My new Valenti........... Again

This is my second Valenti and I have to say the just keep getting better and better.

Specs for this are:
Swamp Ash Body
Transparent Blue Finish
Maple neck with Maple fretboard
Satin Finish on neck
Nordstrand NP4 Pickup
Aguilar OBP-1 Preamp w/ VTC
Hipshot HB-1 Tuning Keys with Hipshot Drop D-tuner
Gotoh Quick Release Bridge
Black Pearl Pickguard
Black Hardware

I bought this mainly as a backup to my Valenti Jazz and those occassions when you need a P Bass (Most of the time )







I had Nino rewire it so it's Vol, VTC (Push/pull Active/Passive), Stacked Treble and Bass. He also set it up with heavier strings as I play in DGCF, he went out of his way to get special strings for the job and it sounds amazing. He also fitted it with a hipshot drop d-tuner which is now a drop c-tuner the tension and sound is great even in C

He shipped the bass on Monday afternoon from NYC and it got to me on Wednesday all the way over here in the UK, that is very very impressive, again just like the silver jazz it stayed intune.

I used this bass at practive hardly have to touch the preamp controls I leave the treble off and roll the tone back this is a very bright bass that cuts through the mix perfectly. It doesn't nail that Motown sound mainly due to the woods used in the bass but that NP4 is an amazing pickup just sounds so open, its like bass how you've never heard it before in a P.

Nino added the pickup cover at my request unfortunatly, no one at all makes a black P cover so he used a jazz one, some of you may notice that the P sticks out both sides, it's more clear in this picture, but I was fine with it and no one I showed it to noticed, but either way Nino is getting a Chrome P one covered black and will send that off to me as soon as he's got it done, which I think is amazing service considering I'm happy with the J cover no one can see the pup but he just wants it perfect.



So again another amazing bass produced by Nino, I am so happy once I've got my new amp I will be ordering at least one more bass from him they are simply amazing

 

Not got the custom bill yet, you'll have to ask nino how much shipping was as he just gave me a price as he already knows my needs.

 

I do believe that it is a one piece body

 

I give you gas...... damn you should see what Nino puts me through every time I talk to him, He's trying to convince me Green is my colour

 

I actually request them both my Valenti's were originally built with out the pup cover, but I like it, it makes for the best finger rest and having played a rickenback as my main bass for years doesn't get anywhere near being in the way when I slap. As always though if you don't like them you can take them off or if getting a Valenti custom never order it in the first place