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| toddharris
Advanced Member Username: toddharris Post Number: 246 Registered: 7-2008 |
For anyone who has looked to buy a Veillette Citron bass, you know that finding one is a rarity as they only made approximately 225 basses of the 500 instruments they produced. Serial number is 37X. Dates early 80s. Let me start by saying that the few of us who have laid fingers on a VC neck know that there are few feeling through the hands to compare - it just feels amazing up and down the neck. This one (I've had 5) is particularly fantastic in terms of connecting with the instrument and singing through your fingers. The walnut top is gorgeous as is the neck and everything else on the bass. Minimal wear. The company made high-end, handmade, neck-through guitars and basses between 1976 and 1983. Everything except the gold schaller tuners and volume pots was hand made. This bass is a superb player - low action, dead straight neck and great tone possibilities with the pickup and pole selectors. Weighs in at a wonderfully light 8.1 lbs. Ebony fingerboard and minimal fretware. The neck is very fast and the bass sits up great for playing - perfectly balanced. The Schallers are really good tuners. Ready to play. The finish is gorgeous but there are a couple of stress cracks in the finish on the back of the neck - no structural issues and not going anywhere, but they appear on close inspection and in reflected light as very thin fine lines with three at the top of the neck and another 2 down near where the body meets the neck. The finish is glossy and like new otherwise. The plastic pickup covers have some wear but the pickups function fine. What else - this is just rare and these are way undervalued. Quality of the build is superb. The case is ragged and may or may not be what it originally came in, but the bass will be protectively packed for shipping. 3 day inspection and return privilege. Next stop eBay. These are rare as hen's teeth! Buy it now while the price is fixed. 631 807-9038  (Message edited by toddharris on July 06, 2010) (Message edited by toddharris on July 06, 2010) (Message edited by toddharris on July 06, 2010) |
