samuelcroberts Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Lowdown Basses custom 6 string fretless for sale. Lowdown basses are built by Chicago bassist/luthier Tim Seisser, who is a small but fantastic bass builder based in the US. I've owned this bass for over a year and have gigged it a lot, but just don't quite get on with it how I thought I would. Beautifully made, plays great, sounds great, looks great, but my requirements have changed somewhat for several reasons. This bass is based on the 'catacomb' design that Skjold basses use a lot. It has a multi-layer body - top and back are solid, centre piece is solid but thin-ish, largest layers are heavily chambered. This creates a middle ground sound between solid body and hollow. Essentially a heavily chambered body, but done so with a solid central core. More details on the Lowdown site: http://www.lowdownbass.net/custom-series-sold/qqrk2ppsmg8uattu5gsd7r89sd741h There are a few signs of wear - the top of the body near the back (see pics) has a couple of dings in. Purely cosmetic, but they are there. Also a note on the one piece ramp/pickup cover - this originally had a 4 black screws with small heads. These weren't quite up to the job and were pulling on the wood layers of the ramp so I replaced them with larger headed screws and nylon washers on top and underside. This doesn't look as beautiful as it could do, but can easily be altered. This was just my originally fix and I never found reason to change it. Functions absolutely perfectly. Controls are: Vol/pickup blend, passive tone w/ pull to engage passive mode (passive tone is in parallel and can be used in active or passive mode), Mid boost/cut with freq. selector, treble/bass stack cut/boost. Mini toggle switches turn on/off 'turbo' mode on the Nordstrand Fat Stacks. Not 100% what this is, but it makes it a bit louder, fatter and noisier! Nordstrand say 'This will result in a meaner version of the large tone these pickups deliver — albeit with 60 cycle noise that single coils inherently posses. Looking for £1100 ono all things considered, but open to offers. Will provide a Mono gig bag with bass. Based in Birmingham if you would like to come a give it a blast. Can ship fully insured at buyers expense, but would prefer collection. Can arrange meeting half way etc. if necessary. A lovely bass that deserves more use. Also open to trades on a nice P-Bass, Jazz or possibly a Hofner. Open to offers, so do give me a shout. Thanks for looking! SOUNDS: Specs: - 33" scale 6-string fretless bass - 17mm string spacing - Figured Myrtle top - Black Accent Veneer - Multi Layered thick body w/Chambered Butternut core pieces - 3 pc center body laminate of Walnut/Bloodwood/Walnut - Figured Claro Walnut back - Bolt-on one piece Quartersawn maple neck - Gabon Ebony fingerboard with 24 Bloodwood lines, 16" radius - One piece Bloodwood top Ramp/Pickup cover with Butternut base and Walnut/Bloodwood accent layers - Nordstrand Fat Stacks with Single Coil/Hum Canceling Stack tap switches - John East U Retro Preamp. Bloodwood cavity cover - Hipshot A Bridge and Ultralite Tuners - Dunlop Dual Design Straplocks - Ebony nut Originally strung with TI flats, but have been using DR Sunbeams on it for a while (strung with DRs in photos). Have recently strung it with LaBella copper white nylons. Both sound good and obviously offer their own voice. Bass isn't particularly light or heavy - will weigh if you want! Edited October 28, 2018 by samuelcroberts Uploaded better photos + sound samples added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Just uploaded some better photos - other ones were a little dark! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Price reduced by £100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Price now £1500. Bass has also been restrung with LaBella copper white nylons, which really seem to suit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Here's an added photo of the bass strung with the copper white nylons. Have a good weekend all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Now £1350 - 10% off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 £1275 - a bargain for a unique bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietro Razzino Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 pics without ramp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) Hi Pietro, Ramp is an all inclusive pickup cover and ramp, so can't be removed. Or rather, can't be removed and played - it can obviously be taken off for maintenance etc.. Cheers. Sam Edited September 26, 2018 by samuelcroberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietro Razzino Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Final reduction to £1100. Also open to trades on a nice P-Bass, Jazz or possibly a Hofner. Open to offers, so do give me a shout. Cheers. Edited October 13, 2018 by samuelcroberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelcroberts Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 On hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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