SOLD: Italia Mondial Bass plus gigbag- £325 £350

[Old Horse Murphy]

For sale is a relatively rare and rather unusual Italia Mondial Semi-acoustic bass, with a great big humbucker and a piezo pickup too. The humbucker is really gutsy and deep and the piezo (probably my favourite sound) is really woody and adds a very nice acoustic-like tone to the bass. It has two separate outputs for both pickups which is quite a unique feature and is similar in construction to the old Airline type guitars. It has a lovely woody sound when played through the piezo. It’s 34” scale  

Overall it’s in great condition apart from a few polish swirls and marks that I’ve tried to photograph (nothing through the finish though). It comes with a gigbag and is strung with Fender flats. The colour is more of a creamy/yellow than pictured. It’s great fun to play and is very different.

I’m looking for £325 plus delivery.

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2018 by Old Horse Murphy

[Old Horse Murphy]

Thanks for the offers. I’m really not looking for trades in this one I’m afraid

[Macbass68]

Hi, Lovely bass . Have you any idea of the weight? Thanks, Mac

[Old Horse Murphy]

Hi Mac. I’d guess at just over 8lbs. It’s comparable to my PBass that weighs a touch under 8 and a quarter pounds 

[Macbass68]

Thanks for that. One other question. If i changed the strings to Flatwounds, does that affect the piezo pick-up in any way? Thanks, Mac

[Old Horse Murphy]

It’s strung with Fender stainless  flatwounds currently and there’s no issue at all. I think if you wanted to replace them with (say) tapewounds such as Fender, as they have a steel core, again there should be no issue at all. 

 

Cheers

[Old Horse Murphy]

Bump for price drop

[Bigwan]

Now if somebody had described that to me I would have run a mile... but it's rather lush!

[Old Horse Murphy]

1 hour ago, Bigwan said:

Now if somebody had described that to me I would have run a mile... but it's rather lush!

It's even better in the flesh:)

[stewblack]

My God, that's beautiful. Whereabouts are you?

[Old Horse Murphy]

I'm very close to Monmouth and work in Bristol. Happy to meet somewhere too

Edited November 10, 2018 by Old Horse Murphy