pete.young Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 (edited) Up for sale is my 4-string Dean B2 Brian Bromberg signature model. If you like the looks and sounds of the earlier Peavey B-Quad but are looking for something of more modest means then this might appeal. It's a 34" scale length with a 5-piece neck through and what I think is a flamed maple cap. The fingerboard is rosewood, other than that I've no idea what the woods used in construction are. Original Dean web site page: [url="http://www.deanguitars.com/bromberg_signature.htm"]http://www.deanguitars.com/bromberg_signature.htm[/url] but doesn't tell you anything useful. This bass is very light and playable, with an extremely thin and fast 2-octave neck. Besides the conventional Jazz-style pickups the B2 has a Fishman Piezo bridge. There's a 3-way toggle which allows you to select piezo only, mag pickups only or blend the two. On its own the Piezo gives a very rich woody tone. The top octave rings out like the low end of a classical guitar. When used with the mag pickups it seems to add a bit of punch. All in all it's a very versatile instrument with a huge range of sounds. It's also a very clean signal so makes a good instrument for recording. The downside is getting your head round the controls: there's a master volume, a piezo volume and one stacked pot with volume for each mag pickup. The second stacked pot is bass/treble for the mag pickups and the final pot is a mid range control, again for the mag - there's no EQ for the piezo. Some pictures: The bass is in excellent condition, with only two small dings next to the jack socket on the bottom edge. I've tried to photograph these without much success here: the vertical white mark on the left of the photo is a reflection. The price is £250 . I'm not really looking for trades. There's no case, so shipping isn't an option. I can deliver the bass to Ipswich, central London or points in between, I can take it to the South East Bass Bash on 27th November, failing that you'll need to collect it. Edited November 14, 2010 by pete.young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 I'm delighted to say that this is now sold and is going to a very good home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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