Skjoldslayer Custom 7 String - No Longer Available £5500 St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, or London

[Jeff Elkins]

Selling my 2008 Skjold Custom Series (now called the Exotic Series) 7 string bass - one of three Pete has ever built - in very good condition. He says this setup would be more than £8000 to order today.

 

Bass has two finish chips on the front which I have not yet explored repairing. See pics.

 

Specs:

Skjoldslayer Custom 7

Afzelia top

35" scale (reach feels like 34 due to bridge placement)

Skjold pickups and active preamp, with push/pull active/passive, 4 position coil tap+pup selector, stacked bass/treble and mid/freq selector, passive tone control

Matching wooden knobs and Skjold design pickup covers

Cable lock input jack

9.8 lbs

 

Currently strung B-F, with a Skjold 6 Hybrid set plus a Curt Mangan Plain 20. I think I have another 20 I can include with the purchase.

 

Comes with a serviceable for keeping rain off ONLY Soundstation un-padded gig bag in great shape.

 

Soundclips to follow in comments.

 

Edited November 14, 2023 by Jeff Elkins
No longer selling

[Jeff Elkins]

The bass can be heard on all the tracks from Daniela Galhoz upcoming album. Video on YouTube and Spotify stream for the first track: 

 

Edited July 18, 2023 by Jeff Elkins

[Jeff Elkins]

And here from a Hard Rock gig a few months ago with Sisi Alexander: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CryV47kgVj5/?hl=en

 

[Jeff Elkins]

I am located in St Albans for the next few weeks, then we will be on holiday until early September. Can meet in London. 

[itu]

£5500 and 55.00 lbs. But looks good.

[binky_bass]

Dang, that's a beast! A super niche beast, but a beast none the less! As a 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 string bass player, this is right up my street! But £5500 is definitely considerably out of my scope. Good luck with the sale! 

[Jeff Elkins]

2 hours ago, itu said:

£5500 and 55.00 lbs. But looks good.

 

Ah! Actually, right at 9.8 lbs on my travel scale. 😉 Thanks for the reminder to add that to the posting!

[itu]

38 minutes ago, Jeff Elkins said:

...Actually, right at 9.8 lbs on my travel scale... 

Actually amazingly light considering the size of this beauty.

[Jeff Elkins]

Open to offers that include trades of similarly valued six string basses +/- cash either way.
 

Also would consider a partial trade involving a cittern, octave mandolin, Irish bouzouki, Rob Allen 5 string, or first gen Fender Aerodyne Precision Special.

Edited July 22, 2023 by Jeff Elkins
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