Papabull

Hi, Yes its 34 inch scale. 

These instruments really are incredible. The bass is in immaculate condition, no marks or dings at all. The bass really sings and has the most wonderful tone quality, you can really hear the wood. It comes with a beautiful leather clad hard case. Its had very little live use and played mostly for recordings. If you're looking for a bass with lovely tone that responds to every nuance of your playing and is super lyrical you won't be disappointed.  Cost new is about $.4.5K . So this is priced to sell.

Below is the spec(s) for the bass from Rob Allen himself.

Introduced in 1997, the MB-2 bass combines the warmth of an upright bass with the punch of a solid body, creating it's own unique tone. It is a lightweight hybrid, semi-hollow instrument that is organic in sound and feel. The MB-2 is made with the highest quality materials, featuring hand selected tone woods, minimal finish for optimum resonance, and high quality electronics that feature a discreet signal path for pure unadulterated bass tone in combination with a piezo pickup. Unlike magnetic pickups which primarily sense the metal in the string, a piezo is a vibration sensor, making the sound of the wood itself the dominant factor. This makes for a very dynamic touch sensitive instrument. The La Bella 760n strings feature a steel core with a smooth nylon outer wrapping, which contribute to ease of intonation. In a word, you've never picked up a fretless bass that's this easy to play in tune.

available in 4 string

neck woods- birdseye maple, black walnut

fingerboard woods- cocobolo, macasser ebony

body wood- alder, swamp ash, mahogany,

top wood- maple, walnut, koa, paduk, various

scale length- 4 string; 34"

nut width- 1 5/8"

string spacing at bridge- .750"

Hipshot ultralite tuners

Fishman piezo pickup & preamp

volume control integrated into bridge

high trim passive tone control in rear cavity

body finish: polyurethane modified oil

neck finish: nitrocellulose lacquer

celluloid nitrate binding on body

strings: La Bella 760n (.060~.115)

weight: 6.5 lbs

An unusual trade offer here of a Rob Allen Fretless. A beautiful boutique instrument with outstanding tone.

let me know your thoughts.

Likewise David, wish we'd had more time to chat. Don't forget to check out Alan Ferber's Album The Jigsaw ( or it might just be Jigsaw) either way its on iTunes. Some great contemporary Big Band charts there. If you're on Facebook look me up under Paul Hornsby, its a great way of sharing new bands and tunes etc. Ben Wendel was playing at Ronnies last night as part of his European tour. Here's a link to one his charts off his recent album...... well worth a listen. Awesome compositions/arrangements and soloing from the whole band. Check it out here :

Stay in touch 

Paul h

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Come and try this bass. You won't regret it.

On 21/10/2021 at 23:25, jembullo said:

Wow looks stunning. Are you coming Bristol side of the river any time soon?

Hi' I'm quite often over your neck of the woods but if you want to see and play the bass why not come to Newport. I make a nice cuppa.

10/10 condition. As new.

It's a tone machine.

Strymon make incredible pedals and the Big Sky is one of these. Incredible spaces some credible and realistic and some absolutely out of this world. Every parameter is adjustable and saveable. All of these units can also be controlled via MIDI too. Amazing in solo spaces. Simply LUSH.

This has to be the ultimate in modulation effects from deep chorus, Flangers, phasers and everything in-between . Beautiful audio quality, great quality easy to programme and stacks of incredible presets to start your personalised creations from. Grab a great bit of kit that will last a lifetime.

These pedals are the business re quality, flexibility, ease of use and programmability . The unit has had very light use and is in perfect condition.

For information, The neck joins the body of the bass via 6 bolts. This maximises the the transfer from the neck to the body creating that luscious tone associated with these basses. Beautifully crafted.

That's such a shame, but it's  not a problem at all,  as if it doesn't sell at this price I keep a wonderful instrument. To be honest I wasn't sure if I was doing the right thing anyway.

I hope you get to play one, one day, but time and tide wait for no man. (or woman). 

Best wishes

Paul

Thanks for the love. 

Here's Vincen Feeling the love. 

Any love for this beaut?

Final reduction. Now £900. Grab a bargain before its withdrawn.

Hiya, thanks for getting back in touch. Yes definitely interested. I have a bass on the site that I need to sell. 

So I have a bit of interest. I'm hoping it will sell soon unless you're interested with cash your way.

Will be back in touch.

Best wishes

Paul

Is this still available?

Sunday bump

Cheers Lee, really appreciated. Alas its still not sold.

S O L D .

FURTHER REDUCED TO £925.00 This has to be great value for what is in essence a new bass 10 out of 10, clean no marks , dings or anything. The bass is a tone monster.

FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICE FOR CAB. Was  £625 dropped to £595

NOW at £550.00

Grab a fab cab that push some serious bass tones.

Thats very funny and probably very true.

Hi, Thanks for your nice comments. I'm the photographer so I'm really pleased you liked the images. The bass is really awesome. If I wasn't hard up I'd keep it.

Cheers Paul h