only4 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) For sale is my beautiful short scale fretless bass made by "Prose Bass" I'm just not playing it that much anymore and it seems a shame for it to be sat in the back of the cupboard. It has lovely figured maple fingerboard but i'm not sure what the body woods are. The hardware is all Hipshot, "A" style bridge and lightweight tuners, the soapbar pickup is wired directly to a locking Neutrik jack socket. The strings are ground wound and give a great tone without chewing up the fretboard. It's very lightweight and the body shape makes it very easy to play either standing or seated. There is some buckle rash on the back of the bass but the rest of it is in fine fettle. [attachment=229634:FullSizeRender (1).jpg][attachment=229637:FullSizeRender (4).jpg][attachment=229635:FullSizeRender (2).jpg][attachment=229638:FullSizeRender (5).jpg] [attachment=229636:FullSizeRender (3).jpg][attachment=229639:FullSizeRender (6).jpg] [attachment=229640:FullSizeRender (7).jpg] I would like to ask £275 for this bass Thanks for looking. Edited October 21, 2016 by only4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Man that's so pretty! Love Paul's understated work, I've had a couple of custom Prose and if this was 34" scale I'd have it for that money. Glwts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I've had the fretted version and it was lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgnofski Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I had Pauls Prose Karuna headless and the only reason I parted with it was that I couldn't cope with the single cut body - I'm 'very' old Other than that, it was as good a fat wire as anything on the planet - honest injun - In fact Paul, if you are reading this and start building again I would love a shortscale, double cut version ??!!? ps - 'Bargain Alert' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Where are the controls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 "the soapbar pickup is wired directly to a locking Neutrik jack socket." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo2 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 less is more, what a nice bass glwts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) I've owned a Prosebass fretless before. It was gorgeous, and I nearly kept it, even though I wasn't all that keen on the short scale If this was full-scale, I'd be in deep trouble. Edited October 11, 2016 by alyctes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Twickerman Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only4 Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Bump for a lovingly hand crafted instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only4 Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 mmwwwaaah type bump for Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burg Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 What's the scale length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only4 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 30 3/8" at a guess but I'll confirm this in the morning as the bass is at my work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only4 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Yes, i can confirm that the scale length is 30 3/8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burg Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosebass Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Have a bump on me, and thanks for the kind words folks. This bass was one of 4 I made to this design. If my memory serves me correctly the body is ash with a European oak top. Paul [attachment=230426:IMG_0351.JPG] [attachment=230427:IMG_0351-2.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainS Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only4 Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Hi Paul, Thanks for the bump! All PM's replied to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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