gillento Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) [font=Helvetica]Fender Roscoe Beck V with Sadowsky preamp[/font] [font=Helvetica]Good condition, some dings and dents but nothing serious.[/font] [font=Helvetica]Specs:[/font] [font=Helvetica]2 Texas-size, dual-coil humbucking pickups, each of which can be run in single-, series-, or parallel-coil wiring modes via 2 small DPDT (double pole, double throw) on/on/on switches: "up" is parallel, "center" is single-coil, and "down" is series. [/font] [font=Helvetica]Since Roscoe Beck is a fan of early J-Basses, the pickups' coils are placed in exact Jazz-pickup position when run in single coil mode.[/font] [font=Helvetica]An important element of the instrument's fat-and-round sound is the pickups' alnico "Tri-Pole" magnet configuration. Although the pickups appear to have 12 polepieces each, there are actually 22, as each string has two dedicated magnets directly below it, located underneath the pickups' covers. Fender says this arrangement reduces the "double-beating effect" for better intonation past the 12th fret, because the magnets have a softer magnetic pull, especially on the B and E strings. It works, as the bass has a very clean and stable sound in the upper positions, even along the B.[/font] [font=Helvetica]With both pickups set to single-coil mode, the bass produces an authentic J-Bass tone across the entire instrument. The pickups possess the crisp, organic quality of a good single coil—but yes, they do hum. (Although the hum is canceled when both pickups are full-up).[/font] [font=Helvetica]Switching the pickups to parallel gives the instrument a more modern sound: a sharper attack with slightly less mids. (This is the setting for slappers.) In many ways, parallel mode sounds a lot like a single-coil pickup, but since there are two coils operating, there's a more powerful tone without the 60-cycle hum.[/font] [font=Helvetica]Series is the setting to select if you really want some punch: in this mode, the pickup's coils are configured like a standard humbucker, which has more output, bottom, and midrange, with a warmer high end. [/font] [font=Helvetica]On this bass the VOL/Tone/3-way pickup-selector configuration has been replaced by a VOL/VOL/Tone configuration .[/font] [font=Helvetica]Add to that the very tastefull on-borad EQ of the sadwosky preamp with vintage tone control and you have every tone you can imagine at your fingertips.[/font] [font=Helvetica]The J-shaped body is made of two pieces of alder. (the same type of timber used in early J-Basses.) The body of the bass is fairly lightweight, but the mass of the custom Gotoh bridge (which can be strung through the bridge or through the body) adds weight. [/font] [font=Helvetica]To keep the overall weight down, the bass sports Hipshot Ultralite tuners on its 4+1 headstock.[/font] [font=Helvetica]Two graphite bars reinforce a one-piece flatsawn maple neck: each bar is imbedded in the neck underneath a pau ferro fingerboard. This African hardwood combines the snap of maple with the warmth of rosewood. Pau ferro is also nearly twice as dense as typical rock maple, so it adds stiffness to the neck, which is especially critical for a good B-string sound. [/font] [font=Helvetica]The fingerboard holds 22 tall jumbo frets , all properly leveled and dressed, on a 34” neck.[/font] [font=Helvetica]lbs 10.1 / 4,6kg[/font] [font=Helvetica]19 mm string spacing[/font] [font=Helvetica]comes in original tweed case[/font] [font=Helvetica]The bass comes with its orifginal case and the original pickguard and controls if you wish someday to do a reverse engineering[/font] [font=Helvetica]£1400 / 1.600€ plus shipping (firm) .[/font] [font=Helvetica]Only trades considered are Pre-CBS Fender basses[/font] [font=Helvetica]about me:[/font] [font=Helvetica]Basschat: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=64788"]http://basschat.co.u...showtopic=64788[/url][/font] [font=Helvetica]Talkbass: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/feedback/gillento.63576/"]http://www.talkbass....gillento.63576/[/url][/font] [font=Helvetica]ebay: [url="http://feedback.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=gillento&ftab=AllFeedback""]http://feedback.ebay...llFeedback"[/url][/font] [font=Helvetica]onlybass: [url="http://forum.onlybass.com/index.php?/user/1617-gillento/"]http://forum.onlybas.../1617-gillento/[/url][/font] [font=Helvetica]facebook: [url="https://www.facebook.com/gillento"]https://www.facebook.com/gillento[/url][/font] Edited October 10, 2016 by gillento Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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