**Withdrawn**Valenti #146 Aguilars / Sadowsky preamp (VTC) £1095 Market Drayton, Shropshire

[dub_junkie]

**sorry now withdrawn as I have come to my senses**

Valenti #146 by Nino Valenti, NYC, USA.

https://www.valentibasses.com

This is my second Valenti and I planned on keeping this one. (Always regretted letting the first one go) Only problem is that I now have a lead on my bucket list bass and I need to sell something to get it. Otherwise there’s no way I would even entertain this going.

Swamp ash body finished in translucent white finish. Contoured heel and narrow radius chamfer on body edge. Bound maple neck with blocks. Hipshot hardware. Aguilar single coil pickups with Sadowsky preamp with VTC (vintage tone control) for passive tone + active bass and treble.

Superb, pro instrument put together by ex Sadowsky employee Nino Valenti. 

Balance is perfect, very light, great sounding pickups with a studio grade pre amp which sounds classy.  Effortless to play. Action can be gotten stupidly low if you want. No structural, electronics or playability issues with the bass. Comes with gig bag.

Valenti’s price list now shows a Modern 21 fret J bass price starting at $2800. I believe the bound and blocked neck, trans white finish and Sadowsky pre amp are chargeable upgrades on this base price.

Edit: a couple of points of note

1. The pickup covers have hairline cracks in them from being over tightened by previous user. This is purely cosmetic and I will either fit replacement covers or adjust the price slightly. 

2. I had the blend pot re wired for normal operation. Full clockwise for neck and full off for bridge. Sadowsky have theirs back to front so that turning it full on gives the bridge pickup and more mids. I couldn’t get on with it like that as it was too illogical so it has been re-wired by my tech back to what my brain can comfortably deal with.

Edited July 25, 2021 by dub_junkie

[bubinga5]

You will not find a better Jazz bass at this price period.

[jimbobothy]

…. I really want this but don’t need it ha ha 😵‍💫

[Crawford13]

Wow😍 What a great price for a beautiful bass! GLWTS 

[LukeFRC]

It it 60s or 70s spacing? (And sounding)

[dub_junkie]

1 hour ago, LukeFRC said:

It it 60s or 70s spacing? (And sounding)

Wider spacing between the pickups and the back pickup is closer to the bridge on the Valenti when compared to my Lakland Skyline 44-60 so more like 70s spacing. 

 

With just the VTC and no active bass or treble and the with blend pot in the middle there is definitely a ‘wider’ sound than the Lakland. Hard to quantify I guess but the sound has more of that ‘hollow’ two pickup slap tone to it. 
 

 

 

 

[jimbobothy]

… not surprised 😁