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that was my first Fender, same color. Very nice bass, I miss it and one day I'll get it back

Luke, I'm not saying that the clip will tell you everything of the bass, neither that the result you get with a direct record is nice, it is crude but it is very truthful in my opinion and helps to determine what are the fundamental tonal characteristics of the bass. but I can be wrong, this is only the impresison that I got up to now thanks Luca

I think that direct recording helps a lot to understand how the bass plays I don't like the crude sound of direct input as well, I wouldn't use it then. I also know that recording is a little pain, I perfectly understand if only few of us rec clips to help selling Cheers Luca

Sale only or looking for trades as well?

And finally gone!

I think the same Lozbass, hope he's planning on getting back in business soon..

Dazed, I will ship in a flight case, but I was not including it in the listed price. The exact diapason that I measure for each string goes from 86.6 to 87.6, should be a 34". Lozbass, you're right, those are other MB Bass (sorry, correct name of the brand is "MB Bass") sold on the Italian market. This is what I remember about the luthier: I may be quite imprecise as I got the info from forums and newsgroup during the years As far as I know the builder (Massimo Scibilia) was a fine luthier for a big name among the most famous brands (brand as Fender, Gibson, Yamaha or Warwick can be) and after a period of time he decided to settle by himself. He was getting quite a good reputation in Italy, especially for the use of Wenge, Ovangkol and Bubina for his instruments, but if I remember correctly some customers complained about him on the forums (could be related to poor communication or delays in shipment but to be honest I didn't really follow so I may be very inaccurate) and from there a lot of flames developed. I looked for his website last year but it was no more online. Here is what I found, I remember all of these instruments as at that time I had no money and could only lurk on the web [url="http://s21.photobucket.com/user/massbass/library/?sort=3&page=1"]http://s21.photobucket.com/user/massbass/library/?sort=3&page=1[/url] Here's a brief review from an Italian pro (quite known on the forums) that got an instrument quite close to mine: [url="http://www.robysalomone.com/SK_MBBass_6Fretless.html"]http://www.robysalomone.com/SK_MBBass_6Fretless.html[/url] Sorry that it's Italian... he's basically saying that built quality is good, that the instrument has very good response to the player's touch, that the 33" scale is not easy above 12th fret and that if you like very "mwaaa"-ish fretless this may NOT be the real thing for you as the mwaa doesn't jump out of the bass by itself. thanks, Luca

Guys, asked Mail, Boxes & etc and they told me that shipping to UK should be, as I thought, around 70-80 euro, but they make the final quote only when I bring the bass and have the exact address. thanks Luca

The bass weights 4.2-4.3 kg on my kitchen scale, nut width is 4.5 cm and string spacing is 18mm It is to be noted that in order to accomodate the Nordstrand the luthier told me he needed to drive the saddles all the way open. Honestly, to me there still a little increase that can be made for the B string, however to me it sounds balanced and I didn't need to do anything else so I left it as Carlos set. I add here another pic with the detail of how the pus have been fitted: I increased sharpness and contrast to highlight this as much as possible. [attachment=149654:pu detail.jpg]

Thanks a lot guys I'll let you know all the infos as I'll be back this evening. Regarding the shipping costs I'll ask tomorrow to MBE, I guess it may be around 70-100 euro.. ? Let you know tomorrow! thanks Luca

Guys, try also here to put up for sale my Italian made MassBass 5 strings. As the title says this is a 5 strings, lined fretless, single cut: Alder body, bubinga pommelle top and back, maple neck (2 bubinga stripes), macassar ebony fingerboard, matching headstock. It's passive with 2 Nordstrand dual coil: I had them professionally installed by italian luthier Carlos Micheluttis in Cremona, who build two ebony spacers to adapt them to the bigger recess. The bass was originally equipped with custom made MassBass pickups: when I got the bass from the previous owner he had only tghe bridge one (the bass was used as a Gary Willis on steroids). Out at 700 euro. I'm located in the North of Italy. [attachment=149600:full front.jpg][attachment=149601:MBBass retro 2.jpg][attachment=149602:body detail.jpg][attachment=149603:headstock detail.jpg][attachment=149604:tastiera.jpg] thanks for looking Luca

got it. Well if you want to ship it here I'll take care to rec a couple of clips Cheers Luca

Than maybe it's 60s positioning. Guess that Nino should anyway be able.to provide full specs basing on serial and a pic. What about wood combo? Don't really want to hassle you but I guess that a quick clip may be of help to gather interest and facilitate the sale? Thank you! Luca

42 mm from center pole to the bridge edge sounds like 70s. Maybe some good expert can confirm or provider more detailed evaluation..?

Hey Rich, is that a 60s or 70s pickup positioning? I'm not really an expert, but the pictures are all slightly angled and I'm definitely not sure... thanks! Luca

Hey Fred, what's the weight of this one? any chance that you have a clip of the bass? cheers Luca

And finally is gone, traded locally after many,contacts. Thank to everyone that proposed trades or made an offer! Luca

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Guys, after a careful look I found a ding on the body and noticed that I was not accurate when I reported that there's no kind of roundwound strings mark whatsoever. I inspected the bass more carefully and the mark is there. Nothing serious, you won't even notice that if you don't look for that, and you won't need any kind of intervention, but it's there so I wanted to highlight everything. Sorry for that, I was really convinced about that when I placed the post! Changed the description to include that. thanks Luca EDIT: here you can see in the pics. I increased contrast and sharpness to reveal them as much as possible. Any other picture you'd like (or light angle) just let me know. [attachment=146529:ding.jpg] [attachment=146530:fretboard.jpg]

Gone locally..

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Up again. I'm also open to trades of course

sorry I was convinced this was still for sale when I replied..