Relic Telebass/Charlie Tumahai Sig. Bareknuckle/Badass/Gotoh - *WITHDRAWN* £550 Whitstable

[Beedster]

Owes me around £650-700 but I'm feeling generous, plus I have some building work to pay for! 

 

Body from Dan @d_g originally listed here.

 

 

Beautifully finished by Dan, it feels old as well as looking old. I've added a reliced Badass !!! that gives it an edge intonation-wise, a rather lovely Squier Cabronita neck that fit's the body like a glove and which is way slimmer and faster than the classic 51/54 necks, and some lovely reverse tuners which IIRC are either Gotoh or Hipshot. It's an interesting instrument, with both PUPs full up it's quite Jazz Bass and can do a decent Precisiony slap/funk, but solo'd it's a different story, with the back PUP giving classic 70's Jazz Bass while the front does everything from lovely mellow bluesy/jazzy thing to grunty rock (think ZZ Top). Kinda looks the part also.

 

I was going to strip it and do a blonde refin for the pure Charlie Tumahei look but time and money are short  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see, the headstock has worn it's fair share of different tuners 🤔

 

 

 

 

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Edited July 31, 2023 by Beedster

[Beedster]

Can be had with more traditional albeit good quality bridge 

 

[Beedster]

Pickguard also included (fretless neck not) 👍

 

[EJWW]

Phenomenal 😋

[bloke_zero]

Lovely looking thing. I bet the tone is great with the 51 and Jazz pickups. I can't help but notice there is a lovely knurl on the knobs as well. GLWTS!

 

[JoeEvans]

Love it.

[Mickeyboro]

What kind of weight is this, Chris?

[Beedster]

7 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

What kind of weight is this, Chris?

 

Hi mate, I'll stick it on the scales later today, worth mentioning ahead of that that it's the classic 'moderate weight' bass, neither noticeably light or noticeably heavy 👍

[Beedster]

9 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

What kind of weight is this, Chris?

 

Weighs in at 4.2 kgs, 9.25 lbs 

[pbasspecial]

She’s a looker Chris!

[Beedster]

24 minutes ago, pbasspecial said:

She’s a looker Chris!

She is, and I just made THAT mistake as well..........

 

Had to take it into the house to weigh it, so before taking it back out to the studio thought I'd have a quick play......  🤔

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I like this... a lot... a lot of the pics are not showing up though.

[andybassdoyle]

I have a crush on this

 

Electronics wise is it vol/tone and pickup selector?

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I like this... a lot... a lot of the pics are not showing up though.

Hey mate, there's nine pics in total, I can see them all, I've no idea what this stuff (below) at the foot of the first post is, but i don't appear to be able to remove it.

 

 

Either way, I can post more pics? 

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

2 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Hey mate, there's nine pics in total, I can see them all, I've no idea what this stuff (below) at the foot of the first post is, but i don't appear to be able to remove it.

 

 

Either way, I can post more pics? 

 

Odd! Don't worry, I can see 9. I just thought I was missing out on some more goodies  😄

[Beedster]

17 minutes ago, andybassdoyle said:

I have a crush on this

 

Electronics wise is it vol/tone and pickup selector?

 

It is. If I were going to keep it I would probably switch out the current circuit to a stacked VT/VT control set, to maintain the vintage vibe but make it easier to find the sweet spot between the two PUPs. Having said that, having what amounts to three presets is pretty handy also 👍 

[Beedster]

17 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Odd! Don't worry, I can see 9. I just thought I was missing out on some more goodies  😄

 

Here's a pic for you @Cosmo Valdemar 

 

 

Still a big part of me wants to strip this bass, despite the very high quality of the current finish and relic work - and blondify it al la Tumahai/BBD, that bass was an iconic part of my youth!

 

Problem is, I'd do all that work and probably still sell it 🤔

[Old Man Riva]

A Charlie Tumahai sig bass - love it!
 

Looks like a cracking instrument (and why hasn’t a CT sig been done before?!)

 

GLWTS … 

[Steve Browning]

24 minutes ago, Old Man Riva said:

A Charlie Tumahai sig bass - love it!
 

Looks like a cracking instrument (and why hasn’t a CT sig been done before?!)

 

GLWTS … 

 

Absolutely! It's a great looking bass and the late, great Charlie Tumahai deserves the recognition. 

[Beedster]

Played this through my (previously for sale) Mesa M6 his evening. F**k me, on the basis of which the M6 is now staying and if I didn't have far too many basses, this would be also 🤔 

[Beedster]

Crikey, it's not easy selling a totally unique high quality and rather unusual bass round here these days

[MarkBuffaloStokes]

Have you got a case to post this in?

[Beedster]

8 minutes ago, MarkBuffaloStokes said:

Have you got a case to post this in?

I have a very heavy duty box 👍

[Beedster]

Nut width is 42mm folks 👍

[Beedster]

And neck is 21mm deep at the 3rd fret, unlike most Telebass or '51/'55 necks it's pretty shallow and, while gloss, also rather fast. Nice bit of figuring on the neck also 👍