Les Paul Standard bass for sale

[Nocturnal]

Well, as much as I hate to do this I'm going to test the waters. I've been hit with a few shots financially this month (and still have more coming I think) and I am posting my LP Standard bass up for sale. It won't break my heart if it doesn't sell, but I need to at least try. It's a very nice bass in very good condition. The details are:

1995 Gibson LP Standard bass
Honeyburst finish with creme (tan?) binding
Chrome hardware/Warwick bridge
2 TB plus pickups (chrome)
Bart preamp plus active/passive bypass
black hardcase (not sure if it's a gibson case but fits like a glove)
weighs 10.8 lbs on my digital scale

The bass is in great condition and looks like it's gone unplayed for most of its life. The only real flaw to me is that the fret ends have poked out at the sides and you can feel the slight rise around the edges.  Doesn't affect playability at all. It's a great bass to play and it can get VERY aggressive with the preamp. I just had a push/pull volume pot installed (by our own Chromium) so that it can be played passive as well. It sounds great either way. (I had considered removing the preamp but thought I'd try the push/pull first) If you want more info/details feel free to ask. I've asked Joe (Chromium) to add his thoughts on the bass as he has played it several times since I bought it.

I'm looking for $1100 shipped in the lower 48. Feel free to make offers but please don't be offended if I decline. Thanks for looking.

Andy

Not sure about how to post the pictures on here. Help?

[Dave W]

Andy, if you don't have an external account like Photobucket, you can upload up to 4 photos per post, max 128 KB. But your links there are empty files, I don't know what happened.

[Nocturnal]

Thanks Dave. I'll try it again

[doombass]

That's a gorgeous LP!

[Dark Storm]

Oh my God! You don't know how much I wish I could buy this......


Thats a beast!

[uwe]

I find the active/passive mod a great idea!

[Freuds_Cat]

Now that is a nice looking bass.

[Barklessdog]

Amazing looking bass. Very sexy!

[chromium]

Oh my God! You don't know how much I wish I could buy this......

My sentiment also!  I've played this quite a few times, and its a beauty in every respect.  Andy really babies it too - the thing looks dead mint. 

It was interesting hearing the preamp and passive modes A/B'd against each other, after that push/pull pot was in.  The preamp boosts the signal substantially, but the thing I like about it is that it doesn't adversely color the tone.  It just lets the goodness of the TB+ pickups ring thru, and with the eq set flat the tonal color was rather similar to that of the passive mode (just a much hotter signal).  I figure that if a pre is gonna be built into a bass, then that's the kind of transparency I like - let the natural sound come out, and don't mess with a good thing.

[uwe]

Purdy bass that is.

[gweimer]

If I didn't have all the parts ready for my LP project, I'd probably jump on that.

[Barklessdog]

Rob does not have one!
 

[uwe]

Rob has these little shrunken feeble hands and cannot play anything but short scale with skimpy strings (85-65-50-30). In essence, he is a Dutch Joey de Maio with curly hair ...

[uwe]

He'd never be man enough for that bass, let-s face it ...

[Basvarken]

Woah!





If it weren't for the money crisis (and the mortgage on my house) I would have been all over that gorgeous LP!