Skinner Posted October 8, 2023 Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Sold. Reduced price to £945. Up for sale I have this extremely rare Organic 4 string fretted bass. Made top to toe from one piece of padauk (there is a wenge fingerboard and padauk facing on the headstock). The one piece body (contoured similar to Warwick basses) and neck gives the bass a very good sustain and excellent tonal quality. I believe Organic guitars were trading sometime between 2000 and 2012 (bit of a guess) the website still appears under 'Organic Guitars' even though they have long ceased production. A number of guitars and one bass were available. Here's some blurb and pictures from the site: Duncan Wales of Organic Guitars mixes modern guitar making techniques with time-honored materials and tone woods to produce quality acoustic and electric instruments. Old world luthiery and modern innovation is the hallmark of Organic. Duncan Wales , master luthier, has built several signature models for the UK based company and they display the finest in both electronic achievement and body style development. Trained at "The Totnes School of Guitar Making", Duncan combines his engineering background with traditional luthier's skills. The Organic bass benefits from the same design and construction elements of the guitar range and as such has the same tight fast response and colourful warm sonic footprint. Organic basses are available in either 4, 5 or 6 string format and the electronics configuration is the customers preference. We work with a variety of woods to ensure the right tone and aesthetic value is achieved for each. Featuring a solid African Padauk body and neck with a Wenge fretboard. Prices from £2,500 The bass is equipped with bartolini pick ups and preamp along with hipshot bridge and tuners. 34" scale length, weight is 8 pounds 4 ounces (3.74 kilos). Some very minor scratches on the upper bout rear of body and a tiny dent on the back of the neck which are shown in my photos. Ritter gig bag included. Incorporating some nice nice design features: recessed bridge and control knobs, through body or or usual bridge stringing options and magnetic truss rod cover. Try outs and collection welcome or can arrange a meet up within 30 miles of Daventry. Edited April 21, 2024 by Skinner Sold 20
TheGreek Posted October 8, 2023 Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Nice....looks very similar to my Fame Baphomet Edited October 8, 2023 by TheGreek 4
potato bass Posted October 11, 2023 Posted October 11, 2023 Compared to the Fame Baphomet above the Organic looks much more detailed Custom feinschmecker 1
TheGreek Posted October 11, 2023 Posted October 11, 2023 feinschmecker - not a word I was familiar with. Brownie points for using it here. Maybe I should have posted better photos - the Baphomet really is a classy instrument.
potato bass Posted October 11, 2023 Posted October 11, 2023 How often do you get to see one pice bass??? Crazy! not that im in position to buy, a sound sample would be interesting Beautiful bass 1
bubinga5 Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 Im not sure ive ever seen a one piece of wood bass from body/neck to headstock.... like ever.!! ?? 1
Skinner Posted December 1, 2023 Author Posted December 1, 2023 Yes, that was one of the things that drew me to this bass, also the hipshot hardware and Bartolinis (which have been my fave pick ups for a long time)
TheGreek Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 £1200 is not a lot of money in the Bass market place. I would have expected more interest TBH. Confirms that the market is slow at the moment. 1
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