Nope. I wish I did. It's one of my favorite basses of all time
Here are some more pics though...
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The Valenti Megathread
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Nope. I wish I did. It's one of my favorite basses of all time
Here are some more pics though...
Nope. I wish I did. It's one of my favorite basses of all time
Wow, love those blocks on that maple neck. Looks a lot like the Geddy Vee bass that was whored around here in the TB classifieds.
I'd hit it!
Chef
In Memoriam
This just landed, kind of a reverse verion of Fretless5er's I guess:
More later...
I bet it sounds PHENOMENAL doesn't it?
Chef
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ibanezcollector
Yoyo's Hurt When You Crank It Into Your Face
God Chef, thats one of my favorite Valenti's... But Jim Carr's Stealth Fretless 5 is by far the best..
But that easily takes the #2 spot..
But that easily takes the #2 spot..
Another Customer bass is completed:
Whatcha call that colour? I'd kill for a passive P in that colour, black PG/hardware and a maple fretboard.
Chef
In Memoriam
I sold my Lakland Scheff4 to pay for it when it came up...hopefully I'll be real happy with it.
God Chef, thats one of my favorite Valenti's... But Jim Carr's Stealth Fretless 5 is by far the best..
But that easily takes the #2 spot..
There's just too many nice basses being posted today. I can no longer read this thread until I get my bass in my hands. I am battling so hard right now, wanting a Valenti! I HATE GAS!!!
LOL 
Chef, that makes the second wayward Valenti you have picked up. We will have to start calling your house "the land of misfit toys".
Chef
In Memoriam
- Feb 2, 2001
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bongomania
Commercial User
The one Nino is building for me (99.5% complete, not yet shipped) has been a funny progression of bumps in the road. First he switched back from Callowhill to USACG, adding a then-undetermined amount of time onto the turnaround. Then USAGC didn't spray the neck with the vintage tint I requested, so Nino had to send it back. Then the Nordie pickup turned out to have the wrong string spacing, so he had to get a new one. Then the new pup turned out to be single-coil instead of the humcancelling style I requested, so we're waiting on yet another pup to be sent.
I'm not complaining, but it's almost enough to make me think the bass is cursed! As I keep telling Nino though, I'd rather wait for something to be "just right" rather than rush it just to get it done, so I'll wait patiently, as I'm sure the bass will be sweet when it finally lands.
Edit: just so it's clear, I'm not at all being negative here- just relaying a funny progression of groans and bumps in the road. Nino has been great about communicating and responding throughout.
I'm not complaining, but it's almost enough to make me think the bass is cursed! As I keep telling Nino though, I'd rather wait for something to be "just right" rather than rush it just to get it done, so I'll wait patiently, as I'm sure the bass will be sweet when it finally lands.
Edit: just so it's clear, I'm not at all being negative here- just relaying a funny progression of groans and bumps in the road. Nino has been great about communicating and responding throughout.
- Feb 17, 2003
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Here's DragonBass' body:
His neck is the 4 string Wenge/Wenge:
Nice!!!!
So you kinda do know what your doing
...I expect it will be done by Friday?Rob
Chef
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This mirrors my experience with any custom build.
It just takes a while.
But, it's worth it when something that used to live just in your head shows up on your next gig/session.
It just takes a while.
But, it's worth it when something that used to live just in your head shows up on your next gig/session.
i've had this thing for a little over a year. Love the bass. It's become my no. 1!
Nino: would like to know what size L wrench I need to buy to adjust the truss rod! Somehow, I seem to have lost the one that came with the bass. And since I live in the tropics, cant ask for a new one!
Thanx.
Nino: would like to know what size L wrench I need to buy to adjust the truss rod! Somehow, I seem to have lost the one that came with the bass. And since I live in the tropics, cant ask for a new one!
Thanx.
Chef
In Memoriam
OK; chores done, bills paid, dinner cooking, bass unpacked.
Very nice!
The setup is a little low for my "leans toward upright, hamfisted style." No biggie.
The older, deeper, warmoth neck doesn't bother me, just as it doesn't on the other Valenti, my warmoth 51P5, or J5.
The big surprise to me is how much darker the Fat Stack is than the Big Singles I have. In fact, it's darker than the P pickup in this bass. I have to roll significant treble in with the preamp to make it sound "like you'd expect a big honkin' J bridge pickup to sound.''
I've not had an Aguilar preamp. If someone can clue me in on how the "pull to shift mid freq center point," works...that'd be great.
It's quite a different sounding bass than the other Valenti I have, which has 2 Big Singles, and an Audere two band...which is just fine by me: I really was hoping they'd sound pretty different from each other, and they do.
Very nice!
The setup is a little low for my "leans toward upright, hamfisted style." No biggie.
The older, deeper, warmoth neck doesn't bother me, just as it doesn't on the other Valenti, my warmoth 51P5, or J5.
The big surprise to me is how much darker the Fat Stack is than the Big Singles I have. In fact, it's darker than the P pickup in this bass. I have to roll significant treble in with the preamp to make it sound "like you'd expect a big honkin' J bridge pickup to sound.''
I've not had an Aguilar preamp. If someone can clue me in on how the "pull to shift mid freq center point," works...that'd be great.
It's quite a different sounding bass than the other Valenti I have, which has 2 Big Singles, and an Audere two band...which is just fine by me: I really was hoping they'd sound pretty different from each other, and they do.
- Feb 2, 2001
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- Feb 2, 2001
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- Builder: Valenti Basses
If you pull up on the Mid control, it changed the frequency. It changed the sweep of the cut and boost of the mid control.
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