1989 PRS Bass 4, Metallic Blue

[One Drop]

This is one of the fairly rare early PRS basses, only made for a few years late '80's early '90s. Famously used by Robbie Shakespeare on all his modern recordings, and often live. They sound huge and clear, and feel great to play with the fairly flat radius fretboard and nice comfortable body shape. They balance very well sitting and on a strap, too. For more information about these basses, scroll to the bottom of this page:

[url="http://www.prsguitars.com/csc/models.html"]http://www.prsguitar...csc/models.html[/url]

This one has the Metallic Blue finish, in great shape with only a few tiny dings, I would call the condition overall Very Good +, and I'm quite cautious describing condition. Brazilian rosewood fretboard, moon inlays, solid mahogany body, rock maple neck, and a nice weight at well under 9lbs (4kg). All original except for one pot that I had a tech replace a few years ago, it's a no issues bass set up to play currently wearing Labella flatwound strings. Comes with original hard shell case.

For more pictures, see here (some of the photos were taken in bright sunlight and show dust and weird reflections- the darker ones show the real condition much better):

[url="http://s19.beta.photobucket.com/user/adamr63/library/PRSBASS4_MetallicBlue"]http://s19.beta.photobucket.com/user...4_MetallicBlue[/url]

[b]Yours for £800 plus shipping [/b](€1000 or 1200 Swiss Francs). I take Paypal or bank transfer, and anyone near to French speaking Switzerland is welcome to try her out through my SVT/Bergantino rig.

Thanks for looking!

Edited December 10, 2012 by One Drop

[funkle]

32" or 34" scale? I can't tell from the PRS website.

[One Drop]

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32" or 34" scale? I can't tell from the PRS website.
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You know, I never thought about this, always assumed it was 34" length. I will measure it when I get back to the house, in a few hours, and get back to you. Thanks for your patience.

[One Drop]

Sorry for the delay, things got a bit hectic here. Scale length is 34", and the bass balances very well on a strap.

[Stance]

Nice bass!!!

[Raslee]

Yeah cool beauty. Wish I had spare cash. Good luck with the sale

Edited January 6, 2013 by Rasta

[One Drop]

Watcha know, Rasta! Thanks for the good wishes, and to you, Stance.

It is a killer bass for reggae. I like the way it gets a quite modern huge sound with zero mud, kind of in the Steinberger camp tonewise, but still has a lot of J bass type wood and growl in the there.

Edited January 6, 2013 by One Drop

[One Drop]

Bump up! Lots of trade interest, but I'm looking for a straight sale. thanks.

[Kiwi]

The Burpster would have been all over this.

[The Burpster]

........and here he comes.....Thanks Kiwi...!

Not the best time in ever for me as I have just bought 2 EB4s one of which iswith Marting Sims being modded for a full Bart set up.

But I will ask the good lady if I can strethc to number 8..... he he..!

[One Drop]

Pleased to make your acquaintance, Burpster.

If you can stretch it it's still available, happy to answer any questions. It's in great shape, and plays and sounds very well.

[juice]

prs love type bump - I wish my bank manager appreciated birds and moons the way I do! good luck with the sale, maybe one day my luck will change.

[One Drop]

Thanks juice!

They were heading for collector's status and going up in price, but the current market put a brake on that, thankfully for anyone looking for one!

[One Drop]

Last bump before I take this off the market!