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For sale DRAGONFLY / Harry's Engineering Japan BD5 5-String Bass (MIJ) - PRICE DROP!

Sold
$1,500.00
Strings
5
Status
This item has been sold and is no longer available!

Details

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This Dragonfly / Harry's Engineering Japan BD5 5-String bass guitar is Used but in Good Condition: this is a player grade instrument that has been gigged regularly. The body is in Fair Condition with buckle rash / finish wear on the back as well as nicks, small dings/dents and scratches.


The neck is in Very Good Condition: back of the neck is smooth, the frets are in excellent, near perfect condition (no string wear, grooves or flat spots). The fingerboard has been cleaned and oiled and the bass was setup with new D'addario nickel roundwound strings, setup with very low action and proper intonation (truss rod and saddle screws all turn smoothly). A non-original padded gig bag will be included.

Harry's Engineering / Dragonfly is a high-end Japanese guitar brand (comparable in quality to Tune, Atelier, STR, ESP, Sugi etc); it was founded 25 years ago by luthier Tatsuaki Totani San (nicknamed Harry), who had previously been at Aria Pro II in the 1980's.
  • Model: Dragonfly BD-5
  • Finish: Aged White
  • Body: Ash
  • Neck: Maple
  • Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
  • Nut Width: 1.85" (47 mm)
  • Fingerboard: Pau Ferro, Pearl Dot Inlay, 15.75" (400mm) Radius
  • Frets: 24, Hybrid-2 #214 Stainless Steel with Cryo Treatment
  • Bridge: Gotoh Chrome, 18 mm string spacing
  • Tuners: Gotoh Chrome
  • Pickups: Dragonfly Custom DFSB-5B (bridge), DFHB-5N (neck)
  • Controls: Volume, Balance, Tone, Active Passive Switch, Mid Frequency Switch, Coil Split Switch, Bass, Mid, Treble
  • Preamp: DFBP-3 9V Active, 3-Band EQ
  • Origin: Japan
  • Weight: 9 lbs, 3 oz.
  • Case: Non-original gig bag
SELLING FOR $1800 $1500 + SHIPPING (PM me for a shipping quote, International OK)

Check out my other basses for sale:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/winter-bass-purge-zon-leduc-dragonfly-ibanez-clement-etc.1629588/

Comments

winston

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Wow! I played a similar Dragonfly (with Larry Graham all white/gold color scheme) at BassFreaks in Brussels not too long ago.
It was fantastic, as I'm sure this bass is.
GLWTS!
 

BunchyMutt

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Jul 3, 2014
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Any chance there are sound samples? I’ve been jonesing for a bass with a series dual coil in the neck with a single coil in the bridge
 

jtlee

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Mar 2, 2005
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Any chance there are sound samples? I’ve been jonesing for a bass with a series dual coil in the neck with a single coil in the bridge

I don't have any personal sound samples, but here are a few Dragonfly videos that'll give you a good idea of what it sounds like. The bass is incredibly versatile with all the passive/active, mid freq, coil split and EQ options.

Dual Coil BD5 sound


Single Coil sound:


Good run down of the preamp:
 
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