SOLD Skjold Offset ‘92 5-string flame maple top - Price Drop

Selling an absolutely amazing piece of bass art by Pete Skjold. This Off-set '92 5-string is the 4th Skjold that I've owned, and each one is as wonderful to play as it is to look at! I am the second owner.

• 2-piece ash body
  • Hard poly finish (Pete does not make this anymore except by special order)
• Exhibition flame maple top with burst finish
• 5-piece maple/mahogany(?) neck with matching flame maple cap
• Cocobolo fingerboard
• Skjold/Dingwall SC-1 pickups
• Skjold/East deluxe preamp
• Black Hipshot hardware

35" scale
18mm string spacing
NOW $2425 OR BEST OFFER SHIPPED TO 48 STATES. (AK, HI, overseas, YOU pay shipping)
PayPal preferred

I just had the bass set up by a top tech here in Dallas and have a new set of D'Addario nickels on them. It slams - really plays itself! Comes in a Pro Tec hard/soft case - the original case Pete put it in.

Trades (I'm all about 35" scale and 18mm string spacing):

• Elrick New Jazz Standard 5
• Mike Lull M5
• Roscoe Century 5's (ideally with J pickups)
• MTD 535-24
• Zon 519 (with truss rod)
• ?

A little history:
Pete Skjold used to work about 5 miles from my house when he first started building basses just north of Dallas. I would often come over to oogle and play his basses and ask questions. I saw his business grow from a couple of very early "OK" basses to the exquisite instruments they are today. This bass is from the time Pete first found his craft and his sound. He locked in on his "magic" build dimensions, and partnered with Sheldon Dingwall and John East to create an amazing electronics combination with a superior set of voices for bass guitar. You won't be disappointed.

I'm happy to answer questions. Thanks for looking!

 

You can go ahead and think about it!

 

Wow, Matt! Aren't YOU nice!

 

PM'd back attcha!

 

The tone signature on this bass is smooth but with some serious snap. And while you can get a thousand different tones off of it, this is not a bass for metal or punk. For blues, jazz, funk, solo, tap, oldies, country, Motown, studio, THIS is the bass to have!

 

This pic is a little grainy but you can see the whole bass in the actual case.

 

LOL not THAT old! It’s about 10 years old, but there’s not a mark on it! The first owner gets the credit. He knew he had s special bass

 

That is the model name that Pete gave it. Not exactly sure why - I think that’s the year he decided to build instruments or something...

 

The tone is similar. The difference being that David has a maple fingerboard and mine is cocobolo. His has more top end. Mine definitely has some serious snap (if needed from the preamp) but the cocoboolo kind of smooths out the overall signature.

@lowendmafia, do you know if the preamp in Dave's Griffin is the East preamp that Pete has used all along, or is there something different in there?