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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

Now that is a killer looking bass! Welcome to the board Jim, nice to have you here.

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.

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.

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

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.