terryblyth Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Hey everybody, I've wrestled with this decision for a while, but I think the time's come. I'm letting my baby go This is a Millenium bass from Sei (Martin Petersen). He was only going to make ten of these and to my knowledge that amount hasn't been ordered. This is number 4. It's a buckeye burl wood with a thick gloss. The fingerboard's ebony, and the bass has Sims LEDs on the front and top. Bernie Goodfellow designed a 'brain' circuit for these which controls how they flash (or not) with nine different settings on a control knob. It's a thru-neck, 35" scale with a shallow depth, wide string spacing and bookmatched coverings for the batteries - 2x9v (one for the pre-amp and one for the LEDs). The pickups are Barts which were specifically made for the instrument, and it also has a piezo bridge with a blend control. The rear magnetic pickup has a coil-tap. Here's one photo to keep you going until I can salvage the rest from the camera. I'd welcome any questions and of course try-outs are welcome. There's a couple of dings which I tried to capture but the bass is too shiny for them to show up! It could do with an allen key on the bridge right now after I bodged up the height of the G string but if you know what you're doing it'll take seconds to sort. This is now at the Gallery in Camden. Feel free to contact them with any questions. It's going as I'm now just not the sort of player that does 6-string and can't now justify holding onto it on the off-chance that will happen. I've held onto it for a while longer than necessary while I try to adjust to life without it, but I haven't even taken it on a gig in a while now. [attachment=1952:Sei_6.jpg] Edited September 5, 2007 by terryblyth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryblyth Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 And here are the rest of the pics: [attachment=1956:Picture_010.JPG] [attachment=1958:Picture_012.JPG] [attachment=1959:Picture_014.jpg] [attachment=1960:Picture_015.JPG] [attachment=1961:Picture_017.jpg] [attachment=1962:Picture_020.JPG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Not many ways to describe that other than......WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozbass Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Hi, any idea of price yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 That is DAMNED nice-If only *rattles pockets-nothing there* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryblyth Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 BUMP now with price added...looking for £2000 folks! Apologies in advance if I take a while to get back to people on this - I've set up the topic to be tracked, but I'm not getting email notification of replies, despite it telling me I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryblyth Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 Final bump before I take it back to meet its maker in Camden on Wednesday! That'll mean a slight increase in price as he'll charge 15% commission on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theosd Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Sweet jesus, that's astounding! I WANT THAT!!! But I will never own £2000 still being at uni! Bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Just seen the Sei website at £2995, 15% of £2000 ain't £995 unless my calculator's bust .... but have a free bump ... Beautiful bass by the way, just one string too many for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 coz of course he would sell a second hand bass as new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mego0810 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Hi - I've got the cash for this now. Is it still for sale? Regards Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistahbenn Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Its for sale at the gallery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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