Custom bass - Seafoam Precision Nitro £400

[Ander87]

Made here by @kevin_lindsay (pictures with your permission buddy / @daveybass

 

Unfortunately I can't keep this beauty, I already have another p bass I made and a motorcycle to maintain! Happy to post or short drive, specs: 

 

Nitrocellulose lacquer throughout. 

Neck and body by Guitarbuild UK. 

Slot Head screws throughout (including the tuning head main screw)

Gotoh vintage reverse wind tuners

Bone nut

Crazed / relic body lacquer. 

Vintage correct large rear string ferrules.

Colour matched thumb rest (there is a spare plain maple one available if you fancy a change)

Seymour Duncan custom ordered Stinger stacked pickup (as made for Sting in his main 50s bass - was also the pickup Dusty Hill from ZZ Top used on his Fenders)

Webbteca custom made intonated saddles (custom made by Evan Webb in USA)

CTS potentiometers

500k volume pot (to work with the stacked humbucking pickup)

250k tone pot

Aged replica "telephone book" capacitor.

Milled output jack cup (rather than the later spec pressed metal cup)

Flatwound strings 45-105

Padded gig bag

nut width - 42mm

neck depth at 1st fret - 23mm vintage feel P-Bass profile without being baseball bat chunky.

Weight according to my kitchen scales is 8.15 lbs. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Beedster]

Wow 👍

[petecarlton]

What a lovely thing at a ridiculously low price.  The GAS is suffocating me.  The body and neck alone are worth a lot more than the asking price - someone is going to be very happy with this instrument - sadly not me just now.

Edited 1 hour ago by petecarlton
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[Ander87]

4 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

What a lovely thing at a ridiculously low price

 

Ah tease 🥲 tempting to keep I'll admit

 

Ander.