Weird War Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/unique-fender-fretless-bass_W0QQitemZ280196349364QQihZ018QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Click here for link[/url] Quote
wotnwhy Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 ha ha! i think that looks cool as flick but the heel for the bass is still in the same place. so even though you have access to a board that goes to the pickup, it wont be very comfortable! Quote
Gwilym Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 +1 that is really quite nice looking IMHO. i've seen far worse hack jobs on far worse basses... Quote
Hamster Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 The bass player in The Rutles used to have a bass just like that Hamster Quote
Stag Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 thats bizarre, to have such an enormous cutaway for a 4 stringer... Quote
BigRedX Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I would have said that with only four strings you could do with the extra cutaway to give you as much top-end access as possible. However the thickness of the neck and body past the heel pretty much wipes the cut away advantage out... Quote
SJA Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) um, wait a minute, it looks like the neck has been lengthened so the fingerboard goes up over 2 octaves or so - how did he do that? is it just a block of maple glued on the end, and a new longer fingerboard put on ? if that extra bit of maple isn't joined onto the neck, the neck would be prone to shifting without the pocket wall against it. Edited January 29, 2008 by SJA Quote
Beedster Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 [quote name='Hamster' post='129615' date='Jan 28 2008, 10:07 PM']The bass player in The Rutles used to have a bass just like that Hamster[/quote] Well he does live in "RUTLAND which is part of LEICESTERSHIRE" so perhaps it's the very one.... Actually, I like it. Unsure about what's happened to the neck though. Certainly seems to have been extended somehow. There's a point where too many mods might just render the bass pretty much a disaster waiting to happen? Chris Quote
BigRedX Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 There's no evidence of a truss-rod at the head so this will be a body end adjustment that's now hidden behind that neck extension. While it's a great idea I think the finished bass is one or two mods too far to get the maximum potential out od it. Now as an idea for a custom bass designed with that neck and cutaway in the first place... Quote
Beedster Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 [quote name='BigRedX' post='129995' date='Jan 29 2008, 01:36 PM']There's no evidence of a truss-rod at the head so this will be a body end adjustment that's now hidden behind that neck extension. While it's a great idea I think the finished bass is one or two mods too far to get the maximum potential out od it. Now as an idea for a custom bass designed with that neck and cutaway in the first place...[/quote] Agreed, but I'd certainly have tried it out if he were within a few miles of where I live. You just never know.... Chris Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I bet it seemed like a good idea at the time Quote
Dread Bass Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 I like it in a kind of sick dirty wrong way Quote
Sibob Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 (edited) I really like it!!! Kinda almost looks like a single cut, or one of those 90's tanglewood basses which tryed so hard. lol Definitely an idea for a custom job! Si Edited February 3, 2008 by Sibob Quote
Happy Jack Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Sorry guys, I couldn't help myself ... Quote
Alun Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Like a cheap attempt at a Hyperbass - I quite like it. Quote
daflewis Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='132996' date='Feb 3 2008, 01:31 PM']Sorry guys, I couldn't help myself ...[/quote] can we take it from that that you're the bidder?!? Quote
Happy Jack Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Yup. I don't actually play much fretless, and I've a 1974 Ricky 4001 to play it on, but I just like the sheer shock value of that mutilated Fender ... even guitarists might notice that it's, erm, a bit, well, different. Quote
daflewis Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 yeh, we could be talking some serious mojo Quote
d-basser Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 it looks like a fender/curbow b*stard child, hows it play? Quote
SJA Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 to quote Mick Jagger in Freejack- DON'T DO IT! Quote
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