On hold Epiphone masterbilt century deluxe bass - *SOLD* £590 Bath

[oldslapper]

Demo from Section of recording 

 

 

Never saw this day coming, but I was taking it to be defretted when I was offered my old EUB which I couldn’t resist and I need the funds. This has been used for one recording gig in November since I bought on this ere forum back in September-ish I believe? Otherwise been sat in it’s gig bag.

Strung with black nylons which I think suit it nicely.

The bridge piezo was removed (as is quite common with these) and replaced with a lovely Krivo mag. No feedback but still retains the woodyness when dialled in with the internal tone control. 
I will dig out the Spotify/iTunes link to the recording, or get a demo up.

You can feel the quality of the build when played, and the nylons give it a nice upright sound. The ebony board is gert lush my babber. 
Looks cool as flip too! Needs to be played, not sat in a case. 
 

I am not posting this without a hard case I’m afraid. But will travel by negotiation within reasonable distance of Bath/Bristol/Bridgwater areas. I’m open to offers btw, but no trades. 
 

Specs:

Factory Specification:

Finish Aged Gloss
Top Solid Spruce; Longitudinal Bracing
Body Material Laminated Flame Maple
Body Dimensions Lower Bout: 17"
Upper Bout: 12.6"
Waist: 10.25"
Body Length: 21
Neck Material 5-pc Laminated; Hard Maple/Mahogany
Neck Shape Rounded "C" shape
Neck Joint Dovetail; Glued-In
Scale Length 30.5"
Headstock Historic Epiphone Dovewing with Pearloid "Banner" logos
Headstock Inlay "Epiphone" logo in pearloid
Truss Rod Dual-Action
Truss Rod Cover Black PVC "Bullet"; 1-layer
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Frets 20 Medium
Fingerboard Inlay Pearloid "Notched Diamond"
Binding Body Top: 3 layer
Body Back: 3 layer
Fingerboard: 1-layer
Nut Bone
Nut Width 1.65" (42mm)
Pickguard Imitation Tortoise (Installed)
Hardware Aged Nickel
Machine Heads Epiphone Historic Reissue Tuners with Marboloid "Crown" buttons; Improved to 18:1 ratio from vintage models
Preamp eSonic™ HD (High Definition)
Pickup Shadow NanoFlex™ HD; Under-saddle
Power 9 Volt Battery
Controls Master Volume
Master EQ
Pickup Selector 3-way Toggle Switch, Epiphone All-Metal; Toggle Cap, White
Knobs Black Tophats with metal inserts
Bridge Floating Adjustable; Ebonoid
Tailpiece Epiphone Inspired By Bass Trapeze
Output Jack 1/4"
Saddle Compensated; Artificial Bone
Strings D'Addario ETB92M Tape Wound Acoustic Bass Strings
Serial Number 1930's Era Replica Soundhole Label

Edited June 22, 2022 by oldslapper

[silverfoxnik]

That's an absolute beauty of a bass! 

 

GLWTS 👍😊

[grahamd]

Gorgeous, and local to me too!

 

If I hadnt just pulled the plug on jazz etc…

[Scoobs]

I knew I should have stayed away from this forum, that is lovely! If either my bike or my saxophone sell soon enough..................

[Badscrew]

Blooming Heck, that’s something! 
love how it looks 🥰

[ricksterphil]

Nice

[lee650]

That's such a lovely thing 😍

[Duroc17]

PM'd you

[oldslapper]

5 minutes ago, Duroc17 said:

PM'd you

Replied. Thanks. 👍🏻

[oldslapper]

Had a few PMs, and there’s a bit of a queue building up whilst people look for money behind the sofa, sell kidneys/kids/kids kidneys, and generally have a think. But a question that comes up is about weight.

I’ve just weighed it on my bathroom scales and it showed 6.4 lbs on several attempts. Hope that helps? 

[Badscrew]

That's not heavy at all

[oldslapper]

13 minutes ago, Badscrew said:

That's not heavy at all

Nope, it’s my brother 😎

[Old Horse Murphy]

That's a piece of art. Lovely 😊 

[oldslapper]

Bump.

Still available.
Shipping might be an option if I can source a hard case that fits, which will be added to cost.