5 string, solid body, unlined fretless

[john_the_bass]

talking to my dad yesterday and he expressed an interest in a 5 string solid bodied fretless, and knowing me dad's preference for stuff like this, he'd want an unlined and probably active one.
Any recommendations? I think he'd quite like a neck thru thumb if there was such as thing that met all the requirements, but I don't think he knows how much they cost!

[MythSte]

i played an unlined rockbass corvette about a year ago and remember it being very good! although i cant coment on what the construction was.

[leprechaun]

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='105396' date='Dec 17 2007, 04:06 PM']talking to my dad yesterday and he expressed an interest in a 5 string solid bodied fretless, and knowing me dad's preference for stuff like this, he'd want an unlined and probably active one.
Any recommendations? I think he'd quite like a neck thru thumb if there was such as thing that met all the requirements, but I don't think he knows how much they cost![/quote]

Hi John,

I have an Overwater 5 string fretless in the market place section at the mo'. Depends on how much he's looking to spend though, I played a friends Cort Curbow once and that seemed alright for the money...wasn't a thru-neck I don't believe though.

[john_the_bass]

i did look at your overwater, think "wow" but it's over budget unfortunately. although i do owe him about that much for gear i sold and err.... reinvested...!

i was thinking if i happened across a bass collection fretless 5 for about 100 quid it would make a nice christmas present!!

[Happy Jack]

I don't think SGC Nanyo Bass Collection ever did a fretless five. The 325 was a fretted 5-string, and the 330 was a fretless 4-string.

I've never actually seen a 330, so I can't tell you if it was lined.

The cheapest 325 I've seen on eBay went for just short of £200.

Other, later versions of the Bass Collection (see the sticky elsewhere for details) may have included a fretless five in their range(s).

[pete.young]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='107183' date='Dec 20 2007, 04:26 PM']I've never actually seen a 330, so I can't tell you if it was lined.[/quote]

I have one, and it isn't. Just a few dots up the side.