SOLD FS/FTBee Bass Bay-Bee one off custom 5 string - short scale £600 Wellingborough

[BigJim]

Normally Fred Bolton is known for doing Extended Range Basses, mental bodies, amazing necks... This is no exception!

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Bay-Bee Bee Bass Ultra-Short 23.5" scale length tuned E-C natural bass octave, not an octave up!

 

The Bay-Bee idea was an idea of mine, Fred's and a couple of other guys of the ultimate in headed travelling bass!

The specs that weren't standard that I got him to do...

His own custom pickup (Absolutely AMAZING)

23.5"scale

15.5mm spacing

Locking Jack

Curly Walnut top and headstock cap

6 bolt neck

Specs:

Oak body
Curly Maple fretboard and pickup cover
2 piece Maple neck and headstock
BEE split coil BuzzBucker pickup
Passive electronics
Wilkinson tuners
Individual string bridges
Kalium strings 102-076-057-043-031

 

It's light, Schaller strap locks.

 

THIS THING IS KILLER, I only recommend coming to try the bass to see just how amazing it is!

 

£600 bargain steal! it almost cost me that to get it into the country let alone the cost of the bass! CASE NOT INCLUDED SHIPPING at buyer’s cost

 

Trades for Fender Flea Jazz bass

something if the graphite variety

funky basses

half off your Allen&Heath QU desk

(can add my Vintage V4004b) 

 

Cheers,

 

BJ

 

 

Edited April 29, 2019 by BigJim

[TheGreek]

10 minutes ago, BigJim said:

I only recommend coming to try the bass to see just how amazing it is!

 

Where are you?

[BigJim]

Just now, TheGreek said:

Where are you?

Wellingborough mate, Just next to Northampton!

[ricksterphil]

That's different, and mildly phallic!

[therealting]

That’s a killer deal for a Bee! Trying to decide if I can deal with that short a scale. You put 25.5 and 23.5, which one is it?

[edstraker123]

I so want that bass !!!!!!

[Jabba_the_gut]

Nice. Gives me an idea for another build!! Lovely top on that.

Edited March 20, 2019 by Jabba_the_gut

[Owen]

I can dig that. 

[BigJim]

17 hours ago, therealting said:

That’s a killer deal for a Bee! Trying to decide if I can deal with that short a scale. You put 25.5 and 23.5, which one is it?

Sorry I’ve amended it! 23.5”

[BigJim]

17 hours ago, edstraker123 said:

I so want that bass !!!!!!

Treat yourself 

[Owen]

23 hours ago, BigJim said:

Wellingborough mate, Just next to Northampton!

It is just as well that I do not live anywhere near you.

 

[BigJim]

1 hour ago, owen said:

It is just as well that I do not live anywhere near you.

 

Where are you based? I can post

[Owen]

Stop it! Not telling!

[BigJim]

36 minutes ago, owen said:

Stop it! Not telling!

I travel quite a lot gigging... and me and the misses are looking at placves to go for a couple of days... Did I mention the set-up is to die for and you can use the top 5 satrings on a 6 string set and keep the B for your conventional 5 strings...

[bozzie]

very nice, GLWTS.

Edited March 22, 2019 by bozzie

[honza992]

Just to double check, does this play in the normal bass register? Are the strings unusual to make up for the short scale?

[BigJim]

1 minute ago, honza992 said:

Just to double check, does this play in the normal bass register? Are the strings unusual to make up for the short scale?

It’s in normal bass register. E-C! 

 

You can use normal strings on it. The gauge I used are above! Basically near enough the top of a 6 string set

[BigJim]

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[Marc S]

Wow. That looks a quality build

[binky_bass]

I can attest to Fred's work... he built me a 10 string Bee and it is by far the best build quality I have ever seen. VERY tempted by this! Binky could do with a little brother!

[BigJim]

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Edited April 18, 2019 by BigJim