Loïc Le Pape Steelmbass (steel-bodied j-style) 1300€ £1300

[eloann]

Here's a very unique bass that's not getting played as much as it should, mostly because of my Dingwalls.
It has a hollow steel body, a Warmoth maple/bocote neck with a nitro finish, slightly reliced. The body shape was inspired from the Ruokangas Steambass (with Juha's authorization).
It's a jazz bass at heart, but with slightly twisted electronics. It has a master volume, a Dingwall style 4 position rotary switch (neck/both in series/both in parallel/bridge) offering several distincs flavours. The series setting not usually found on jazz basses offers a deep punchy tone ideal for rock - think Musicman ballpark. Then there's a Stellartone Tonestyler, which is basically a notched 16 position passive tone control switching through different cap values (from bypass for the brightest possible tone to .1 for a classic muffled sound). It preserves midrange while cutting just the wanted chunk of highs.



More pics and infos on the builder's website :
[url="http://www.loiclepapesteelguitars.com/spip.php?article253&lang=en"]http://www.loiclepap...icle253&lang=en[/url]
[i]The fingerboard is bocote - not pau ferro
The actual weight is around 4.4kg
A hard case is included[/i]

The bass is in the vicinity of Geneva, Switzerland. Anyone is welcome to check it out in person.
Looking for [b]1300€ shipped EU[/b] (about half the new price)
Will ship from France to prevent trouble with the customs

My only trade interrests would be a Dingwall bass or a Chapman stick. Might take a pedal or two to ease the bill.

Edited February 7, 2014 by eloann

[chaypup]

Oh go on then..... Is it any good for metal?

[Conan]

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Oh go on then..... Is it any good for metal?
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[eloann]