philw Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) You don't see many of these. In fact you almost certainly won't see another... This is a reluctant sale 'cause it's a unique and fabulous instrument, but a long hard look at what I've got and what I need means this one should probably go (and I'll almost certainly regret it). Anyway, it's a Yamaha BEX 4 with a fretless conversion by ex-Brighton luthier Paul Aguilera ([url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/onyourstreet/mspaulaguilera.shtml"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...laguilera.shtml[/url]). Paul didn't just pull the frets out, he replaced the fingerboard with a lovely piece of dense ebony (no problem with round wounds).The neck got a new truss rod at the same time and there's white side dots at "fret" positions (3, 5, 7, 9, 12, etc.). The bass plays beautifully and with the currently fitted LaBella White Nylons sounds completely unique. It's well up in the mix on this: [url="https://soundcloud.com/philberish/whale-song-pw-remix"]https://soundcloud.c...e-song-pw-remix[/url] For those that don't know, the BEX 4, it's a semi-acoustic, 34" scale with piezo and mag pickups. One of the best inexpensive basses that Yamaha don't make anymore I reckon. There's a volume and pickup blend control on the front, and there's a side-mounted three-band EQ control. Being Yamaha, the build quality is very good and the bass is in great condition. The only real blemish is some slight marking in the finish on the front. I've priced it as a ball-park really 'cause I don't honestly know what it's worth. So make me an offer (bearing in mind of course that, as I don't really need to sell, I'd be mad to let it go for peanuts). I'm potentially open to trades and happy to ship to UK or Europe. Here's a bunch of pictures: [attachment=196314:BEX405.jpg][attachment=196315:BEX406.jpg][attachment=196316:BEX407.jpg][attachment=196317:BEX401.jpg][attachment=196318:BEX402.jpg][attachment=196319:BEX403.jpg][attachment=196320:BEX404.jpg] Price drop edit: £375 Edited August 12, 2015 by philw
philw Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1436781894' post='2820595'] I love the whale song [/quote] Thanks :-)
alyctes Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1436781894' post='2820595'] I love the whale song [/quote] Me too
philw Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1436821725' post='2821194'] Me too [/quote] Thanks too.
philw Posted July 21, 2015 Author Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) I'm thinking about eBay but I really would love this to go to a Basschater - it's too nice to let an ordinary bod have it. Make me an offer? Edited July 21, 2015 by philw
LukeFRC Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1436781894' post='2820595'] I love the whale song [/quote]v +1 awesome song - made my morning, your band? Also silly low price on this!
LukeFRC Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 just found this - you've an orange one too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR8I0uSSpFI
philw Posted July 23, 2015 Author Posted July 23, 2015 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1437585473' post='2827329'] just found this - you've an orange one too! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR8I0uSSpFI"]https://www.youtube....h?v=xR8I0uSSpFI[/url] [/quote] LOL. No, I swapped the fretless neck over to the blue one. I'm keeping the orange BEX4 as the fretted one. Thanks for the comments about the band. I'm 'just' the bass player - Ben, the singer/guitarist, writes all the songs. He's not half bad at it too. Lots more here: www.thegalleons.com and on Spotify etc.
philw Posted July 26, 2015 Author Posted July 26, 2015 Bump for finding another version of Whale Song featuring the bass (well, the orange version of it). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nU5j3ea_54
tom1946 Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 Whale song is epic, well done all of you! Is that a posted price?
alyctes Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 [quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1437934107' post='2830177'] Whale song is epic, well done all of you! Is that a posted price? [/quote] It's a genuine inspiration. Seriously.
philw Posted July 27, 2015 Author Posted July 27, 2015 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1437951708' post='2830368'] It's a genuine inspiration. Seriously. [/quote] That's really kind of you. I'm very lucky to be in a band fronted by a really great songwriter and with a bunch of talented, sensitive and almost entirely ego-free musicians (all of whom are young enough to be my kids :-). [quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1437934107' post='2830177'] Whale song is epic, well done all of you! Is that a posted price? [/quote] Yes Tom, could well be the posted price. Depends on where I'm posting too, but as I say in the OP, I'm basically open to offers. P
alyctes Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 [quote name='philw' timestamp='1437988056' post='2830477'] That's really kind of you. I'm very lucky to be in a band fronted by a really great songwriter and with a bunch of talented, sensitive and almost entirely ego-free musicians (all of whom are young enough to be my kids :-). [/quote] I didn't say I wasn't jealous
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