Held Identify Fernandes Bass!

OK so on my lunch break today I stop by a local indie music retailer who is liquidating a good bit of their stock. I was in a hurry but had time to play on a Fernandes 5 string and absolutely loved it. Very wide string spacing, from far away I thought it was a 6er.

I didn't get a chance to see what make it was other than it was MIJ. The body was this sort of trans teal wood grain. The retail price on the tag was like 1200-1400$ and he had it marked down to 400$. It looked brand new with active jazz looking pups. I thought maybe it was a Gravity Deluxe but I couldn't find any pics of it in that finish. But I would say that is what it closely resembles.

He's holding the bass for me until the end of the day as I wanted to find out more about it.


Anyone have a clue?

 

Oops, I meant to put "Help Identify Fernandes Bass!"

 

I looked at various pictures of the gravity. The one I played on had four knobs where as the gravity x has 3 and the deluxe has 4. Also the J pups don't have exposed pole pieces. Still didn't find that finish though...

 

Whoa that is very close! It didn't have gold hardware or a matching headstock. I don't remember the neck pup being slanted either. But that finish is very similar, the ebay one looks a bit darker but that's probably from the lighting. I think this might be the closest I get. Thanks Rush!

 

LOL, Fernandes is good at confusing their customers. I read you can't even look up their serial numbers.

Anyway I ended up not getting that bass. I found a great deal on a new Warwick Corvette 5 for 675$ and couldn't pass it up.