Beedster Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Warmoth Precision neck with ebony board, no idea about body wood, but it weighs marginally less than Gibraltar. Sustains for ever. Wizard '64s. Offered it for sale here, no one wanted it. In retrospect I'm rather happy about that 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Beedster said: Warmoth Precision neck with ebony board, no idea about body wood, but it weighs marginally less than Gibraltar. Sustains for ever. Wizard '64s. Offered it for sale here, no one wanted it. In retrospect I'm rather happy about that Oh my lord that’s dribble inducing. Edited September 23, 2018 by Frank Blank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Marco Bass Guitars MV fretless build in progress. I won't decide on control config and electronics package until I get a chance to hear the proprietary neodymium sidewinder pickups Marco has wound specifically for this bass. That's a purpleheart fingerboard, maple neck, maple top wings, and not sure on the core wood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 A Basschat Bitser - ex-Beedster 70's neck on a stripped 90-'s re-issue body, with DiMarzios. Luverly... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 My current fretless squeeze... OLP Ray body, Jaydee neck with mostly-unlined ebony board, EMG-HZ pickup, as yet passive electrics. Future plans are to squeeze some sort of 3-band eq in there. For the moment, I'm loving it just as it is. It plays beautifully and sounds better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 After quite a few gigs I still think the Electro I bought off @Hellzero is on of the nicest looking and sounding fretless basses I ever owned. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 recently purchased 1980’s Yamaha BB350f unfortunately for this thread, my intention is to fret it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, HazBeen said: After quite a few gigs I still think the Electro I bought off @Hellzero is on of the nicest looking and sounding fretless basses I ever owned. Oh lord that’s a beautiful thing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 GMR Bassforce. Surprisingly heavy for such a small body. Wonderful sustain. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 (edited) - Edited March 2, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 (edited) - Edited March 2, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 21 hours ago, Jus Lukin said: ...and that is a nice dollop of wood! Isn't it 🙂 Don't know what it is, but GMR specialise (or did) in lavish use of luxury exotic woods. My fretted Bassforce 5 has a solid bubinga neck where most luthiers would have used a veneer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Here is my main bass, a 1998 Leduc Masterpiece MP 628 SF in close to pristine condition as I'm a total maniac. The woods are : one piece AAAAAAAA birdseye maple (the brown spot on the back is the heated sugar of the maple which is the proof of its high quality) with AAAAAAAA legal 150 years old Brazilian rosewood fret board and the headstock front veneer for the neck through, AAAAAAAA highly flamed maple on AAAAAAAA ash body (with walnut veneer everywhere between two different woods). The pickups are the famous Leduc/Benedetti single coils (with dummy coil for total hum-cancelling) coupled to the also famous Leduc/EBS EL5 preamp (not made anymore) with the bass pot fitted in the electronic cavity. The bridge is the Leduc aluminium with brass locking saddles. The tuners are Hipshot Ultralite. The strings spacing is 18/9 mm. Action is my typical 1.5 to 2 mm at 12th fret. The weight is 4.1 kilos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Hellzero said: Here is my main bass, a 1998 Leduc Masterpiece MP 628 SF in close to pristine condition as I'm a total maniac. The woods are : one piece AAAAAAAA birdseye maple (the brown spot on the back is the heated sugar of the maple which is the proof of its high quality) with AAAAAAAA legal 150 years old Brazilian rosewood fret board and the headstock front veneer for the neck through, AAAAAAAA highly flamed maple on AAAAAAAA ash body (with walnut veneer everywhere between two different woods). The pickups are the famous Leduc/Benedetti single coils (with dummy coil for total hum-cancelling) coupled to the also famous Leduc/EBS EL5 preamp (not made anymore) with the bass pot fitted in the electronic cavity. The bridge is the Leduc aluminium with brass locking saddles. The tuners are Hipshot Ultralite. The strings spacing is 18/9 mm. Action is my typical 1.5 to 2 mm at 12th fret. The weight is 4.1 kilos. Lovely looking and made bass. May I ask, did the luthier describe it as AAAAAAAA grade wood? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 My wonderful Sirius by Franz bass guitars ❤️ 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 26 minutes ago, franzbassist said: My wonderful Sirius by Franz bass guitars ❤️ Oh my god, it has a look that reminds me of 70s furniture, and I mean that in that’s the highest aesthetic praise I could possibly give to an object. That is my idea of a thing of absolute beauty... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 3 hours ago, mybass said: Lovely looking and made bass. May I ask, did the luthier describe it as AAAAAAAA grade wood? Yes, and the wood grades can go up to 11 ! From grade 5 on, you have the real luthier woods. And Christophe LEDUC is not the next corner luthier, but THE French luthier and is only using top grade woods. In 1998 and 1999, he made a very small series of instruments with these grade 8 woods for his best clients (I also had a 5 strings headless fretless made at that time, sold to a friend of mine now). Try this bass and you'll consider any other bass, yes even a Fodera, a cheap toy. No, it's no for sale, as it would be like selling my soul. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Good morning , here's a one off. Fretted and fretless pair 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 That really is pornographic!! Properly jealous.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I have owned quite a few fretless basses but I've sold them all because of this beauty I got 16 years ago. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirteenDevils Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 hours ago, BassAgent said: I have owned quite a few fretless basses but I've sold them all because of this beauty I got 16 years ago. What is it? (Nice track btw) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Standard (MIM) Fender Jazz, modded with new bridge (gotoh), epoxied fingerboard and Lollar pickups. And a setup to die for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Update on my Marco Bass Guitars MV4 model, which is now just waiting on new EQ knobs and a preamp install which I am still working on the final specs for. It'll be one of mine, just not sure which one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 23/09/2018 at 21:20, Beedster said: Warmoth Precision neck with ebony board, no idea about body wood, but it weighs marginally less than Gibraltar. Sustains for ever. Wizard '64s. Offered it for sale here, no one wanted it. In retrospect I'm rather happy about that I might well have been tempted if I'd seen it. Instead, I got this one here (W D Music Jazz neck with ebony board): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub_junkie Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) MTD Kingston with Seymour Duncan STC-3M3 stingray preamp Edited January 12, 2019 by dub_junkie 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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