Celinder Custom 6 - trade pending £1250

[andybassdoyle]

So I acquired this from Ville a while back. It is a very nice bass but ultimately not for me, I think in the main due to the longer scale length but in any case....

I've not really gigged the bass so I'll refer back to previous comments from Ville and Mikkel (hope you don't mind guys) regarding the instrument:

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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Mikkel listed the specs as follows:[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]'36" scale and 24 frets. Adjustable stringspacing 20-18mm.[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Mahogany body in a flamed maple sandwich.[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]5pc maple neck with wenge (i think!) stripes. [/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Nice fat ebony fingerboard.[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Celinders famous humbuckers. Splittable hum/singlecoil. [/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Active greengrove preamp. Master vol with push/pull active/passive, 2x Vol with push/pull coil tap (one for each PU), bass boost/cut, treble boost/cut.[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gotoh hardware.[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This bass has been played. And the finish reflects that. Frets are in great condition.'[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This bass is buzzfree for me at about 2,5 mm under E string at 12th fret, the rest of the strings set accordingly for even feel. So I don't know if that is ultra low action or not.[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This bass is tied with my custom built 6 and the Fodera AJ 6 contrabass guitar I had for the most even feel and volume from B to C I've ever had. Even the C string has real authority to push through a 20-piece horn band.[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Mikkel's opinion on the tone:[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]'The sound is MASSIVE. Must be heard to be believed. First time I heard this bass was in a big live concert where the guy playing it was playing through a simple DI and straight in the board. The bass sounded like it has been recorded and mastered by one of the worlds best sound engineers. Focused, punchy and warm lows and a crystal clean treble without being harsh.'[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I would add that the B string works great for slap, tonally and with regard to feel. And there's a real clarity to the B string that I've had from nothing else except the AJ contrabass guitar. Lots of basses have B's with authority, but not clarity, here you get both.[/font][/color]

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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]So what I would like to add in the interests of full disclosure is that the bass is worn as per the comments above. Nothing major, it has just been well played so is not an exhibition piece. I'm reflecting this in my pricing.[/font][/color]

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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]At the moment the bass is with Martin Petersen at the Gallery in Camden for some set up and tweaking, it should be available pretty soon.[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Sale is preferred but happy to consider trades for this, a decent P bass is probably top of the hit list at this point in time.[/font][/color]

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Edited June 16, 2017 by andybassdoyle

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