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roman615
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Username: roman615

Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2015
Posted on Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 9:52 am:   Edit Post

Hi there! I've got this bass that was passed to me that I'm trying to get rid of. Here's what I've got on it:

SMB4 Spoiler bass
top: Quilted Maple (very bubbly)
accent: none
body: Mahogany
neck: 3-piece Maple
scale: 32" medium
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals
pickups: AXY
controls: "Spoiler" volume, filter, 2-position Q-switch, 4-position rotary
pickup selector switch, mono output
originally made for: Rolls Music, VA
birthday: October 31, 1983

Yes... some of you mentioned seeing it on ebay.
It does need some cleaning... badly. It does have some scratches and dings in the body (mostly in the back) - and what looks to be strap peg holes in the back. See the pics.

I had it listed for 1900. Then 1800. I'd like to get 1650.00. I need to get rid of it.









bigredbass
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Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2302
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 11:05 pm:   Edit Post

The original Les Paul recipe of maple over mahogany works very well for basses as well. The maple and ebony add a lot of 'cut-thru-the-mix' and the mahogany settles it down just enough to give it a nice sheen.

Gimme this bass and in a couple hours, the fixer-upper part is over. You can clean / polish the brass bits, BreakFree the tiny screws and threaded rods, clean and moisturize the fingerboard and slick up the frets while you're at it, new 9v, then do a setup with the right strings. Maybe slap a few FatBoys in it if you want to.

If there's no big divots in the wood, this is the perfect 'starter' Alembic, and is the next best deal I've seen here in a while, after that natural colored Elan a while back (boy did somebody miss out on that one!).

I love taking an axe like this and going all Edd China / Wheeler-Dealers on it.

Joey
roman615
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Username: roman615

Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2015
Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 10:33 am:   Edit Post

Sold! Thanks.

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