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This lapsteel is available on Reverb @ $1100us, shipping incl.
You can purchase it directly from me outside of Reverb, too,
and save $80 in the absence of Reverb fees.
...send me a message if you'd prefer direct purchase.
^ This Fretless Bass has SOLD ^
34" flatsawn hard Maple neck with a Macassar Ebony fingerboard with an easily accessible two-way truss rod and a Bison Bone nut. The body is a three-piece Alder body with a subtle Ebony inlay around the pickup bobbins. Instead of a single coil pickup, I went with a pickup set of my own wind and bobbin build of classic P-pickup style, made with traditional Forbon and four large 1/4" Alnico 5 magnets in each coil, each topped with a thin veneer of Spalted Maple for some visual interest and for the bonus effect of having covered magnets (no string slap on magnets). They're wound to an individual resistance of 6.8kOhm, making them 13.6kOhm in series. They are varnished in a hard finish, wax potted, and quiet. The control cover is made of Macassar Ebony, and the knobs are nickel plated brass. The control cavity is shielded with copper foil and the pots are StewMac solid shaft CTS. The tone control uses a Mojotone Dijon .047uF cap. The output jack is a traditional Switchcraft in a nickel plated Electrosocket jack cup.
The neck at the nut is just under .9" thick and the neck thickness tapers to about 1" at the neck joint. The aluminum dot position markers go all the way through the neck and show subtly on the back/edge of the neck as well. It uses smooth and lightweight Gotoh tuning machines vs the heavier old school paddle tuners. There's a tasty scallop on the edge of the otherwise classic headstock, and my "r" logo is heat branded into the headstock. Serial # 925-1.
It is strung with light gauge, flat-wound D'Addario Chromes. The bridge is a recent Kluson reproduction plated in nickel. It includes the Gator hardshell case and an Ebony thumb/finger rest for the buyer to choose where to place on the top (if at all).
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34" flatsawn hard Maple neck with a Macassar Ebony fingerboard with an easily accessible two-way truss rod and a Bison Bone nut. The body is a three-piece Alder body with a subtle Ebony inlay around the pickup bobbins. Instead of a single coil pickup, I went with a pickup set of my own wind and bobbin build of classic P-pickup style, made with traditional Forbon and four large 1/4" Alnico 5 magnets in each coil, each topped with a thin veneer of Spalted Maple for some visual interest and for the bonus effect of having covered magnets (no string slap on magnets). They're wound to an individual resistance of 6.8kOhm, making them 13.6kOhm in series. They are varnished in a hard finish, wax potted, and quiet. The control cover is made of Macassar Ebony, and the knobs are nickel plated brass. The control cavity is shielded with copper foil and the pots are StewMac solid shaft CTS. The tone control uses a Mojotone Dijon .047uF cap. The output jack is a traditional Switchcraft in a nickel plated Electrosocket jack cup.
The neck at the nut is just under .9" thick and the neck thickness tapers to about 1" at the neck joint. The aluminum dot position markers go all the way through the neck and show subtly on the back/edge of the neck as well. It uses smooth and lightweight Gotoh tuning machines vs the heavier old school paddle tuners. There's a tasty scallop on the edge of the otherwise classic headstock, and my "r" logo is heat branded into the headstock. Serial # 925-1.
It is strung with light gauge, flat-wound D'Addario Chromes. The bridge is a recent Kluson reproduction plated in nickel. It includes the Gator hardshell case and an Ebony thumb/finger rest for the buyer to choose where to place on the top (if at all).
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