derrenleepoole Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) Just as the title suggests, up for sale is an American hand-made Traveler Pro Series travel bass guitar. The bass is in mint condition and has been kept in a smoke and pet free home. It comes complete with original gig bag, stethoscope for silent practice and a printed out hand drawn schematic from Traveler of the internal pickup and electronics setup. The bass features a jazz style pickup as well as a piezo in the bridge with the option to select between the two as required. The bass is 32" scale length and packs down to a bag sized at 915 x 270mm approximately. Even a Sindonido doesn't get that small! So it's very portable. I have it on good authority that only 185 of these were ever made. How do I know this? Well, I asked Traveler directly in America and the original builder told me! It certainly raises eyebrows at gigs and a lot of questions from interested onlookers I'm asking £275 delivered within the UK please. If anyone is wanting delivery overseas I'll have to quote for postage accordingly. I would certainly consider a trade/swap on an electric upright bass or a suitably good fretless bass, as I've been gassing for one for a while now. Edited November 28, 2009 by derrenleepoole
Stacker Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) [quote name='derrenleepoole' post='664721' date='Nov 25 2009, 08:47 AM']*An early morning bump*[/quote] They're great little basses! The neck reminded me very much of my old Status Series II. I used to sit on my chair in the living room with the stetho plugged in and zone out the Mrs and Hollyoaks on a Sunday affy! Good luck with the sale. Edited November 25, 2009 by Stacker
derrenleepoole Posted November 26, 2009 Author Posted November 26, 2009 *Another early morning bump - and a price drop to £250. A nice little Christmas present perhaps
The Burpster Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 What is teh string spacing at the zero fret please (or is it a nut I cant quite make it out) ....?
derrenleepoole Posted November 27, 2009 Author Posted November 27, 2009 It's a nut and the spacing from the middle of the E string to the middle of the G string is 35.5mm. The spacing at the bridge is 59mm. Hope this helps? If you require any more photos, or need to ask further questions, then please don't be shy!
The Burpster Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Can find info on the new one but, this doesn't even show up on the discontinued page.... Truss rod adjuster in the nut end..? And I guess its neck thru and not a bolt on neck like the new one...?
derrenleepoole Posted November 27, 2009 Author Posted November 27, 2009 This model of bass is pre Escape series. They're hand-made American basses (newer ones are made in the far east), and this one is about 12 years old approx, with only 185 being made making it quite rare. The truss rod adjustment is indeed at the end of the neck, and it's essentially an all one piece bass. I'll take some more in depth photos and upload them later so you can see more of the detail better.
The Burpster Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 Yes please. a couple of pics of teh back would be good..... You can PM them to me if you wish or I'll PM you my email addy...
derrenleepoole Posted November 28, 2009 Author Posted November 28, 2009 For anyone who might be interested, I've created an album of closer up pictures of the bass viewable on Facebook [url="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2044726&id=1371972885&l=3859f97d74"]here[/url].
The Burpster Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 Cant wait to see my geetarists face when I turn up with this..........
Rowbee Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 I had one of these which I sold a few years back, didn't realise they were so rare. It was taken to a few hotels around Europe and was a talking point at airports seeing as the carry bag looked like it had some kind of rifle inside.
derrenleepoole Posted November 29, 2009 Author Posted November 29, 2009 Did a gig in a really hardcore biker pub with it once, certainly got some very interesting looks, points and stares You'll love it!
The Burpster Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 Mine all mine...... Mwaaaaahhh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.... Actually its cuter than a cute thing and the neck is very nice to boot.......!
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