prs gary grainger 4 string £2250 shropshire

[Manor57]

2014 prs american made gary grainger 4 string , orange tiger front finish , maple neck with bird inlays ,superb player , any trials welcome , only selling as i’m using 5 strings these days 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Manor57
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[warwickhunt]

I've had a couple of the more common (uncommon  ) PRS basses and they were superb, I bet this is a belter!  

 

GLWTS

[Manor57]

yes it’s superb , i’ve got a 5 string version of it which i use and haven’t used this since i’ve had 5 but theve got great tone control and strong pick ups 

[AndyTravis]

Hot dang. Played one of these for a good while upon release - also had a lovely EB4 PRS for a while.

 

This is a stunner.

[snorkie635]

"Oooooooh Vicar, you don't see many of those this side of t' Pond!"

 

This'll make someone's Christmas, I hope. GLWTS

[lee650]

My goodness! That's a very special thing.

[Manor57]

yes v rare but superb machines 

[mattbass6]

Wow! 🤩 

[Manor57]

always a joy to play 

[Eldon Tyrell]

Man, this bass has one of the best looking finishes I've seen in a very long time. Very tempting 😍

 

Quick question about the passive mode. As far as I understand it, by pulling one of the volume knobs, the corresponding pickup is soloed (i.e., the other is de-activated) and the bass becomes passive. By pulling both volume knobs, both pickups are engaged in passive mode. Does one of the bass/treble/mid EQ knobs then turn into a passive tone control? I could not find any info on that but it would make sense to have such a config.

 

GLWTS 👍

[Manor57]

pulling the volume control up turns it into passive , but i’ve never used it in passive as i prefer active mode

[Eldon Tyrell]

Ok, fair enough.

[Manor57]

these are switching arrangements 

 

SWITCHING

Knobs 1-2 are volume controls and passive/active switch:

Knob 1: Neck pickup volume. 
Down = Active, Up = Passive If this knob is up and Knob 2 is down only the neck pickup (passive) is heard

Knob 2: Bridge pickup volume. 
Down = Active, Up = Passive 
If this knob is up and Knob 1 is down only the bridge pickup (passive) is heard.
If both knob 1 and knob 2 are in the up position, both pickups (passive) are heard.

Knobs 3-5 are a 3-band EQ control:

Knob 3: Bass EQ. Functions with pickups in active mode.
Knob 4: Mid EQ. Functions with pickups in active mode.
Knob 5: Treble EQ. Functions with pickups in active mode.

The bass will function passively without batteries as well.

[Eldon Tyrell]

Thanks, quite a complex arrangement that gives players lots of tonal flexibility. Cool stuff.

Just wished they had included a passive tone control for the passive mode as well (e.g., the treble knob could have acted as a tone control in passive mode).

[Manor57]

i think most peeps run them in active and there a huge range of tones to be had from it 

[Manor57]

this is my 5 , exactly same control wise 

 

[wombatboter]

If this would have been in Belgium this would have been sold to me but with exchange rates and Brexit..it's a different story.

One of those instruments I always wanted to have ever since I heard Grainger with it, they sound like a bass should sound to me.

 

 

[Manor57]

it’s superb , and lovely to play 

[MNY]

Lovely bass mate, GLWTS.

 

Kind regards,

 

Mark.

[Manor57]

thanks mark it’s lovely and really needs to be played so hopefully someone can give it a new home 

[Eldon Tyrell]

Is it possible to see some photos of the back of the bass please? What is the weight?

Cheers!

[Manor57]

[Manor57]

hi Eldon the weight is about 9 lbs

[Manor57]

[Eldon Tyrell]

Very tempting but someone has to by my 74 Fender P from Andy Baxter first before I have money to spend on beauties like this one.