Leduc Masterpiece Headless 6 Fretless (HMP 628 SF) £1575 Etalle, South Belgium

[Hellzero]

First of all, the price is low, because I want it to find a new home very fast and I still own 5 Leduc basses, but don't play this one very often, which is a shame...

 

Leduc Masterpiece Headless 6 Fretless (HMP 628 SF), considered by many THE fretless bass with a Brazilian rosewood (cut in 1895!) fingerboard, the original Leduc EL-6 preamp with sweepable mids and active/passive switch coupled to 2 Bartolini Quad Coils 90P46C pickups!

 

This very ergonomic headless bass is built to sound wonderfully as a fretless instrument, even simply in passive mode, think Jaco who would have needed 6 strings...

 

Christophe LEDUC is now retired and the last retail price for a similar model with the newer Leduc/EBS EL-5 preamp and the Leduc/Benedetti single coil pickups with the phantom coil was ... €5400 Euros!!!

 

Check the last available price list here: https://web.archive.org/web/20240806193813/https://www.leduc.fr/index.php/infos/108-tarifs/355-tarifs-basses-solid-body

 

NO TRADES!

NON NEGOTIABLE PRICE !

 

Asking price including fully insured shipping with tracking number, to your home, in these European countries (ask for other countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding DOM -TOM), Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom: €1850 EUR (£1575 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros)!!!

 

Shipping to the UK is of course possible and included in my asking price, but with additional customs charges (VAT + other taxes + courier costs), as the UK is now outside the EU, just ask.

 

 

In perfect working condition and in excellent condition, except a few tiny marks at the usual places.

Here are the specifications :

 

Body: French alder wings

 

Neck: one piece Canadian hard rock maple (profile is a very flat and fast D, in fact an amazing neck)

 

Fingerboard: Brazilian rosewood from 1895!!!

 

Positions: 28 with front and side white dots at the correct position (fretless)

 

Headstock: none as it's headless

 

Pickups: 2 original Bartolini Quad Coils 90P46C

 

Controls: volume, blend, stacked bass and treble, stacked mids and sweep frequency, active/passive switch

 

Preamp: original Leduc EL-6, 18 Volts, 3 bands EQ with semi-parametric mids

 

Tuning tailpiece/bridge: original Leduc aluminium with locking brass saddles and super smooth tuning

 

Strings spacing at bridge: 18 mm

 

Nut: ebony (54mm width)

 

Strings spacing at nut: 9 mm

 

Knobs: original Leduc aluminium

 

Scale: 34 inches

 

Hardware colour: black with Schaller Straploks

 

Truss rods: two, single action, 100% functional (these two truss rods allow a differential setting)

 

Finish: light gloss natural (the bass was originally pearly white and has been turned to natural when Christophe LEDUC installed the EL-6 preamp)

 

Country of origin: France

 

Serial number: 7432-K

 

Year: 26/10/1991 (first generation of the Masterpiece)

 

Weight: 4.095 kg! Very light for a sixer!

 

Action : from 1.5 mm under the C string to 2.0 mm under the B string at 12th position (can even go lower, but was perfect for me and it's already super low with a very straight neck)


Will be delivered in a splendid brand new Gator ProGo series Ultimate semi-rigid gig bag (totally adapted to this headless bass).

Non-smoking environment as usual.
 

 

The bass has been fully set up professionally by Christophe LEDUC himself as he is a friend of mine and accepted to do it.

 

 

It has received 2 new batteries and is now fitted with a set of Thomastik JF 346 nickel flat wound strings (33 - 43 - 56 - 70 - 100 - 136), which really serve this bass.

 

 

What you see is what you get !

 

 

Look carefully at the photos taken from different angles and lights to see the real condition, which is excellent with a few tiny marks.

 

 

Here is the link to the 21 photos in high resolution: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1605pQR66DussJzciB9xVnENCjocMmB0y?usp=drive_link

 

 

Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus left and right shoulders injury, without mentioning a painful tendonitis on the right arm, I'm selling all the basses I'm not using like this one.

 

 

I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale.

 

 

Don't hesitate to ask for more, but, please, before asking read my ad first as the answer is certainly already in it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Hellzero

[Dazed]

Damn you brexit 🤬

[binky_bass]

If you could please have this fretted, then sent to me and not ask me to actually pay you, then I'd take it! 😉 

 

I'll own a Leduc one day, perhaps when the world becomes sane again... (or when you take the bus to London!) 

[Hellzero]

I would prefer the last train...

[Hellzero]

1 minute ago, binky_bass said:

If you could please have this fretted, then sent to me and not ask me to actually pay you, then I'd take it! 😉 

 

I'll own a Leduc one day, perhaps when the world becomes sane again... (or when you take the bus to London!) 

Hocus Pocus Red Bus...

 

 

 

[binky_bass]

1 minute ago, Hellzero said:

Hocus Pocus Red Bus...

 

 

 

Which bus will you be taking to London??

[Hellzero]

2 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

Which bus will you be taking to London??

A red one.