Hi! First of all sorry for my english, I'm from Spain.
I bought this phantastic bass from a guy on Talkbass, and I asked him three times the scale of the bass. He told me that he was shure that the scale was 34". When the bass arrived at my home, I saw that are 35", and I have little hands, so...
The bass is in like new condition, the only thing is the neck pickup with some strings mark.
These are the specs:
- 5 Piece maple/purple heart neck
- Rosewood Fretboard
- Swamp ash body w/ Blue Burst flame maple top and matching head/heal plate
- Custom Skjold/Hipshot Hardware (A-Style Bridge) adjustable from 17mm-19mm spacing
- Passive tone control, 4 way selector for running each pickup alone or in series/parallel, and volume control
- Skjold/East custom preamp (Bass Boost, Treble cut/boost + ultra bright switch, mid-range and mid frequency)
- Neutrik locking jack, strap locks
-Scale 35"!!!!!
-Width at nut : 38mm
-Weight : 3,7kg!!!!
The bass sounds and plays phantastic, from close to a jazz bass to a more modern sounding like a Fodera Monarch, and have a very good balance.
Here you can hear some clips:
www.soundclick.com/popibasskjold
The background music are from band in a box. All clips are recorded without EQ and effects, except the last one, with the bass direct to a recorder, whithout amp or DI.
1-Chamaleon: Sound flat in active, two pickups in series.
2-Jaco: Bridge pickup, half boost bass, a little boost low mids, and a little treble cut.
3-Reggae: Neck pickup, boost bass and low mids, a little treble cut and the pasive tone at half. I play with palm-mute
4-Slap:Two pickups in series, boost of lows and treble, a little cut in low mids.
5-Slap modern: The same than 4, but more exaggerated and with the bright switch.
6-Tapping: The same than 5 but with a little reverb (boss me50b)
Can send more pics, these ones are from low end shop, where the guy who selled me bought the bass.
Price: SOLD
I'm now open to trades, for a light 4 stringer jazz bass type bass(+ - cash)