NBD - Shuker Purple Precision!

[danweb22]

Followed on from this thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/156691-nbd-shuker-jj-burnel/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url]

So it arrived today just in time for my birthday tomorrow!

The specs are based on the JJ Burnel Signature P Bass but just a different colour body and pickguard

3 Piece Ash Body (Dense Ash in the middle with Lighter Swamp Ash wings)

Wide but flat 60s style Precision Neck (exactly like my old Fender Pino Custom Shop) with Satin finish

Kent Armstrong Pickups (Slightly Overwound)

Jumbo fretwire

Two way adjustable truss rod, neck heel end adjustable

Dual carbon fibre neck reinforcement

Gotoh Tuners + Bridge

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Neat little truss rod cover [attachment=99734:DSC00663.JPG]

Edited February 12, 2012 by danweb22

[steve-soar]

Very nice. I'd like one of these but in a greenburst like JJ's old Precision.

[RhysP]

That looks absolutely stunning.
I've been thinking about getting a Precision style bass & this would be just perfect (if it were not for the fact that it's probably way out of my price range).

[Prime_BASS]

How does the satin finish feel?

May be getting a new neck for my sterling from Shuker.

[danweb22]

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1328978882' post='1535607']
How does the satin finish feel?

May be getting a new neck for my sterling from Shuker.
[/quote]

I love the feel of it, no "stickiness" that you normally get with gloss necks

[merello]

Stunner - can you put up a full image of it? Love the lines on Shuker.

[danweb22]

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Sorry about the quality, not very good lighting in the room!

[Sean]

Gorgeous! Simplistic and beautiful. Loving the truss rod cover idea.

[merello]

[quote name='danweb22' timestamp='1328983740' post='1535717']
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Sorry about the quality, not very good lighting in the room!
[/quote]
Stunning.
Jealous.
Plot hatching.
Where
do you stay?
Evil intent!

[danweb22]

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1329042099' post='1536265']
Stunning.
Jealous.
Plot hatching.
Where
do you stay?
Evil intent!
[/quote]

[Dood]

Beeeeeyoooooty!! I'm a fan of purple and maple!

[discreet]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1328978397' post='1535591']
That looks absolutely stunning. I've been thinking about getting a Precision style bass & this would be just perfect (if it were not for the fact that it's probably way out of my price range).
[/quote]

It's certainly a great-looking bass... just had a look at the Shuker site, and they're not as wildly expensive as you'd think.
Mind you, that depends what you're thinking, of course.

[danweb22]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329042954' post='1536288']
It's certainly a great-looking bass... just had a look at the Shuker site, and they're not as wildly expensive as you'd think.
Mind you, that depends what you're thinking, of course.
[/quote]

Yep definitely not as much as you would think

Cheaper than a Fender American Vintage

[discreet]

[quote name='danweb22' timestamp='1329043697' post='1536299']
Yep definitely not as much as you would think Cheaper than a Fender American Vintage
[/quote]

I heard a little rumour that one may have to wait, ah... quite some time between order and receipt... is this true?

[danweb22]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329043899' post='1536305']
I heard a little rumour that one may have to wait, ah... quite some time between order and receipt... is this true?
[/quote]

To be honest it depends on the complexity of the build I think (and how busy he is), normal P bass about 5 months, but they are definitely worth the wait!

[Raggy]

What a stunning looking bass.

I'd talked myself out of ordering a JJ. You have now switched on my GAS again!!!

[RhysP]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329042954' post='1536288']
It's certainly a great-looking bass... just had a look at the Shuker site, and they're not as wildly expensive as you'd think.
Mind you, that depends what you're thinking, of course.
[/quote]

I was thinking less than £400.
I had a look at the Shuker site too, and all the basses are more than I have ever spent, or will ever spend, on a bass.
Great prices for what you get though, especially when compared to current US Fender prices.

[discreet]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1329048080' post='1536377']
I was thinking less than £400.
[/quote]

For a custom bass? You'd be hard pressed, methinks.

[RhysP]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329048915' post='1536386']
For a custom bass? You'd be hard pressed, methinks.
[/quote]

I'm fully aware of that.
I was merely stating that £400 is the most I could possibly spend on a bass given my current financial situation, not what I thought it cost.

[Marvin]

I've always been pleasantly surprised how little/much a Shuker costs. Seems to me you can get a custom bass from Shuker for the price that some of the mass produced guys will charge you.

Nice looking pbass btw

[discreet]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1329049285' post='1536396']
I was merely stating that £400 is the most I could possibly spend on a bass given my current financial situation, not what I thought it cost.
[/quote]

Yes, I understand. I believe Wales has been hit particularly hard by the recession.

[MacDaddy]

[quote name='danweb22' timestamp='1328983740' post='1535717']
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Sorry about the quality, not very good lighting in the room!
[/quote]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[charic]

Nice one nearly matches my strat

[cocco]

That came out stunning. Having just recorded on a nice P I now have some fairly serious P bass GAS

[discreet]

Have serious Shuker GAS now, too.
Been haunting the Shuker site as well, which HAS NOT HELPED IN THE LEAST.
[url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/[/url]

Edited February 14, 2012 by discreet