binky_bass Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Hi all, Up for sale here is my MTD 635-24 fretless. The bass is in excellent condition with one small dot of a mark on the upper bout and another even smaller on the lower bout with a few minor scratches on the bridge. Before I go any further I'll get straight to the 'issue'... The finger board has a slight lift at the 16th fret position on the high C side that runs down to the end of the neck, the finger board also has a very slight 'over hang' from the 16th fret position again down to the end of the neck. I have discussed the issue at good length with Mike Walsh at Zoot basses who has quoted between £60 and £150 to set this issue 100% right. If the bass doesn't sell in the next couple of weeks I will have the work done by Mike and amend the price accordingly once the bass is back to being more or less flawless. You can see the lift in one of the photos, I made a point of making the lift as pronounced as possible when taking the photo to ensure honesty. Back to the good stuff... The bass does play excellently, the action is low and comfortable and the sound is just sublime, fretless basses don't come much better that this and given their brand new price tag you would certainly expect something special! To have a bass made with this spec and then shipped to the UK (inc. taxes) would be over £7000. Given the second hand price for MTDs is around £2800-£3000 I feel that £2300 is a very fair price. If you then add the cost of £150 to resolve the issue you then have a superb MTD 635 for £2450 which is a good bit less than they are selling for. The bass has a thick ebony finger board and a wenge neck (a $1000 option), I believe the top is maple burl with a matching headstock cap, the bass has a beautiful deep red statin stain with a very smooth and tactile MTD finish. The twin Bartolini pickups and Bartolini pre-amp give an excellent pallet on tones, it's essentially a 3 band EQ with volume, blend and 3 way pickup selector. String spacing at bridge: 18mm String spacing at nut: 9mm Weight: 4.3kg Current action at 12th fret marker: 4mm (can absolutely go lower). The bass will come with a used but decent hard case and I'm happy to ship the bass to who ever wants to own it. Shipping within the UK will be £40 or so to include insurance, if it's to go outside of the UK please let me know and I'll get some quotes. Collection from Wickford in Essex is also fine (and preferred!) I would consider trades, but strictly ONLY 6 string (or more!) basses, I'm not really interested in lower end 6 strings so it would need to be something of similar value to the MTD. I can't change the orientation of the pictures, if you want anymore photos, let me know and I'll be happy to take some and send them over. [url="https://goo.gl/photos/njtwZCrgyEHMynWm6"]https://goo.gl/photo...twZCrgyEHMynWm6[/url] - You can see the photos at a higher quality and the right way round here!! Russ. Edited June 19, 2017 by binky_bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Hi Russ, didn't you forget the usual specs like, weight, strings spacing at bridge and nut, action at 12th fret,... ? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 Soon sir... Soon. Posted the ad from work while I had a minute! Such details will be posted tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 [quote name='Hellzero' timestamp='1497277559' post='3316961'] Hi Russ, didn't you forget the usual specs like, weight, strings spacing at bridge and nut, action at 12th fret,... ? ;-) [/quote] Missing details now added! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Price drop to £2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Traded some time ago, and totally fixed. A terrific fretless bass ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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