NOW SOLD Harley Benton Progressive 5 String Fretless (with faint lines) 'Art' Deco Special Edition. Yes, only £75.00! £75

[yorks5stringer]

[size=3][color=#000000]Must be the cheapest Fretless 5 String For Sale around at the moment and is as new having been converted from a fretted version. [/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]It also has been fitted with a set of £25 Status Hot Wires Nylon Flats, so there will be no wear on the profiled fingerboard in the future: Fretless Basses usually use a harder wood for the fingerboard as there are no frets to stop the strings from digging in and wearing away the wood..[/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]Another issue with home made de-frets is that the side dots are in the wrong place, this has been cleverly overcome by white lining all the old fret end spaces and them being longer at the significant ones (3,5,7,9 etc). Also the old side dots have been darkened down to being hardly visible.[/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]The de-fret involved carefully removing the frets, filling the slots with Wenge veneer, trimming, smoothing and re-profiling the fingerboard and adjusting the action at the saddle and re-cutting the nut. If you are thinking this will be a rough DIY job please be aware I have built a number of basses from scratch (bare wood, not assembled from parts) and was an Intern with a well known Yorkshire Luthier for over 3 years working on a number of Guitars and Basses.[/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]Having taken some of the neck relief out now, the Bass 'Plays like Butter' (Copyright),weighs only 8.5 lbs on the luggage scales and has Passive and Active modes with 2 Band EQ and Pickup Blend.[/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]Apart from the DD stamp the Bass is cosmetically un-marked and is being sold for the total cost of the original Bass, Strings and Sundries used in the conversion.[/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]*Note: Decos are sold by Thomann for much less than the normal price as they are 'For Decoration Only' and are supposedly not playable. This Bass had no such faults before conversion or now. Being a special 'Art' Deco version, it comes with a Double D stamp on the heel of the body, so good it was stamped twice! 'Art' Deco is my little joke, it’s just a normal Deco really![/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]This is a budget entry into the world of Fretless Bass, yet is a perfectly giggable instrument in its own right.[/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000]The Bass will be packed carefully in the original double boxes and will also come with 2 Allen Keys for Truss Rod and Saddle adjustment [b]and an additional 26 piece Toolkit free of charge! [/b][/color][/size]

[size=3][color=#000000][b]Postage will be at cost depending on which delivery option the Buyer prefers.[/b][/color][/size]

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Edited September 25, 2015 by yorks5stringer

[yorks5stringer]

Too cheap bump?

[tom1946]

I have the 4 string version of this and it is a great bass, fretless conversion too?

That is a bargain.

GLWTS

[yorks5stringer]

"A bargain" indeed bump, thanks Tom

[alyctes]

I don't understand why this is stlll here. Somebody buy it, please.

[Beneath It All]

OK, I'll buy it [preferably without those fret markers!!!...Will PM