For Sale Fender Stu Hamm Urge 2 FIVE STRING!!! USA Corona, CA made

Here is a AMAZING, one-of-a-kind, rare, discontinued, reworked Fender USA Corona, CA made Stu Hamm Urge 2 converted to a five string with a HighC!

There were NO five string Stu Hamm Urge 2 basses EVER made. (Unless maybe Stu got one? Never commercially produced)

String spacing is 15 mm and very comfortable!!

Can also be strung with a low B, or easily converted back to four string.

Hipshot on low E string drops down to low D

It was outfitted with the “Wilkinson 4 to 5 string bass conversion kit” and I had a custom bone nut made. I play six string so this bass isn’t getting enough use…

Please like absolute butter. My luthier Rick McKee made a custom Ebony shim under the neck, and when I got it back the action was so incredibly low I had to raise it! It can go as low as you want… it’s still really low, just not ridiculously low…

I am including the original four string nut, and string tree. I sold the old bridge but they are pretty easy to find. I believe it’s just called a vintage style bridge. I can send you a picture of what that looks like if you like.

You can coax nearly any sound out of this bass, with the three pickups…

I am the only owner of this bass and bought it new in 2004 I believe. Lovingly kept in a smoke free home studio, and used on some gigs in the mid 2000’s until about 2010.

There are a couple of very small dings on the instrument, but nothing major at all. Unless you look closely you won’t notice them. There is no belt buckle rash. A couple marks on the end of the headstock. See pictures. I took pictures of all the little blemishes.

I will include the strap lock ends and it comes with a deluxe vintage tweed case.

It has an incredible set up and is strung with a brand new set of D’Addario NYXL strings: gauges
032, .045, .065, .085, .105

$2500 OBO plus actual shipping cost.

Body: Select Alder, Sleek Stu Hamm Body Shape
Neck: Maple, Asymmetrical Oval Shape (Satin Urethane Finish)
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9-1/2” Radius (241mm)
No. of Frets: 24 Medium Jumbo
Pickups: 2 Custom Noiseless„¢ Jazz Bass® Pickups (Neck and Bridge), 1 Custom Precision Bass® Pickup (Middle)
Controls:

Master Volume, Dynamic (Pan) Control, 3-Band Active EQ with:
Treble Boost/Cut
Bass Boost/Cut
Mid Boost/Cut

Pickup Switching:

3-Position Mini-Toggle with Dynamic (Pan) Control:
Position 1:
Pan Control Full Clockwise: Front Jazz Bass Pickup
Pan Control at Mid Point: Front and Rear Jazz Bass Pickups
Pan Control Full Counterclockwise: Rear Jazz Bass Pickup
Position 2:
Pan Control Full Clockwise: Front Jazz Bass and P Bass® Pickup
Pan Control at Mid Point: All Three Pickups
Pan Control Full Counterclockwise: Rear Jazz Bass and P Bass Pickup
Position 3:
P Bass Pickup Only
Bridge: Wilkinson five string bridge; original was Fender Deluxe Top Load or Strings-Thru-The-Body Bridge
Machine Heads: Hipshot® Ultralite„¢ Tuning Machines with Drop-D Tuner on E-String
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 4-Ply White
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
Width at Nut: 1.59" (40.4 mm)

Unique Features:

6-Bolt Neck Attachment with Sculpted Heel
Posiflex„¢ Graphite Neck Support Rods
Special Thin Asymmetrical Neck Profile
Active Electronics
Matching Painted Headstock
Noiseless Jazz Bass Pickups

Vintage Tweed Case included (pics to come)

 

yes. Built-in Corona, California USA by the custom shop as the original four string. And my amazing local luthier Rick McKee did the conversion with the Wilkinson conversion kit, which is also discontinued…

 

OK. Didn’t know that. I assumed that made in Corona, CA is the same as the custom shop, but perhaps I am mistaken.

 

yes. The magnetic field of the pick ups is wide enough that there is no loss of volume or tone.

 

feel free to let him know about this one; High C with thinner spacing. Plays SO easy....