bassmanady Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) I am selling my Arpege Custom 5 string,serial no 079, and i think its about 2 years old Details: Thru-Neck,Vigier 90/10 system:flame maple and graphite stringers,Phenowood fingerboard, Body,Flame maple front and back,with alder core. Pickups,Benedetti alnico 8 single coil soap bar style Electronics,Bartolini preamp 18 vollt,board 4.7AP NTMB-918F,3 band eq,and 3 way mid frequency selector switch. Passive selection via pull up on volume control. The bass weighs in at a comfortable 9 1/2lbs,and has excellent balance,and has heaps of sustain and no dead spots I am the second owner,the original paid £2000 new,(have price tag)I paid £1400, 7 months ago,i am selling for a bargain price of £1095..ovno....no trades as i need cash for new arrival I now see Bass Direct will be stocking Vigier basses,and the new model Arpege 5 are only bolt-on necks with a MRRP of £2736.As far as i am aware they will only be making a limited run of thru-neck models. Selling with Ritter gig bag Cheers Ady Edited April 4, 2011 by bassmanady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Damn that's nice. After playing Luke's Vigier 5 at the bash I kinda fell in love with the shape and really want one. Can't afford it tho Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanady Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Merton' post='193977' date='May 7 2008, 04:07 PM']Damn that's nice. After playing Luke's Vigier 5 at the bash I kinda fell in love with the shape and really want one. Can't afford it tho Good luck![/quote] Thanks for your kind words Merton, cheers Ady Edited May 8, 2008 by bassmanady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanady Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 I now see Bass Direct will be stocking Vigier basses ,and the new model Arpege 5 are bolt-on necks,and the MRRP is £2736. ..As far as i am aware they will only be making a limited run of thru-neck models,which are probally going to be more expensive .If you check their website they give a detailed description of the bass,the only main difference from mine is the electronics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Hi Andy, I remember seeing this on eBay a while back and I nearly went for it. I have recently sold a similar bass (same as this but the passion shape - sold it to Luke who loves it to bits - also the same one Merton tried!!) and still have two myself. I think they are incredible! Good luck with the sale. I think the price is reasonable, I was asking the same for mine IIRC. Cheers ped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosfandango Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 hello...lovely bass! what scale is it? also what's the string spacing at the bridge and nut please. cheers, carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 It will be 34" (Actually 33.8" IIRC) and the spacing I think is 18mm... I might be wrong though as I haven't had one of these monorail bridges on any of mine. Hope that helps Cheers ped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanady Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 [quote name='carlosfandango' post='200904' date='May 17 2008, 09:52 AM']hello...lovely bass! what scale is it? also what's the string spacing at the bridge and nut please. cheers, carl[/quote]Hi Carl the scale is 34" with string spacing of 17mm bridge;9mm at nut.cheers Ady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeward2004 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 These are stonking basses - I was very lucky to get my mitts on the aforementioned Passion III, formerly of Ped's arsenal of bass doom. I have to say, it is now my main bass and has succeeded in stopping me from even contemplating picking up my two fantastic Warwick Streamers since I got it. It's so comfortable it may as well play itself, fingerstyle and slap are so easy and considering its a 5er, I have no trouble with it whatsoever in terms of string spacing and the neck profile is sublime. Its safe to say I will never sell mine - so someone please take advantage of this and buy a great bass before my overdraft takes a battering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanady Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 [quote name='lukeward2004' post='201062' date='May 17 2008, 02:40 PM']These are stonking basses - I was very lucky to get my mitts on the aforementioned Passion III, formerly of Ped's arsenal of bass doom. I have to say, it is now my main bass and has succeeded in stopping me from even contemplating picking up my two fantastic Warwick Streamers since I got it. It's so comfortable it may as well play itself, fingerstyle and slap are so easy and considering its a 5er, I have no trouble with it whatsoever in terms of string spacing and the neck profile is sublime. Its safe to say I will never sell mine - so someone please take advantage of this and buy a great bass before my overdraft takes a battering![/quote]The neck profile is sublime,i could not think of a better word myself,so thanks for that Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanady Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 Up for sale again as a trade did not work out....so no trades this time,thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralle20001 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hi Ady, althoug I was looking actually for a Passion 5-String (Iown a 4-string and I love it!!!!), I read your offer today (European-Final starts in a minute...). Would you sell your bass to Germany? What is the price in Euro? I thin about 1.350,- Euro, right? Please send me an answer.... Regards - Ralf from Flensburg (a little town near the Danish boarder) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hi Ralf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanady Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 [quote name='ralle20001' post='229209' date='Jun 29 2008, 07:46 PM']Hi Ady, althoug I was looking actually for a Passion 5-String (Iown a 4-string and I love it!!!!), I read your offer today (European-Final starts in a minute...). Would you sell your bass to Germany? What is the price in Euro? I thin about 1.350,- Euro, right? Please send me an answer.... Regards - Ralf from Flensburg (a little town near the Danish boarder)[/quote]PM Sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralle20001 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 [quote name='bassmanady' post='229379' date='Jun 29 2008, 11:21 PM']PM Sent[/quote] Hi Ady, here I am again. So let's get ready to rumble... Is it okay for you if we handle our deal with Paypal? I've used this way several times with bass-sellers or buyers in Europe (for example, I bought my Vigier Passion just 5 weeks ago from a guy in St.Etienne, France and send him his money by Paypal. It works always great and is a very safe way to deal. What do you think about it? May I have your e-mail adress, so we can communicate directly.... Mine is: [email protected] regards - Ralf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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