YOU READ IT RIGHT! HERE IS A NEW AND UN-PLAYED FENDER ASHBORY BASS IN RED. PERFECT WORKING CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL CASE AND EVEN THE ORIGINAL SALES TAGS FROM 2010. THE STRINGS HAVE DISCOLORED WITH AGE, BUT THE REST IS LIKE IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY. WE FOUND TWO BLUE, ONE RED AND ONE BLACK WHILE LIQUIDATING A MUSIC STORE.THE ASHBORY BASS WAS INVENTED BY TWO GUYS IN ENGLAND AND FEATURES PIEZO PICKUPS AND SILICONE STRINGS FOR A VERY LIGHT STRING TENSION SO NO TRUST ROD NEEDED. GEARED TUNERS. AT 18" IT IS EASY TO TRAVEL WITH AND YOU CAN PLUG INTO AN AMP OR A AMP TYPE HEADPHONE SETUP. I TRAVEL WITH MINE A LOT. NICE MELLOW TONE SIMILAR TO A STAND-UP BASS. DON'T EXPECT TO SLAP AND POP.
ALL OF MY COLLECTOR GUITARS AND OTHER ITEMS ARE KEPT IN A SMOKE FREE ATMOSPHERE CONTROLLED ( FOR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY) CEDAR AND FELT LINED ROOM.
ORIGINALLY LICENSED TO GUILD AND BUILT IN THE U.S. FROM 1986-1988 ONLY ABOUT 2,225 WERE PRODUCED UNTIL GUILD WAS SOLD. LIST PRICE WAS $549!
NONE MADE UNTIL 2002 WHEN FENDER BOUGHT THE PRODUCTION RIGHTS AND PRODUCED THEM UNDER CAREFUL STANDARD IN KOREA AS FENDERS AND DeARMONDS. QUALITY WAS MUCH BETTER AS THE PICKUPS, BRIDGE AND TUNERS WERE ALL IMPROVED. THE ORIGINAL GUILDS USED UKULELE STYLE TUNERS WHICH DIDN'T HOLD. LAST PRICING WAS T $499 WITH CASE WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THEY NEVER SOLD IN MASS AND ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT WERE PRODUCED AND PROBABLY WON'T BE PRODUCED AGAIN.
I LOVE THESE LITTLE FRETLESS GUYS ( FRET LINES ARE DRAWN INTO THE FINGERBOARD). GREAT FOR PLAYING , TRAVELING AND A MUST FOR COLLECTORS. NO GUARANTEE OF APPRECIATION , BUT THEY HAVE DONE INCREDIBLY WELL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AS THEY GET HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND. FENDER KEPT POOR PRODUCTION RECORDS ON NUMBERS PRODUCED.
TRY IT- YOU'LL LOVE IT AND THIS MAY BE THE ONLY TRULY NEW ONE LEFT OTHER THAN THE OTHER THREE I AM KEEPING.
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WELCOME AND PAY SHIPPING AND DUTIES. SHIPPING IS A FLAT $55 WORLDWIDE. NO REFUNDS ON THIS ITEM, BUT WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHED AND WITNESSED AT SHIPPING AND SHIPPED FULLY INSURED.
BLACK ONE SOLD AT $350. BLUE AT $364. ONLY THIS RED ONE, JUST LISTED, IS LEFT. WILL INCLUDE A SET OF NEW STRINGS.