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SOLD Sutch Guitars custom 5-string fretless (GWB inspired)
£1450

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For sale or relatively specific trade is my custom built Sutch Guitars fretless 5-string bass - £[s]1350[/s] [b]£1050[/b] ono or possible trades for a 70s vibe Fender J. Not necessarily vintage, but vintage vibe (I'm very aware that I can't afford a stack knob J...). With regards to trades, I would prefer straight trade at value or plus cash my way. Not looking to spend more than the value of this instrument.

Heavily inspired by the Gary Willis Ibanez GWB basses, this is a much more flexible and, in my opinion, versatile variation on one of my favorite bassist's custom models. I don't like selling instruments, but after 2 years of great service, my needs have changed somewhat and I'm using this bass less than it deserves to be used. It has been gigged a lot and has been all over Europe, always in proper flight cases etc.. As such, there is the usual wear and tear, but this is limited to very slight scratches to the rear of the bass and minor dings to the top of the headstock. It has been very well cared for. Photos are below, plus 2 professional photos from the luthier after the build was completed. A great opportunity to own a one of a kind instrument!

I'm based in Birmingham and any interested people are very welcome to come and give the bass a whirl. Collection is preferred, but shipping can be arranged at the buyers expense and risk. Payment via Paypal or bank transfer. Can supply either a Gator hard case that came with the bass, or a pretty beaten up Ritter gig bag!

Cheers!

Spec:

- Beautiful one piece swamp ash body
- 5 piece Wenge/Bubinga neck with Ebony fingerboard (24 position fretless with Wenge lines)
- 12" fingerboard radius, 34" scale neck with narrow(ish) 7mm string spacing at nut (neck carved with me present to get it absolutely spot on - great service!)
- Lightweight Hipshot tuners and aluminium A-style bridge
- Custom John East preamp with 3 band EQ, parallel/single coil mini toggle (with option of changing to 3-way for parallel/series/single coil) and active/passive push/pull volume pot
- Delano SBC HE/S pickup
- Wenge backplate and magnetic battery cover
- Swamp Ash adjustable finger ramp
- Natural oil/wax finish
- Strung with Thomastik Infeld flats

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Here are some links to sound clips.

Specifically recorded sound clips: [url="https://soundcloud.com/samuel-c-roberts/sutch-sounds"]https://soundcloud.c...ts/sutch-sounds[/url]

2 examples in context/different styles of music: [url="https://soundcloud.com/samuel-c-roberts/03-worlds-apart"]https://soundcloud.c...03-worlds-apart[/url] AND [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uawonOB-z8Y"]https://www.youtube....h?v=uawonOB-z8Y[/url]

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