hanzepans Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) I am selling a Vox VBW-2500 Bill Wyman Teardrop bass. This is a beautiful shortscale bass, handmade in Japan around 2008. It's is a pretty rare model that you won't see too often. A bit of history about this bass: Around 1960 Vox made a signature model of their Mark IV teardrop bass for Bill Wyman. Around 2007-2009 Vox Japan made a limited run of reissues of the Bill Wyman bass. The reissue came in two models, the more traditional VBW-2000 and the more expensive VBW-2500. The basses were handmade in Japan in a limited run of about 100 pieces. More info about these basses is still available on the [url="http://www.voxamps.jp/products/VBW-2500/spec.html"]Vox Japan website[/url]. Craftmanship is excellent. The neck is pretty thin and the bass is very light. The bass has alnico single coil pickups that give it a very nice and warm sound, with all the characteristics of a hollowbody bass. The sound is also quite deep for a shortscale. Due to their limited availability these were [i]very[/i] expensive basses at the time. I'm looking for [s]850[/s] [u]750[/u][b] 700 pounds including shipping to the UK [/b](I'm located in The Netherlands). I can ship it safely in a big box, don't worry. The bass is in near mint condition, all original and comes with its original hardshell case. Here are some specs: - Neck: 770mm Scale length mahogany 22-frets(w/zero fret), bound rosewood and dot inlays - Hardware: VOX CS stoptail, bridge with cover, Goto BG707-C Tuners, VOX custom single coil bass pickups - Finish: Whale Blue - Weight around 3.18Kg - Hard shell case Pics of the bass: Edited September 24, 2014 by hanzepans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsixties Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Ultra cool bass, best luck with the sale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Thanks! It really is something else than the regular J and P basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Pretty What's the balance like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 It balances quite well actually. It stays in position with a normal strap. I think the weight of the toneblock under the bridge evens out the weight of the neck pretty well, and the bass itself is also very light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Looking at this it's very well made, but the E string seems to completely miss the pole piece on the neck pickup, is the p/up adjustable? I've always wanted one and this is in the best colour imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) Looking straight from the top the E string does not completely miss the pole piece, it's on the edge as you can see in the last pic in which the bass is in it's hardcase. It doesn't seem to affect the sound. If you look on the [url="http://www.voxamps.jp/products/VBW-2500/index.html"]Vox website[/url], you'll see that the blue bass pictured there has the exact same string/pole piece positioning on the E string, so I think that's how they are built. The pickup is adjustable in height only. However, the spacing of the strings can be adjusted on the bridge saddles, since the saddles are of the brass ribbed type that allow you to move the strings from side to side, like the old jazz basses used to have. Edited August 27, 2014 by hanzepans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thank you for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I just made a quick video with some soundsamples, see below. Never mind the fret buzz, that is from my fingers digging in too deep :-)[/font][/color] In the video the bass is strung with roundwounds, but it probably would sound awesome with flatwounds, and played with a pick. [media]http://youtu.be/-jBWrRUeawU[/media] Edited August 31, 2014 by hanzepans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Price dropped to 750 pounds inc. shipping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Last pricedrop: now 700 pounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 When I bought my first bass they had a similar bass in the shop the week before - gone when I went in - not surprising as it was advertised for £100. Ridiculous I know but it was the 80s and these would have been ultra unfashionable at the time... Lovely looking...should sell without too many problems...GLWTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Still available guys, make me an offer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Humptybump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanzepans Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 The Vox is not available anymore, it's being sent off to it's new owner :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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