1982 quilted maple Distillate - very nice [SOLD]

Started by bdawgfish, August 17, 2010, 06:26:51 PM

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bdawgfish

Sorry to kryan1 - didn't mean to step on his post. My bass sounds very much like his.  Almost perfect condition - very low mileage. Recent work: RF shiled upgrade, rewire neck lites, new pots and knobs.   $3100

 

 

  [moderator's edit for picture alignment]  (Message edited by adriaan on August 18, 2010)  (Message edited by davehouck on September 19, 2010)

roymus

sounds interesting. I am looking for a 30 to 32' scale,not very heavy, series one or two, or brown bass, I have never heard or played a distillate before and am wondering whether they sound like either basses. Also could you explain the electronics.I would think that the PU selector has 1, 2, both and mute, back switch for leds and volume, tone and 3 different Q switches?????????. scale length?

tmoney61092

They are bass and treble quick switches to boost/flat/cut them, my understanding is that nothing sounds like a series bass
 
~Taylor

adriaan

Yes, the three toggles close together are:
 
(1) boost/flat/cut for bass
(2) boost/flat/cut for treble
(3) on/off for Q
 
Q applies an 8 dB boost at the filter drop-off frequency. That frequency is set by the filter pot (which is not quite a tone pot).

bdawgfish

Adriann is correct. It's a 32, moderately head-heavy so I wear a suede strap t keep it in place. Lots of tone variation and the clearest low E I've ever heard. I keep the Q switch on all the time because I'm a low-freq junkie.
 
Here's more details:
Custom Features:  
Quilted Maple woods, Front & Backside  
Custom LED's Run the length of the neck  
Chrome Hardware  
Side mounted jack for the cable  
Here is more detailed information:  
Model: DMSB4 Distillate Bass  
Top: quilted maple  
Body: mahogany  
Back: quilted maple  
Neck: maple and purpleheart  
Fingerboard: ebony with mother of pearl ovals  
Scale 32 medium  
Width at the nut: 1 & 3/4  
Serial # 82D2198

bdawgfish

Sorry - original post should say 'quilted maple' not 'flame maple'. So hard to keep my maples straight.
 
(Message edited by bdawgfish on August 18, 2010)

adriaan

There you go - title changed. Licking flames, perhaps - but quilted it is.

bdawgfish

Dang! Mispelled Distillate. Really, it's not a fake.

adriaan

My sincerest apologies if that was my mistake - corrected!

bdawgfish


sonicus

Hello.  
          I know this bass. I went to check it out when it was for sale by the previous owner.He is a very decent fellow . The Bass is very nice. It was offered here before;  
http://club.alembicguitars.net/Images/395/71856.html?1256345749

bdawgfish


echo008

got it today....
Amazing!
Great price for a pristine, beautiful instrument
Thank you.
 - T
"Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man."
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

echo008

double post .... oops.
 
(Message edited by echo008 on December 29, 2010)
"Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man."
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

David Houck