tayste_2000 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) Testing the water I've had this bass for quite a while and I'm the original owner, it's in good condition with a bit of buckle rash on the back. Basically as beautiful and great to play as it is, I'm just not a jazz bass guy, I'm not really a traditional bass guy at all. I just want to set my self up with 4 Overwaters and my Rickenbacker and be done. Stock Pics Specs: Full Sized Alder Body Maple Neck w/Pau Ferro Fretboard Inca Silver w/matching headstock Satin Finish on Neck White/Black/white pickguard Nordstrand NJ4 single coil pickups Aguilar OBP-1 2 band Preamp Hipshot HB-1 Tuning Keys Gotoh Quick Release Bridge w/Hipshot d-tuner Chrome Hardware Contoured heel for easier access to the upper frets Schaller Straplocks Additionally it is wired with a Vintage Tone Control that works in both active and passive mode (push pull on the tone for active and passive) and a series and parallel switch on the volume knob. So to sumise the controls are Master Vol (Push/Pull Series/Parallel), Blend (Wired in reverse like Sadowsky), Tone (Push/Pull Active/Passive), Stack Bass and Treble boost. It also has a fishman voltage doubler so the preamp is running on 18v from a single battery. Now I'm not desperate to sell, nor will I take a hit on my asking price and I may just replace the pickups (To custom bulldog pickups) to get a different vibe from it altogether. £800 Cheers Edited October 1, 2010 by tayste_2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRISDABASS Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 oh man!! That looks stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 nice, i just bought number 42. cracking bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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funkyspuke Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 wow .. oh, how I would love another bass! I have a Sadowsky MV4 and I would never just want another bass that sounded and performed the same, so the question would be, is there much difference between the 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Hmm... Do you want your Burgundy Mist back? Serious... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 [quote name='funkyspuke' post='962451' date='Sep 20 2010, 05:29 PM']wow .. oh, how I would love another bass! I have a Sadowsky MV4 and I would never just want another bass that sounded and performed the same, so the question would be, is there much difference between the 2?[/quote] Personally this is the best jazz bass I've tried full stop and that includes over the 2 USA Sadowsky's I've tried, however it is heavier than the USA Sadowsky's it's pretty much bang on 5kg's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyspuke Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='962839' date='Sep 20 2010, 11:25 PM']Personally this is the best jazz bass I've tried full stop and that includes over the 2 USA Sadowsky's I've tried, however it is heavier than the USA Sadowsky's it's pretty much bang on 5kg's[/quote] that's about 2lbs heavies than my metro .. could possibly live with that! but there is another Valenti on sale now as well! too much choice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 [quote name='funkyspuke' post='962842' date='Sep 20 2010, 11:32 PM']that's about 2lbs heavies than my metro .. could possibly live with that! but there is another Valenti on sale now as well! too much choice!![/quote] The other Valenti will be closer to your Sadowsky in shape mine is the more traditional chunky fender design. Also the red one is in better condition than mine, mainly as it just seems to get passed around For the money his is the better buy and just to be clear I won't be price matching I'm not Tesco's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyspuke Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='962854' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:00 AM']The other Valenti will be closer to your Sadowsky in shape mine is the more traditional chunky fender design. Also the red one is in better condition than mine, mainly as it just seems to get passed around For the money his is the better buy and just to be clear I won't be price matching I'm not Tesco's [/quote] haha!! you'd be a rubbish sales man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='962854' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:00 AM']The other Valenti will be closer to your Sadowsky in shape mine is the more traditional chunky fender design. Also the red one is in better condition than mine, mainly as it just seems to get passed around For the money his is the better buy and just to be clear I won't be price matching I'm not Tesco's [/quote] crap, I forgot you had this up here, I would have waited till it sold until I put mine up. sorry I think yours is a good price though. If I hadn't just realised I didn't want a active jazz, I would be tempted! Your one has the detuner and the vintage tone control too. So if you want a valenti (which you do) it's more a question of whats your favourite colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 [quote name='funkyspuke' post='962856' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:02 AM']haha!! you'd be a rubbish sales man! [/quote] That Valenti due to being passed around a fair bit on the board or at least put up for sale has had the price hammered down so it's far more bass than the asking price, it's true I've tried to pick it up myself in the past and at the moment with the g/f in my ear about how ugly she thinks my Overwater's are I may very well be keeping it and gettting the pickups changed to Bulldogs as I originally planned. They are basically 2 prime examples of 2 totally different periods in Valenti's building practices, mine is Warmoth parts the other is USAGC or something which are the same people who allegedly supply Sadowsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='962870' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:23 AM']They are basically 2 prime examples of 2 totally different periods in Valenti's building practices, mine is Warmoth parts the other is USAGC or something which are the same people who [b][i]allegedly[/i][/b] supply Sadowsky.[/quote] allegedly, but we do know they are both built by a fella who's day job is building sadowskys.... you could buy them both for less than a new sadowsky in guitar guitar. Except thats a metro-are they different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyspuke Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 metro's are Jap made Sadowskys which cost approx £1700 new from guitar guitar. no difference other than the quality of the wood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='962870' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:23 AM']USAGC or something which are the same people who allegedly supply Sadowsky.[/quote] This simply isn't true Steve. Come on ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Sadowsky's are of course infused with pixie dust after construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 That's more like it! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 BUMP Also on the trades front I'm afraid if it's not an Overwater then I just won't be interested. Sorry Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyspuke Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 not even a Silver Sparkle Modulus Flea Bass with all the best kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Afraid not but I think this thread and whats being offered is giving Higgie a boner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 There's a party in my pants and your all invited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tayste_2000 Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 Open to offers as I've found something, well 2 things I really want. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Wow bump from the 3rd page overnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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