2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale

An archive of some of the basses that have passed through our sales forum.
Reference for pricing, or drool over the ones you missed.
Post Reply
User avatar
gravesbass
Posts: 1695
Joined: May 27th, 2008, 6:15 pm
Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA
Contact:

2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale

Post by gravesbass »

Up for sale is my beloved George Furlanetto Left Handed FBass BN5. It has been in my arsenal for 2 years now and always babied and taken great care of. It's lived its life in a case and smoke free environment.

F Bass BN5 Left Handed 2005 Model
Swamp Ash Body with Enhanced Grain
Matching pickup Covers and Cavity Plate
Black Hardware
Upgraded Brass Frets
Upgraded Birdseye Maple Fretboard
Passive/Active Electronics
Original Owner
9.5LB's
9.8/10 Condition

Asking $2,300.00 US Dollars - No overseas shipping on this bass, thx.

Click on images on my blogspot to view larger:

http://aguilardb750.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... -2005.html
Attachments
front.jpg
front.jpg (190.44 KiB) Viewed 13335 times
User avatar
andrew
Site Admin
Posts: 2666
Joined: March 4th, 2008, 3:51 pm
Location: Pacific Northwest

Re: 2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale

Post by andrew »

Now that is a killer looking bass! Welcome to the board Jim, nice to have you here.
User avatar
pjmuck
Posts: 3993
Joined: March 9th, 2008, 7:46 am
Location: West Orange, NJ

Re: 2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale

Post by pjmuck »

That "enhanced" grain looks incredible. How do they do that? Is it similar to how Fender created Wildwood Coronados, by injecting ink into the trees?
User avatar
Lefty007
Posts: 770
Joined: March 12th, 2008, 5:13 pm

Re: 2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale

Post by Lefty007 »

pjmuck wrote:That "enhanced" grain looks incredible. How do they do that? Is it similar to how Fender created Wildwood Coronados, by injecting ink into the trees?
I think they dye the whole body with black ink and let it soak for a while, then sand. I guess the big challenge is to know the liquidity of the ink, the amount to apply, and the time to let it soak so when sanding you get the right amount of exposed dyed grain.

But what do I know. . .

Nice bass. Welcome, Jim. I'm sorry I never replied to you about this bass. . . we exchanged a couple of e-mails about it a few weeks/months ago. Let's just say that other basses got my attention in the meantime.
User avatar
gravesbass
Posts: 1695
Joined: May 27th, 2008, 6:15 pm
Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA
Contact:

Re: 2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale

Post by gravesbass »

Thanks Andrew and Carlos for the compliments. Yes, I am very glad to be in this lefty group and reading all the good stuff here. This bass is a beauty. The enhanced grain is dye rubbed across the body and rubbed out. The grain retains the dye and give it that enhanced finish. There is a nitro finish on the bass so it can breath and sing. I love the enhanced grain and fought for this bass when it was delivered to Atlanta Bass Gallery in late 2005. Now I have too many and need to sell a few. I just received my FBass fretless so this one has to unfortunately go. It is a good one..!
I hate to say it might go on the bay shortly.
User avatar
johntheleftybassist
Posts: 113
Joined: July 16th, 2008, 9:50 am
Location: Detroit Michigan

Re: 2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale

Post by johntheleftybassist »

Do you have an ebay account?I have about 4 weeks before I can buy another bass.Let me know if your willing to post the bass at your asking price and I might do a BIN.My email is bassheadjohn@earthlink.net
User avatar
gravesbass
Posts: 1695
Joined: May 27th, 2008, 6:15 pm
Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA
Contact:

Re: 2005 F-Bass BN5 Fretted Bass For Sale - SOLD

Post by gravesbass »

This Bad boy is gone. She was traded last week. I'll post her replacement when I receive the bass and take some pics. Thanks to all the people with interest but sorry.. she's gone.
Post Reply