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***THIS LISTING WILL END ON DEC. 31st, AS I AM RETIRING FROM A CAREER IN PLAYING MUSIC & REPAIRING INSTRUMENTS & NO LONGER DOING CONSIGNMENTS. THANKS!***
For sale is a hand-made-in-USA short-scale bass (guitar players prefer a more-familiar scale), by a local builder here in Anderson, Indiana. The builder is a superb woodworker & guitarist; he makes these Tele/Esquire-style basses from scratch with pine bodies & maple necks, in addition to his other hand-crafted guitars. This particular demo model is finished in a heavily-"relic'ed" nitro Daphne Blue, with matching headstock & a nice, fat "D"-shaped neck. With a great job of "relic-ing"ing, this bass looks like it's been played for 20 years, but all of the hardware (inc. Switchcraft jack & CTS pots) is new & will last for decades. Fret markers are actually rustic inlaid carpet tacks, the frets are StewMac # 0151 (Medium/Higher). The truss rod adjustment is the type that EVERY player wants: a wheel-type nut that's easily adjusted with any sort of small screwdriver or allen wrench. Handy!
This bass keeps it simple, with (1) Fender Samarium Cobalt Jazz Bass Pickup, strategically placed, for a cross between a Jazz/Precision Bass sound - it sounds full, noiseless & INCREDIBLE! Playability is excellent, the strings are low without fret buzz
Pickup description from Fender's site:
"With their special design combination of traditional magnets and our new Samarium Cobalt magnetic material, these SCN pickups offer the kind of face-melting dynamic and magnetic response that bass players dream about, but without the 60 cycle hum associated with single-coil pickups. Nothing short of magic, these ten-pole scorchers pack more than 50 years of Fender tone heritage to give you absolutely true Jazz Bass sound and feel in a noise-free platform."
Having played guitar in working bands for many years, occasionally I'd get a call to play bass & I owned a Hofner, Fender Mustang & Jerry Jones Longhorn over the years. If I were still gigging, this would absolutely be my go-to bass. The only short-scale Fender Mustang bass available now is machine-made-in-Mexico; this is a hand-made-in-USA instrument, at a comparable price to a Fender!
MDG Bass Features:
Weight: 7.5 lbs
Body: Re-sized Tele-style pine, designed to balance well with the neck
Neck: 30” scale length Fat “D”-shaped maple/maple-capped, 10”-radius with 19 medium jumbo frets
Nut width: 1-5/8"
Pickup: (1) Fender Samarium Cobalt Jazz Bass, DC Resistance: 13.3K, Inductance: 4.3 Henries
Hardware: "Relic-ed" four-saddle bridge; four-bolt neck plate; vintage-style tuning machines, Tele-style control plate
Finish: Heavy relic Daphne Blue nitrocellulose
Controls: CTS Master Volume and Tone controls, Switchcraft output jack ________________________________________
The builder is selling some of these demo models of his basses (see black-guard model in pics - shot of bass on couch - not inc. in this sale!), they are sold w/o warranty, including this one. You won't need a warranty on these instruments, they're like vintage, proven guitars - solid as a rock. No case is included, due to varying preferences for cases & gig bags. Thanks for looking!
****************************************************************PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS *BEFORE* BUYING, “Buyer’s Remorse” is not good for the seller OR buyer.
Paypal ONLY, NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE LOWER 48 STATES! Item(s) will be well-packed & shipped via USPS Priority Mail, use the calculator to determine the rate to your locality. Payment MUST BE MADE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS (by the accepted means of payment). I WILL NOT SHIP OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL U.S. (other than with the eBay Global Shipping program). Thanks for looking and/or bidding!
