Hooch Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) I'm selling my Freedom Retrospective series Pbass. These are japanese high-end basses, handmade on request by Freedom Custom guitar research – Pino's Rhino builder. Mine is a P fiver in 34'' scale (with an extent on the B string). Overall good condition, with some crazes in the nitro layers, some marks here and there - it's real nitro, not fullerplast + top lacquer. The neck is perfectly straight, vintage frets remain intact, with perfect low action. Real-nice Honduras rosewood fingerboard, comfy C shape, a joy to play. B string is resonant and defined, not as tight as my Cirrus one, but it extents this thumpy goodness to the (very) lows. Very light Fender-shaped fiver, considering its alder body: 9.1lbs / 4kg. As for the electronics, the split pickup is quite unusual. I never seen such a pickup before. With 4 polepieces on the A string, you got to adjust the height in a non-conventional way to prevent volume peaks, but once you've found this sweet spot it's working really well. I formerly had a XP1-T, the Xotic take on a P fiver, very good bass but this one sounds better. Just as good as my 4-string Ps, with this wonderful passive tone. Push the tone pot and the 2 band EQ gives a modern twist to the beast. Unknown builder too, but it's dead quiet and really effective. You got many useful tones there, including a killer slap tone, the active EQ interacting with passive tone. Amazing bass. As for the price : streetprice is around the JPY400 000 mark, which means it'd cost over £3800/4100 euros to have it shipped to your door. I'll ship this one to yours, in European countries, for £[s]1600/1900[/s], dropped to [b]£1215/1400 euros[/b]. Currently strung with fresh Labella low tension set – i also used DR roundwounds on this bass, it's working great. [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030529457496.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030523180727.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030439481530.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030450177919.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030503821936.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030918528491.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030917927258.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226031008219449.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170226030850858166.jpg.html"][/url] Edited March 15, 2017 by Hooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) A detailed pic on pickup height adjustment. A non-conventional way which evens string by string output. [url="http://www.casimages.com/i/170222093122740643.jpg.html"][/url] Edited February 26, 2017 by Hooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Price drop, £1440 / 1700 euros, shipping included. A fraction of its streetprice. Edited March 4, 2017 by Hooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Fresh pics + [b]1600 euros / £1355 price drop[/b] bump. In 10+ years lurking on japanese websites on a daily basis, i only saw one of these Retrospective PB for sale. I really isn't an easy-to-find bass. Edited February 26, 2017 by Hooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 1500 euros / £1280 shipped to your door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Bump. If you have 4-string trade option, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Having a keeping this one and doing a PJ fiver mod thought. I'm mostly a 4-string player though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jassbass Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 God wish I had the funds,thus is very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Thank you, craftmanship and materials are top notch on this Freedom. This luthier is not well-known there, Pino's Rhino may change this and highlight these amazing instruments, which they truly deserve. Plus the market being slow at the moment, i feel it's time for another price-drop. £1215 / 1400 euros shipped to your door. I'm already losing quite a bit of money, losing a little more, but well it's ok, fair game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) Seems this one won't find a new home, withdrawing the sale. This one may become a new bass then, with a J mod on the bridge side, or eventually a Lull or Thunderbucker set - bakelite or parchment pickguard of course :-) Should be ok. Edited March 15, 2017 by Hooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Ah shame, was still thinking about the trade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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