Micro-Frets Signature Electric Bass Guitar , c. 1973
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Micro-Frets Signature Model Electric Bass Guitar, c. 1973, made in Fredrick, Maryland, cherry lacquer finish, maple body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, black tolex hard shell case.
Some of the most original American guitars of the late 1960's and early 1970's came out of Frederick, Maryland, where the small Micro-Frets company designed and built their beautifully engineered (if slightly oddball) fretted offerings. This Micro-Frets Signature bass is one of the company's later instruments, built not long before the end of production. It carries many of the firm's trademark design elements, including a light semi-hollow body, white-plastic encased pickups, and the patented Micro-Nut, which allows harmonic compensation at both ends of the scale. The finish on the body is an extremely brilliant cherry lacquer, while the maple neck is natural with an unbound rosewood fingerboard.
The controls are carried on a top-mounted pickguard topped off with a raised clear acrylic section emblazoned with the "batarang" Micro-Frets logo. Tuners are original Schaller and the "reverse hockey stick" headstock also carries the brand logo and model name. This is a very good-playing bass, with a slim neck and extremely powerful and responsive pickups. The sound is very bright and hi-fi for a short scale instrument, and the tonal range impressive.
Micro-Frets may have had a fairly short history (although the company has been recently revived), but the instruments they left behind are very fine examples of American guitar ingenuity and well worthy of the attention of both players and collectors.
Overall length is 44 1/2 in. (113 cm.), 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 30 in. (762 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
Very fine all-original condition; several areas of light buckle rash on the back into (but mostly not through) the finish and several small finish dings in the top. Plays and sounds excellent. Includes a period HSC that is a bit long for the bass but in excellent condition. Excellent + Condition.
Some of the most original American guitars of the late 1960's and early 1970's came out of Frederick, Maryland, where the small Micro-Frets company designed and built their beautifully engineered (if slightly oddball) fretted offerings. This Micro-Frets Signature bass is one of the company's later instruments, built not long before the end of production. It carries many of the firm's trademark design elements, including a light semi-hollow body, white-plastic encased pickups, and the patented Micro-Nut, which allows harmonic compensation at both ends of the scale. The finish on the body is an extremely brilliant cherry lacquer, while the maple neck is natural with an unbound rosewood fingerboard.
The controls are carried on a top-mounted pickguard topped off with a raised clear acrylic section emblazoned with the "batarang" Micro-Frets logo. Tuners are original Schaller and the "reverse hockey stick" headstock also carries the brand logo and model name. This is a very good-playing bass, with a slim neck and extremely powerful and responsive pickups. The sound is very bright and hi-fi for a short scale instrument, and the tonal range impressive.
Micro-Frets may have had a fairly short history (although the company has been recently revived), but the instruments they left behind are very fine examples of American guitar ingenuity and well worthy of the attention of both players and collectors.
Overall length is 44 1/2 in. (113 cm.), 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 30 in. (762 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
Very fine all-original condition; several areas of light buckle rash on the back into (but mostly not through) the finish and several small finish dings in the top. Plays and sounds excellent. Includes a period HSC that is a bit long for the bass but in excellent condition. Excellent + Condition.