NBD: Bluesman Vintage Deville 2T

[tb-player]

Anyone who knows me knows my affinity for Bluesman Vintage basses. John Scott runs a really cool shop outside of Nashville. He builds lightweight FSOs that have been played on hundreds of hits coming out of Music City.

This is a Bluesman Vintage 2T. It weighs 8lb 2oz and is a lovely custom shade of 'surf-foam' green. It has a 1.625” nut, roasted flame maple, thin-C neck and Lollar t-bird pickups. It’s about a year old… purchased from a great dude here on TB classifieds.

I’ve owned a similar bass before. I let it go in the midst of my GAS frenzy (like a dumb@$$). This one’s even nicer than mine. Glad to have it back in the rack!!

 

[lowendblues]

Wow! That thing screams PLAY ME!

Nice bass.

 

[Moving Pictures]

That is a special looking bass. Congratulations

 

[Tim Schnautz]

Anyone who knows me knows my affinity for Bluesman Vintage basses. John Scott runs a really cool shop outside of Nashville. He builds lightweight FSOs that have been played on hundreds of hits coming out of Music City.

This is a Bluesman Vintage 2T. It weighs 8lb 2oz and is a lovely custom shade of 'surf-foam' green. It has a 1.625” nut, roasted flame maple, thin-C neck and Lollar t-bird pickups. It’s about a year old… purchased from a great dude here on TB classifieds.

I’ve owned a similar bass before. I let it go in the midst of my GAS frenzy (like a dumb@$$). This one’s even nicer than mine. Glad to have it back in the rack!!

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I hope you’ll say it’s strung with flats…please? …pretty please…?

 

[tb-player]

Wow! That thing screams PLAY ME!

Nice bass.

It does. I had it delivered to my office so the rest of the day feels longer than the time it took to ship it here. Can't wait to get home and plug it in.

 

[tb-player]

I hope you’ll say it’s strung with flats…please? …pretty please…?

My last one had TI flats. It was legit. I'm gonna start with some Curt Mangan nickel rounds, but I have a feeling this might eventually get some LaBella LTFs.

 

[Tim Schnautz]

My last one had TI flats. It was legit. I'm gonna start with some Curt Mangan nickel rounds, but I have a feeling this might eventually get some LaBella LTFs.

Excellent choice! Another of my favorite strings is the Roto RS55LC or D whatever they call them. They are a hybrid string. Give the performance of rounds but aren’t. They won’t chew frets
Good luck

 

[J. Crawford]

Lowery would be proud!

Beautiful, love my 2T.

 

[JRA]

two pickups for the win! and it looks super cool...another win! and it erases your "like a dumb@$$" moment for another win! three wins......hmmmm...

congratulations on your new instrument!

 

[5StringBlues]

killa

 

[tb-player]

Lowery would be proud!

Beautiful, love my 2T.

He and I were actually DMing about this very bass earlier this week. 2Ts are the best!

 

[tb-player]

Excellent choice! Another of my favorite strings is the Roto RS55LC or D whatever they call them. They are a hybrid string. Give the performance of rounds but aren’t. They won’t chew frets
Good luck

Not familiar with them. I'll be sure to check them out. I think my local shop carries them. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[tb-player]

two pickups for the win! and it looks super cool...another win! and it erases your "like a dumb@$$" moment for another win! three wins......hmmmm...

congratulations on your new instrument!

I'm not sure there are enough basses in the world to erase all my dumb@$$ moments. But I'll take the wins!

 

[Bruiser Stone]

I just traded for a 10 lb alder hunk of the exact same Bluesman/Lollar pickups/color configuration and put Fender tapewounds on it this afternoon and it is divine. I took the pickguard off of mine.

 

[Lammchop93]

I was eyeing this bass a lot. Probably the perfect combo of pickups, shape, and color that I've ever seen. Timing just wasnt right for me to buy it. Enjoy!!

 

[DeepHz]

Great Bass! I love my Bluesman P Bass. I always wanted that model but I ran out of Gas! The Build Quality/Price ratio on these Basses is amazing!

 

[Tim Schnautz]

I just traded for a 10 lb alder hunk of the exact same Bluesman/Lollar pickups/color configuration and put Fender tapewounds on it this afternoon and it is divine. I took the pickguard off of mine. View attachment 5330828

That color just screams “surf!”

 

[tb-player]

Great Bass! I love my Bluesman P Bass. I always wanted that model but I ran out of Gas! The Build Quality/Price ratio on these Basses is amazing!

Indeed. I’ve owned a few as well as a couple of his electric guitars. Best guitars for the money. And if you catch one of his 30% off sales, it’s ridiculous.

 

[Bruce Avilla]

I've listened to many of Jacob Lowery's recordings where he's using this same model bass with the Lollar T-Bird pickups. Plus, he de-tunes 1/2 a step. Those Lollar PUs are a whole lot more $$ than Precision style - do YOU think there's a compelling difference from your use? Just rarely ever see Lollar's used in P-basses and custom builds. I've been to John's shop in Nashville - live @ an hour away. He worked on my G&L SB-1 1986 - he's quite a character. Talk to us about the Lollars...

 

[Roxbororob]

Beautiful bass and well worth the extra $60 success story. Enjoy & cherish.