TRADED: LeFay Remington Steele fretless 4-string £1900

[juliusmonk]

Hi all,

For sale is my LeFay Remington Steele. I got this from BCer extraordinnaire wombatboter a few months ago, in hopes that this would be an even better fretless than my Zon Sonus. It is indeed an amazing instrument, and the tones and sustain are fantastic, but I didn't realise that the fretboard's extra high register would get in the way of my usual right hand position (especially for popping), which is closer to the neck. I have tried to adapt but I guess I'm too old to change in any significant way... So up for grabs is what could probably be a 'poor man's hyperbass'.😊

Photos taken yesterday:

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The bass is in excellent condition, just as it was delivered to me, with just minuscule dings that need a detective to be discovered.

It is a 4-string, passive instrument, with controls for volume, tone and a 4-way selector that I suspect is for selecting coils of the single humbucker PU, and both in series or parallel - it seems to be a custom instrument (or an early version) and I have precious little info, so apologies!

The official LeFay page is here:

http://www.lefay.de/english/bass_remingtonsteele.html

And a video of wombatboter (great player!) playing this very instrument here:

http://youtu.be/GmGhuJCYDrQ

I'm asking 1900£ for it with a hard case, which is approximately what I paid for it used - half the price of a new one. Delivery to the UK included.

Not really looking for trades, although a similar high end fretless that I can slap on would be tempting.

Thanks!

Edited September 6, 2013 by juliusmonk

[Dazed]

That's a beauty!

Nice video too.

GLWTS

[pantherairsoft]

Want want want want want want. Soooooooooo much. Agh! Must - find - money.

[wombatboter]

Thanks for the kind compliment...a great bass indeed. Good luck with the sale ! Here's another video I recorded a while ago. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5577x1SSI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5577x1SSI[/url]

[jimbobothy]

I must say that bass sounds mmmmmwaharvelous !

[zomnius]

womb yeah!

[juliusmonk]

Bump for a pretty unique instrument

[juliusmonk]

Bump

No rush in moving this on, but a trade in the works

[juliusmonk]

Bump

[juliusmonk]

Bump

[Annoying Twit]

Wow. Just wow.

[CPBass]

PM'd

[juliusmonk]

PM replied - thanks!

[juliusmonk]

Trade agreed - pending successful completion

[pantherairsoft]

My all-time favourite bass type. Possibly the only bass model on the planet which could tempt me away from Roscoe as a brand. SOmething about the RS is just very special.