SOLD FS: EBMM Big Al 4 SSS

FOR SALE: My EBMM Big Al 4 SSS bass guitar. He's been great, but my musical needs and financial situation are both changing, so it's time for him to find a new home.

Features:
- Mahogany body, maple neck and fretboard.
- 3TS finish with black pickguard.
-18v active preamp with master volume, four band EQ, active/passive button, separate passive tone control, and three individually selectable single coil pickups with neo magnets for a huge variety of options. P, J, Ric, Jack Bruce, and many other tones hiding in this one bass. A true Swiss army knife of an instrument.
- 34" scale and 1.5" nut width, similar to a Fender Jazz or EBMM Sterling.
- Hardware is all original, with the addition of Ernie Ball straplocks. Original strap buttons included.
- Weighs about 9 pounds on the bathroom scale.
- Strung and set up with EB Cobalt flats.

Comes with:
- Original hardshell case and case candy.
- A spare tort pickguard.
- Two extra sets of Ernie Ball Cobalt strings, one 4 and one 5; I was going to experiment with BEAD tuning but never got around to it, so I'll toss in the strings if you want to try.
- Ernie Ball "Big Gay Al" rainbow strap. South Park fans will understand.

This bass is in near-mint condition and has been kept carefully in a smoke free home.

This bass came to me via Talkbass several years ago for $1400, though I can't seem to find the original thread. I have kept it well and am adding some goodies as noted above, so I am asking $1200 shipped in the continental USA; I take Paypal. The bass will be shipped in its case and original box via Fed Ex or USPS, with strings loosened and without batteries.

Here are two quick images from my computer; I will get more detailed pics up later.



Thanks for reading.

 

Pics, as promised! Sorry about the lighting; I suck at photography. Every selfie I take looks just like me, unfortunately. Anyway, the bass:

 

Bump, and in answer to several messages: I'm sorry, but no trades. Would if I could, but the money is kinda needed.

 

The Big Al was discontinued because they didn't sell well, due to the ugly fact that EBMM sucks at marketing. They push the Stingray at every price level -- entry level SUB, mid-level SBMM, pro EBMM -- but the rest of EBMM's basses are just left to tag along. "Oh yeah, and we sell these other basses too." The Big Al was a victim of that.

 

The Big Al was actually a bass version of the EBMM Albert Lee signature model guitar. Hence the name "Big Al". Unfortunately, Albert Lee is a name that doesn't mean much to the majority of musicians in this century, and he wasn't a bass player, so the association didn't help.

 

No, sticking with North America.

 

More pics. Hopefully these will help push someone over the edge.

You can see the bass in the case, both with and without the original plastic wrap. The included strings are tucked under the headstock and the extra tort pickguard is under the body. All the original candy and everything.

You can see views both up and down the neck; the frets are nicely level and even, and there's no twisting or anything. I also took pics of the neck joint and back of headstock. Like most MM basses, the neck is bare smooth wood, and there are no dings or cracks.

Finally, I took pictures of the action and relief at the nut and the 12th fret, with the bass in tune EADG. I tried to get a full length picture of the relief but I don't think it came out very well. Suffice to say the action is reasonably low with no buzz and it plays well.