The Italians Make Legendary Cars - Now They Make Legendary Bass Guitars As Well 2014 Paoletti Wine Series Millesimata Skybass [Jazz Bass Style] We are very proud to present this custom ordered Paoletti 'Skybass Nail Series Millesimata'. This wonderful bass weighs 10.60 lbs and features a 14 inch wide, 1 3/4 deep, 'Jazz Bass' style contoured body made from 150-year-old chestnut wine barrels. The body has an oil finish with a thin layer of nitrocellulose, which is enhanced by the placing of 25 brass nails/rivets on the top and 27 brass nails/rivets on the edges. One-piece maple neck with a mahogany 'skunk-stripe', a nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches, a full bass scale length of 34.00 inches and a wonderful medium to thick profile. Maple fretboard with 20 medium frets and chestnut block position markers. Single circular string tree. Headstock with "Paoletti" and "Wine" branded onto face. Individual Gotoh closed-back tuners with 'triangular' metal buttons. Four-bolt neckplate engraved "Paoletti / Made in Italy / Millesimata". Two custom hand-wound Paoletti J-60 single coil pickups with outputs of 6.86k and 7.31k. Brass pickguard with ten screws. Three controls (two volume, one tone) all on brass plate (secured by three screws) adjoining pickguard. Paoletti brass "Cheddite" cartridge shell style control knobs. Gotoh combined bridge/tailpiece with four individually adjustablemetal saddles. This guitar is in mint as new (9.50) condition and is complete with its certificate of authenticity with serial number "18414-15214", signed by Fabrizio Paoletti. Housed in the original Paoletti four-latch rectangular, black leather hardshell case with black plush lining (9.50). (#1734)