SOLD 1985 MIJ Clifton (mega-rare) - Delano / Audere / Brubaker, etc (MUST SEE)!

No Trades Please

Expenses (new motor in son's car + taxes) force sale. This one is going to hurt as I love this bass.

She is a vintage, 1985 MIJ Clifton (mega-rare). She was in need of a fret-board leveling and electronics replacement and general TLC, but I saw huge potential with this bass!

Check out the crazy block inlays. Never seen anything like them. Body has a cool shape too.

So I had my buddy Kevin Brubaker (Brubaker Custom Guitars) pull the original frets, level the board and refret her. He also repaired a surface crack on the back of the headstock and neck.. He said that the epoxy used is actually stronger than the wood and will never come apart. He also refinished the back of the entire neck (satin). The action is very low and she plays like a dream.

Fretboard is cocobolo according to Kevin.

I then had my good friend John Dahlman (TBer JKDahlman) gut the stock electronics and slap in an Audere 3-band preamp with dual master tone controls (one for each pickup). We chose Delano customs for the pickups. Talk about tonal options! This thing is a beast now! Fully copper-shielded too!

Overall in great shape for a 30+ year old instrument. Very light (prob 8.5ish lbs, will confirm), extremely versatile, super fast neck (with new satin finish on the back).

The great news is that nobody else owns anything like it. It's amazing....

 

At work now but can measure when I get home tonight. Feels a lot like my 78 Rickenbacker in terms of spacing, etc from what I recall .

 

Sorry for the delay gents! Here you go!

 

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Back up for grabs....

 

Thank you!

 

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