Gray Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Prose Bass handmade short scale fretless. 30'' Scale length. Bolt on maple neck / fingerboard. lovely figuring on board. Not sure what the body is - lovely wood anyway. Hipshot tuners. Passive pickup - no tone or volume to get in the way. Lovely sound - lots of 'mwah' and harmonics. Selling along with various other interesting basses as I have become to time poor to do them justice. I'm based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire but travel alot. Not comfy with posting but can deliver / meet up etc. [attachment=179819:prose fretless.jpg][attachment=179820:IMG-20150102-00096.jpg][attachment=179821:IMG-20150102-00095.jpg][attachment=179822:IMG-20150102-00094.jpg][attachment=179823:IMG-20150102-00093.jpg][attachment=179824:IMG-20150102-00092.jpg] Also for sale - Kif acoustic bass, Bassix Purple Flying V EUB and Ibanez Musician project bass. Edited January 11, 2015 by Gray
scrumpymike Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Gray, I play short-scale and am interested in trying a fretless bass, but who is Prose? Tried to get some info online but all I could find was a reference to Edwyn Prose bass guitar tuition. Can you tell me more?
alyctes Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 [quote name='scrumpymike' timestamp='1420848657' post='2654320'] Gray, I play short-scale and am interested in trying a fretless bass, but who is Prose? Tried to get some info online but all I could find was a reference to Edwyn Prose bass guitar tuition. Can you tell me more? [/quote] Paul Rose. I believe he's not making basses any longer, which is a shame. He is or was a member here.
Gray Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 Hi Scrumpymike, and thanks for answering alyctes. Exactly as the man says - Paul Rose (Prose) was building basses in (I think) Lancashire a few years ago. Sadly I think he has stopped building which is a real shame since he did some really cool and interesting stuff - like this :- http://basschat.co.uk/topic/88228-prose-bass-short-scale-headless-price-reduction/ The fretless is a really excellent little bass - I'm only selling because as I say I hate nice instruments not getting used, and I've got my beaten up old Ibanez if the fretless urge overtakes me. Forgot to say - this also has a very useful neutrik locking jack socket on it.
alyctes Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I've got a short-scale fretless Prosebass single-cut J-J; it's lovely, and I wish I could do it justice. Skint, I fear.
scrumpymike Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Thanks Gray and alyctes - need to have a think about this... not made any easier by the fact that you're in Yorkshire and I'm in Somerset.
Gray Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 Now sold subject to payment. Thanks for the interest guys.
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