
heres a link to a few other getting ready to ship out to me to be completed.
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Those are all very nice but I think j-raj's has the nicest top.

Earwigger · Dec 4, 2006

That looks killer man, can't wait to see it done. Congrats.

j-raj · Dec 4, 2006

moro said:
Those are all very nice but I think j-raj's has the nicest top.

Earwigger said:
That looks killer man, can't wait to see it done. Congrats.

Thanks.

I'm curious as to how dark and red it will turn out, once it has a finish on it.

west*coast*bass · Dec 4, 2006

Damn B!!! Those look amazing... Are any coming out to NAMM?

Kephah · Dec 5, 2006

Sweet I hope you love it like I love mine. And is it just me or is the D style shape really stepping out as the premier Benavente shape?

Bryan R. Tyler · Dec 5, 2006

It should be awesome, Jai. I have a 34" singlecut with a redwood top, mahogany body, mac. ebony board, and maple neck as well, and I love the sound. Interesting pickup locations as well- any reason behind it?

Brian Barrett · Dec 5, 2006

west*coast*bass said:
Damn B!!! Those look amazing... Are any coming out to NAMM?

Yea, they will be there.... The Quilt top is Kevin Walker's, so if Justin Timberlake is out then it and Kevin won't be there.

Brian Barrett · Dec 5, 2006

Bryan R. Tyler said:
............ Interesting pickup locations as well- any reason behind it?

Bryan

This pickup config. comes from a 4 string ash vortex a number of people who have been at Guitar shows around the East coast have played. It was originally a single sweetspot pickup, that I had Chris drop a bridge pickup in it. It became this monster of a bass that everytime someone touched couldn't put it down...... J was one of them. So when he ordered his Bass he wanted to get the punch and tight low mid that bass offered with the sweetspot pickup, yet with the bridge pickup you still have the full range and finger tone. This is also found in our triple pickup setup.

Thanks
Brian

Eric Perry · Dec 5, 2006

Awesome, J. I can't wait to see it finished. Between Chris' and Carey's work, I have drool oozing down BOTH sides of my mouth!

Congrats, brother!

john turner · Dec 5, 2006

wow, jai. that's awesome. can't wait to see the finished product.

Cliff Bordwell · Dec 5, 2006

Very cool bass!
Keep the pics coming.

bassthumpa · Dec 5, 2006

Man, that's gonna be nice!

Debased · Dec 5, 2006

Absolutely beautiful. Benavente have some of the nicest aesthetics anywhere. I particularly like their singlecuts, and I'm not usually a big fan of that body shape.

smperry · Dec 5, 2006

Gorgeous! Great bass for a satin finish. The vertical figuring of the redwood is going to be something against the horizontal grain of the ebony. Are the pickups going to have the same direction of figuring as the board?

Can I play it next time I'm in Atlanta? Please?

Marshall

moro · Dec 5, 2006

Oh. My.

Kephah · Dec 6, 2006

And how many of those bad boys are going to NAMM?

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