Hellzero Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) Thinning down the herd, so selling the basses I don't use for different reasons. FOR SALE ONLY. HOHNER Professional B Bass VI "Dark Matter", highly upgraded. The specifications : 34 inches scale. 24 frets (side and front dots), in very good condition. 1.5 mm action under the C string up to 2 mm under the B string. 18 mm strings spacing at the black aluminum Hipshot B bridge (upgrade). 9 mm at the individual string height adjustable ABM 6260 bell brass nut (upgrade). 2 truss rods (fully working). 6 black Gotoh GB7 tuners (upgrade). 3 pieces maple with mahogany stripes neck through. Very nice rosewood fretboard with this pinky-rosy looking aspect you can see on the pictures (not that flashing as there was a lot of sun when photographed). 2 Bartolini G66CBJD dual in-line coils pickups with ebony ramps (upgrade). Noll TCM3 preamp (upgrade) with new battery and a new chrome barrel output jack : volume (push-pull active when red LED is on / passive), blend, low, mid, treble, kill switch (upgrade) with black plastic knobs à la Yamaha (upgrade). 2 maple wings body with 2 stripes of mahogany and 2 black Schaller security locks strap pins (upgrade). Weight : 4.5 kilos (on the light side for a 6 strings bass). Delivered in perfectly fitting molded Carvin hard case (with a plastic part broken on the under side without incidence on the protection : see last picture). Fitted with new DR BKB6-30 Black Beauties K3 coating nickel plated steel round core strings (30 - 45 - 65 - 85 -105 -125). High gloss finish. Complete set up made by Christophe LEDUC. Asking price is £500 GBP (so you are only paying for the upgrades). This bass is certainly the best entry level bass ever made and the upgrades are really worth it, transforming a good 6 strings bass into a wonderfully sounding and playing bass that can be compared to boutique basses. The all black "Dark Matter" look is also appealing and the neck is a pleasure to play with no headstock diving ! Some links : https://www.bartolini.net/product/g66cbjd-b1t1/ http://noll-electronic.de/bass-electronics/tcm-3/ https://www.drstrings.com/coated-bass-black-beauties https://abm-guitarpartsshop.com/ABM-GUITAR-PARTS/Accessories/Nuts/Adjustable-Nuts/ABM-6260-Nut::117.html?language=en The pictures to see the real condition (not that flashing as there was a lot of sun when photographed), which shows only surface wear to the finish except for the black colour hardware which has faded, with this blemish under the bridge pickup done when routing for them (see picture #6) and some strings scratches on the glossy black headstock finish , but nothing really serious. This bass has been played with extreme caution. Judge by yourself : Edited July 8, 2018 by Hellzero Pictures corrected
oldslapper Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, Hellzero said: And @oldslapper too, I guess. I'm all bass'd up at present. Super 6 string basses these, even without the mods. GLWTS. 1
Thunderbird Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 50 minutes ago, Hellzero said: @lownote12 you mean... Yeah him too lol 😂
Hellzero Posted July 1, 2018 Author Posted July 1, 2018 Not yet, but I can make some during the week.
BreadBin Posted July 1, 2018 Posted July 1, 2018 That's awesome, someone buy my two Retrovibes so I can buy this!
lownote Posted July 2, 2018 Posted July 2, 2018 Not sure how much we can discuss stuff on a sales thread, so if this is bad spank me and remove. I'd just comment the ramp. On mine I ran it to fit square with the end of the pickups. I also used double sided tape so i could remove it without affecting the look of the bass. On this VI I left it as wood, on my previous VI I panted it black - both looked good.
Hellzero Posted July 2, 2018 Author Posted July 2, 2018 No problem for me. On mine, the pickups are much longer than the originals so a ramp running fit square with the pickups would have been very massive and I got it like this...
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