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Title: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 19, 2023, 01:49:43 PM

Cool Essence 5, Signature 'tronics, fan headstock, LED's, abalone 'Dragonfly' inlay, and the rad red made me think about Joey's BIG RED SPOILER.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275796657883 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/275796657883)

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: BeenDown139 on April 19, 2023, 03:51:32 PM

beautiful bass.  owner selling due to arthitus.  i hope to kick the bucket before that day comes for me.  looks like it might be a race.

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: fivestringdan on April 20, 2023, 06:24:27 AM

Love that peghead! Beautiful custom I wouldn't mind owning.

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: jazzyvee on April 20, 2023, 10:48:35 AM

Isn't that the Jimmy Johnson style peghead?

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: StephenR on April 20, 2023, 11:37:44 AM

I have a fan peghead on my 1978 Series I five-string. I like the way it looks but think that design may be heavier than some of the other options. Pretty sure Jimmy also has at least one bass with the fan peghead. The early five-strings also had really narrow necks, I believe they were built on four-string necks at the time.

This is a cool custom Essence but no more red basses for me, one is enough, definitely prefer the look of natural wood for basses, preferably darker wood.

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: gtrguy on April 20, 2023, 12:21:49 PM

I am a 'Fan' of that style peghead myself!

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: StephenR on April 20, 2023, 12:45:35 PM

Here is my biggest fan, follows me to gigs. After owning this bass since 1984 or so I finally had custom length strings made for it which really helped straighten out the pull and fit of the B-string in particular. Medium scale bass and up until recently none of the strings I used fit properly. Winding always ended up wrapped around the tuner peg. This photo was taken before I put the custom strings on.

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: mica on April 20, 2023, 01:54:59 PM

I can't get the quote function to work today, but no, the original 5-string basses were not on 4-string necks, but they were quite narrow compared to a modern 5-string bass. 4-string fingerboards were 1.75 x 2.25 and 5-strings 2.00 x 2.50

The 5-string fan peghead on this Essence is shorter than the original shape.

This red Essence on Ebay is just amazing! I remember this build, and it looks better in person as we all know.

Title: Re: Interesting Essence 5 Custom on ebay
Post by: StephenR on April 20, 2023, 05:17:15 PM

Quote from: mica on April 20, 2023, 01:54:59 PM

I can't get the quote function to work today, but no, the original 5-string basses were not on 4-string necks, but they were quite narrow compared to a modern 5-string bass. 4-string fingerboards were 1.75 x 2.25 and 5-strings 2.00 x 2.50
 

Thanks for the clarification about the early five-string necks Mica!