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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.

Super playing bass. Action was ridiculously low when I had it. Almost played itself Huge amount of bass for the money. GLWTS

Yes I’ve been in touch with Lukus re this bass but until something of mine sells I’m out😞

**NO LONGER FOR SALE** 2014 Fender USA Dimension Deluxe HH In metallic rootbeer finish. Twin humbuckers with five way switch and three band active EQ, Fender deluxe tuners and Fender high mass bridge. Compound radius fingerboard with carbon graphite rods in neck. Comes with Fender case. No structural,electronics or playability issues. Couple of small marks on the back and a couple on the side, some light scratching in places visible from certain angles. Some light buckle rash on back. Pickguard has the usual scratch marks. Edit: now £850 with case or £800 with MusicMan heavy padded gig bag. would take a Lakland Bob Glaub, 44-64, Sandberg Electra or similar value P bass in part exchange or possible straight trade for USA Sterling 4H/G&L SB-2 or Sandberg California prefer VS4 or VM4 and prefer gloss finish would also be interested in a Lakland 44-02 Dlx as I have just caught the Lakland bug 😊 thanks for looking Keir

**sorry now withdrawn as I have come to my senses** Valenti #146 by Nino Valenti, NYC, USA.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.

***No longer for sale. Keeping it*** edit: I have unexpectedly come across the certificate of authenticity, owners manual etc while sorting through things after my house move. Pics attached. 1996 G&L L-5500 bass with G&L hard case. Ash body with quartersawn maple neck with graphite reinforcement and rosewood fingerboard. G&L saddle lock bridge and G&L tuners. This model was produced in small numbers in the mid 90s while G&L were getting their 5 string MFD pups ready for the L-2500 and was the model which corrected a lot of the shortcomings of the previous L-5000 (narrow nut width and tight string spacing) This bass has EMG dual coil pickups (iirc EMG40 DC )and EMG BTC active circuit with 2 band EQ. This pickup/preamp gives the bass a very clear sound which suits a wide variety of genres. The plastic on the knobs is starting to perish slightly in places and the pots could do with a quick spray of electrical contact cleaner. Condition wise, there is tarnishing on the neck plate as pictured,there is some buckle rash and some crazing in the finish on the back of the bass though front is very clean apart from a couple of areas which have slightly dulled when viewed from certain angles. Overall in very good condition for a bass now a quarter of a century old. A peculiar oddity is that at some point the pan pot has been changed to be the wrong way round. Not sure of the thinking behind this but like the Sadowsky way of wiring the blend control, I guess it’s retraining your brain into thinking that turning it on full clockwise brings on more mids and bite for soloing etc. Anyway it’s illogical imo but I haven’t got round to having it changed. the bass weighs just over 11lbs so fairly substantial as they all were. Bass can be auditioned in Market Drayton, Shropshire or could possibly meet Stoke, Crewe, Telford, Shrewsbury areas or depending where you are. I’ve just used my last shipping box so posting could be a problem at the moment. I’ve got my eyes on something else and if I buy that, chances are I’ll have another shipping box 🙂 thanks for looking Keir NO LONGER FOR SALE

Very nice indeed but having checked my bass fund, I’m a fair bit short. Which is a shame😞 GLWTS!

This was my old bass and a lovely example it is too. A general feeling of being really well put together, and some other stuff that’s really hard to quantify, elevated it above a couple of other Sterling Ray 35s I owned during its time with me. Seller is a top fella too. Buy with absolute confidence. GLWTS! Keir