traded pending Celinder Custom 6, the only 34" he's made :)

[nobodysprefect]

As I understand it, mr. Celinder does not build custom basses any more, but his Celinder Update series is well-known.

Lovely, fat tone (sort of Brubaker-Smith love child-ish thing), easy to play, not too compressed... Am selling as I want to focus on a couple of basses - the MTD is more aggressive, the Fodera is more old-school with it's Aero jazz pups.

Oh, and the B string is VERY slappable! I think this bass could be described as a Brubaker-Smith lovechild. I'll snap another pic of the top, the camera shook during the shot. Pics: [url="http://s626.photobucket.com/albums/tt342/prkl0405/Celinder/"]http://s626.photobuc...l0405/Celinder/[/url]

Here's what Peter said about this bass earlier this spring, all of which still holds true, with the addition that the string spacing is adjustable and I think it might go as far as 18,5 even. 18,3 mm for sure.
[QUOTE]
I'm selling my custom built 6-string bass handmade by Christian Celinder in his workshop in Copenhagen (Denmark) in '97.

The neck is standard lenght (34"), 24 frets, bolt on, 5-piece neck (3 x maple + 2 x purpleheart). Fretboard is ebony. The body is Danish ash with a top of quilted maple. Pickups are Celinders own handspun C6DC's with ebony covers. The preamp is the Aguilar ODP-3 (18v) with vol, vol (pull/push active/passive), bass, mid (2-band switchable), treble. The control knobs are all ebony.

String spacing @ bridge: 17,5mm (center string to center string)
String spacing @ nut: 10,0mm (center string to center string)

Celinder isn't building his fantastic basses anymore. Back in the day you had to wait for 2 years or more to receive your instrument. I'm the 2nd owner. It's 99% mint condition, only cosmic wear. Absolutely NO deep scratches, nothing. Hiscox Lite Flite hardcase included.

Basses in the same league could be custom F Bass, Fodera and Alembic. This is a one-of-a-kind bass, there is no other Celinder bass with these specs. As far as I know this is the only Custom 6 with a 34" neck ever made, all others have 36" necks.

The pics don't justify the beauty of the instrument.

Price when bought from Celinder: 6.400$ [/QUOTE]



I'm interested in whatever trade offers - Trading up to a Fodera would be particularly interesting. Apart from that, any fair trade is fine. Asking price is what I paid, USD2775 - I had my luthier check the nut height and adjust it, it was too low to let the lowest positions speak properly.

Edited August 8, 2012 by nobody's prefect

[rumour6]

You never cease to amaze me with the series of top quality but slightly unusual basses you offer... another stunner. Good luck.