Strandberg Boden 5 Korean Clone — fan fret/active noname pups/dogshit tuners - *SOLD* £350 Scotland

[PunkPonyPrincess]

One for the luthiers/setup nerds here. Bought this on Aliexpress on a whim as a project to upgrade with better tuners (I know the supplied headless ones, they’re all dogshit) and assess the pickups/preamp when they arrived, (probably dogshit too but sometimes I am pleasantly surprised). I buy these things and push them by sinking decent hardware unto them (like a boujie bitsa) and usually these guys end up being great basses at a fraction of the cost  — if the woodwork is sound (as it is here) it’s all in the hardware parts choice and setup and thats the bit you are going to have to do. I thought about ABM 3901 or Mera Bullet Tuners, Droplet string clamps, EMG active soapbar pairs and a Darkglass Tone Capsule. Or just nothing at all and set it up right.

Never played or setup as it arrived in the UK after I left to live in California and its still in the UK. The bolt on neck has the correct patented Strandberg Trapezoid Profile and seems exactly the same — apart from the jumbo frets.

Really nice woodwork to this:Ash back, Figured Maple top,  I suspect the frets need a grind down or replacement with fine wire stainless ones, some oil on the ‘headstock’ its basically an instrument I bought for the body and neck and was prepared to toss the rest.

But hey its not Strandberg Boden 5 cash and the wood finish is better than the Boden 5I briefly owned.

 

Comes in a styrene box as per the usual Korean workshop jobs.
Ships from UK.

Shipping is included in price. USA/RoW pls add £50-£70 (depending on location).

Edited October 3, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess

[three]

I love a bit of honesty in ads and the bass looks a lot better than I expected from the description. Decent timbers and impressive shaping/construction. Possibly a bargain for somebody and a nice project for those with the skills

[Roadybus]

34“ - 32“ ?

[PunkPonyPrincess]

34.5” Lowest

33” Highest 
 

Multi-scale - natch

Edited October 2, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess

[PunkPonyPrincess]

Long shot: Trades wise I am looking for a Sample Looper, a Singlular Sound Aeros.

Edited October 2, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess

[BassBus]

Whereabouts in Scotland is the bass?

 

[PunkPonyPrincess]

Dumfries and Galloway

[Hellzero]

A nicer copy than one might think. 😉

[PunkPonyPrincess]

Oh about the trapezoid neck. A lot of the clones don’t do it, they either do a chamfer straight front to back, or just supply a round neck (more common on the guitars from people like NX Guitars), this is a proper diagonal aka “trapezoid” cut across the neck as per Strandberg’s design.

I found some extra photos

[Hellzero]

What's the strings spacing at bridge and nut @PunkPonyPrincess?

 

Any idea of the weight (in kilos please)?

[PunkPonyPrincess]

10mm at Nut 17-17.5mm at tuners
Weight is 3.96kg

Edited October 2, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess
Updated spacing

[Newfoundfreedom]

Looks surprisingly good this. Definitely worth a punt at that price. 

[PunkPonyPrincess]

If it were not so hellishly expensive to ship my stuff to the USA I’d keep it. But i’m leaving Perfectly Normal Island behindfor good  and cutting my losses.

Edited October 2, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess

[Hellzero]

7 minutes ago, PunkPonyPrincess said:

10mm at Nut 15mm at tuners
Weight is 3.96kg

Thanks a lot.

 

15mm at the bridge(s) is really too narrow for me: Too bad, I'm out.

 

GLWYS.

[PunkPonyPrincess]

@HellzeroYeh, it looked a little closer to my 17.5mm ACG 5 and 6 er when I eyeballed the photos so just asked for a photo — it looks like 17-17.5mm to me.

 

Hope this clarifies.

Edited October 2, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess

[PunkPonyPrincess]

Sorry for the piecemeal answers to all your questions. This is hard enough to get answers on the other side of the planet

Edited October 2, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess

[PunkPonyPrincess]

And now sold! Thank you all.