MrWalker Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) This beautiful 5-string fretless bass was built by Norwegian session bass player Frank Hovland in Bergen in 1996. The bass has a 3-layer maple neck-through neck with ebony fingerboard. The body wings are walnut. Tuners and bridge are Schaller, it's a roller bridge with adjustments in all three dimensions. It's got a 34" scale length and is tuned E-C currently (needs to have the nut altered a little to be tuned B - G). Since the photo was taken, the knobs have been replaced with chrome knurled knobs (as the old EMG knobs had a tendency to get stuck to each other when rotating them). The preamp has Bass/treble boost/cut on one stacked knob, and mid frequency/mid boost/cut on the other stacked. Since there's only a single mic, it's just a master volume. The Mic is an EMG 40DC I believe. This bass sounds fantastic and plays like a dream. Frank built it for me in 1996, and I had him deepen the lower cutaway and make the fingerboard a little longer, so there are a couple bonus notes up above the 2nd octave, too. The only reason I'm selling this is that I'm only playing 4 and 6 string basses these days, and I need to finance my new 6-string main bass. Link to ad on Norwegian classified ad site below, w/photos: http://www.finn.no/finn/torget/annonse?finnkode=57389384 Shipping is additional, and the bass is located in Norway. Edited May 14, 2015 by MrWalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWalker Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Bump Seems the shipping from Norway to Europe is in the £55-65 range, FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWalker Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Thanks :-) It sounds awesome, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWalker Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 This bass is now sold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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