sirmontofgue Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Had this bass for about 5 years & never thought I'd sell it, but it's been sat in its case since I got delivery of my new Valenti 5 String...and I can't keep too many basses (what says everyone else...you can never have enough basses!) also I need the money nowadays. I used it in quite a few gigs and it sounds fantastic, so powerful. It has a few scratches and marks, especially on the rear, as you'd expect from a gig used bass (see the pics). However, they are nothing too serious and it still looks beautiful. This is one of the first basses Nino made under the name Valenti, he made it as an instock item as opposed to his usual custom work. The Specs are... Vintage Full Sized Jazz Alder Body Maple Neck w/Pau Ferro Fretboard Inca Silver w/matching headstock Satin Finish on Neck White pickguard Nordstrand NJ4 single coil pickups Aguilar OBP-1 2 band Preamp Hipshot HB-1 Tuning Keys Gotoh Quick Release Bridge Chrome Hardware Contoured heel for easier access to the upper frets Hipshot Drop D-tuner Vintage Tone Control Active/Passive Push/Pull Pot Series/Parallel Push/Pull Pot So the four controls are Volume (Push/Pull Series/Parallel) Blend (Wired like the Sadowsky basses are) Vintage Tone Control (Push/Pull Active Passive) Stacked Bass and treble of the Aguilar OBP-1 Pre Amp The price is now £750 as it comes with a Stagg hard case, that I got with it, that's got a few scratches as you can see. I still have the original pick up cover, but the screws are missing. I'm loathe to send this via post (if anyone wants to come and try it out before buying, I'm in Nottingham), but I will consider meeting anyone half way as longs as it's within 30-40 miles. [attachment=182388:1.jpg][attachment=182389:2.jpg][attachment=182390:3.jpg][attachment=182391:4.jpg][attachment=182392:5.jpg][attachment=182393:6.jpg][attachment=182394:P1090138.jpg][attachment=182395:P1090139.jpg][attachment=182396:P1090140.jpg][attachment=182397:P1090145.jpg] Edited June 14, 2015 by sirmontofgue
richardd Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Nice Bass Monty.GLWYS.Getting so thirsty waiting for that Beer
sirmontofgue Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Hey up mate...how are you?! You're right about beer...also I'm always on the look out for a band to play drums with as I haven't since RPM (what happened there!?).
richardd Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Not sure.,I recall Pete thought it would,t work.or was it Ray up to his usual.Looking for a gig myself.Thats Two out of Three
sirmontofgue Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 I don't know Rich, but it was a bloody good band...not the first time we've been in a good band together and its fizzled out! Do you know any guitarists...sounds like the rhythym section is sorted lol
AndyTravis Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 That's bloody gorgeous - think I've seen this one in person when it belonged to someone else.
sirmontofgue Posted February 8, 2015 Author Posted February 8, 2015 Thanks Andy...yes you might have as I bought it off a guy on basschat.
Stoney Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 This is a bargain for a valenti! I played on one recently and couldn't put it down!
sirmontofgue Posted February 9, 2015 Author Posted February 9, 2015 Cheers Stoney...they are wonderful basses. I had a 5 string made for me by Nino and it's fantastic. It's sadly replaced this one & I need the money!
sirmontofgue Posted February 9, 2015 Author Posted February 9, 2015 I've dropped the price to £750 to see if it moves...I thought this was the best place for flogging basses in Europe! Lol too many for sale!
tayste_2000 Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 My first valenti, now I just need the cash to buy it back.
sirmontofgue Posted February 15, 2015 Author Posted February 15, 2015 Hi Tayste, I bought it off you if you remember! Lol.
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