!!! TRADED !!! RYBSKI 8 Strings Octave Bass, unique bass
£1675
Etalle, Belgium

Hellzero · February 24, 2020

RYBSKI 8 Strings Octave Bass, unique bass made in 2016 as a special order for the Wooten Bass Camp.

Would prefer selling it, but, as it's a unique bass, trades are always welcome, especially for a fretless bass : 4, 6 or 8 (no octave strings) strings unlined are my preferences. Please take into account when proposing me a trade that this is a one off that would cost you around $4000 USD new, without the import taxes.

Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £1675 GBP !!!

In fully working condition and in excellent overall condition.

Here are the specifications :

Body : 2 pieces mahogany core with book matched black walnut top and back

Neck : 5 pieces set neck made of rock maple + mahogany + 4 rosewood stripes

Fingerboard : rosewood with side dots

Frets : 24 (no wear at all)

Headstock : 4 + 4 shape (angled) with black walnut top

Pickups : 2 Bartolini's MM42CBJD3 (same pickups as early Lakland basses)

Preamp : ACG EQ01 5K

Controls on the first row from neck to bridge: stacked volume/blend, stacked low pass filter for the neck pickup with filter peak level/filter frequency, stacked low pass filter for the bridge pickup with filter peak level/filter frequency, passive tone

Controls on the second row from neck to bridge : stacked high pass filter for both pickups with treble level/ treble frequency, parallel/single coil/series (vertical) switch for the neck pickup, rear/front coil (horizontal) switch (reversed pickup, but not phase) for the neck pickup, parallel/single coil/series (vertical) switch for the bridge pickup, rear/front coil (horizontal) switch (reversed pickup, but not phase) for the bridge pickup

Tuners : Hipshot Ultralite

Bridge : Schaller 3D-8 fully adjustable (high and low strings separately)

Strings spacing at bridge : 19 mm

Nut : brass

Strings spacing at nut : 10 mm

Knobs : metal

Scale : 34 inches

Hardware colour : gold (except for the two rear/front coil switches)

Truss rod : 1 (fully working)

Finish : satin old way

Land of craftsmanship : USA

Serial number : none

Year : 2016

Weight : 4.4 kilos (on the light side for such a bass)

Action : from 1.5 mm under the G strings to 2 mm under the E strings at 12th fret (can go lower, but was perfect for me)

Will come with a used Warwick RockBag Premium Line and gold security locks .

Non-smoking environment as usual.

I'm only selling this bass because I can't find a register for it being a fretless player, and I only seem to be able to play Byrds tune with it.

This bass was originally fretless and with non sense switches. It's been converted to a fretted by a previous owner and I changed the switches to be able to use all pickups possibilities, it's perfectly balanced, absolutely no neck diving and such fun to play, even if you need a plane pilot licence to use the preamp and switches combinations !

Here is what Rybski wrote to the previous owner :

Here is the link to the ACG EQ01 : http://www.acguitars.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ACG_EQ01.pdf

The bass has been fully set up professionally by Christophe LEDUC. It has a new battery and has been fitted with a brand new set of Rotosound stainless steel round wound strings made out of two sets of Swing Bass 66 (20/40 - 35/60 - 35/75 - 45/95), which fit the bass to perfection.

What you see is what you get !

Look at the pictures taken under different angles to see the real condition : almost in new condition with very the few visible light dings photographed.

Don't hesitate to ask for more.