1982 quilted maple Distillate - very nice [SOLD]

[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]

Lowering price to $2700

[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.alembic.com/Images/395/71856.html?1256345749

[bdawgfish]

SOLD, to the gentleman from New York

[echo008]

got it today....
Amazing!
Great price for a pristine, beautiful instrument
Thank you.
 - T

[echo008]

double post .... oops.
 
(Message edited by echo008 on December 29, 2010)

[David Houck]

Congrats Tom!