franzbassist Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 (edited) ]It is with mixed feelings that I put my wonderful Veillette Archtop fretless bass up for sale. This bass was made for me by Joe Veillette and his team four years ago, and has been my main bass for the whole time since. It’s a beautiful player, it’s so effortless it almost plays itself! The build quality of this bass really is something. The bass is close to mint, but as it's been my main gigging bass it does have a few slight bumps. Full disclosure: the electrics are a bit buzzy sometimes, but it's only very occasional and is probably easy to resolve, I just haven't got around to it (note 29/12/13: since I placed the ad this hasn't happened at all). I also tested relocating the neck strap button to the upper side of the body, so there is a small, filled hole there. New, this bass would be over £3k. I am firm on £2000 plus postage. Edited April 23, 2019 by franzbassist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Wow - didn't expect to see this up for sale! Having seen and heard it in the flesh, I can only wipe the saliva off my keyboard and dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Blimey that is a cool looking bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flychris Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I'm in love ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Any sound clips? C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1385754787' post='2291954'] Any sound clips? C [/quote] Hi Chris Sorry no, not of this bass yet, but plenty of samples on the Veillette website. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vun_W8gl6GM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vun_W8gl6GM[/url] Edited November 29, 2013 by walbassist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 [quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1385760828' post='2292044'] Love it [/quote] Snap it sounds fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Yowza, I don't suppose you need another kidney, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alyctes Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Good luck with your sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyonbass Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I played this at the recent SE Bash, and I gotta say it plays as well as it looks. One special bass Are the strings Roto's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 [quote name='andyonbass' timestamp='1385793969' post='2292223'] Are the strings Roto's? [/quote] La Bellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1385755433' post='2291966'] Hi Chris Sorry no, not of this bass yet, but plenty of samples on the Veillette website. Hey I didnt know Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall played bass [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vun_W8gl6GM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vun_W8gl6GM[/url] [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2004gdavi Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 This is gorgeous. Bad timing otherwise I'd be in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Included in the sale is a Protec Contego case and two spare sets of La Bella strings (one black nylon flats, one steel flats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 (edited) Revision to trade+cash options in the original post. Edited December 10, 2013 by walbassist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 [quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1385754787' post='2291954'] Any sound clips? [/quote] Stuck at home feeling sorry for myself after some dental work, so just recorded [url="http://soundcloud.com/walbassist/veillette-archtop-demo"]this[/url] on the Zoom Q3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubassman Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Aww Gareth now I have got a desperate case of New Year GAS! Good luck with this - wish I had a spare couple of grand knocking around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petebass 904 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Gorgeous instrument! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Any side dots for us numpties Gareth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1388654525' post='2324329'] Any side dots for us numpties Gareth? [/quote] Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Joe (Veillette) really knows how to build a bass - the neck on the one I played (Philw's) was sooo smooth/light you'd think it's playing itself. Not too many of these about so most people don't know just how good they really are.... Somebody will get a great bass when this sells...GLWTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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