martindupras Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Here are some photos of my new Shuker custom-order bass. I've actually had it for a few weeks now, but I didn't get round to taking photos so here they are. The spec: - 35" scale, maple neck, 22 fret rosewood fretboard - Alder body - 19mm spacing - Nordstrand Fat Stacks (that's temporary, I wanted the Norstrand Dual Coils, which will replace the Fat Stacks) - piezo-loaded bridge - John East Retro pre-amp - HipShot Ultralite tuners What's that little plate with the switches, you ask? One switch is active/passive, the other two will switch each pickup between series and parallel. You can just about see that there's a little LED on the plate. That's my favourite feature I think. It does absolutely nothing... until the batteries get low. What a splendid idea. The bass sounds and plays awesome. The amount of output from the John East preamp will need getting used to. First time in my life I've had to use the "active" input on my amps. The playability is superb. The workmanship is superb. The bass balances really well, better than any of my other basses (they are all 5-string, maybe that's why they don't tend to be so well balanced.) I've gigged the bass a few times, and every single time I've had people come to me after the show saying they love what the bass looks, and that it sounds very good. I'm over the moon with it, and since getting it no other bass has had any serious play time. It looks like it will achieve its purpose, which was to be my main bass for everything. - martin Quote
Gust0o Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 That's very cool, chief - a 5-string Jag-a-like Quote
Icarus_147 Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Dat sparkle! o: Incredibly pretty bass. :3 Quote
fretmeister Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 That is lovely! How long did it take from Order to Delivery? A chap might be tempted...! Quote
Roland Rock Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 That's one of the nicest basses I've seen for a long time. Congrats. Quote
martindupras Posted March 22, 2012 Author Posted March 22, 2012 [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1332415420' post='1587887'] How long did it take from Order to Delivery? [/quote] I ordered it last April, and it arrived in mid-February, so about 11 months. - martin Quote
voxpop Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Welcome to the club... I'm loving my 6 string P bass, it's just awesome. Quote
martindupras Posted June 16, 2012 Author Posted June 16, 2012 I just wanted to gloat a bit. My bass is now on the front page of the shuker site: http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/ The bass is still awesome. Since getting it I've hardly played any of my other basses. - martin Quote
discreet Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 [quote name='martindupras' timestamp='1339850912' post='1695381'] I just wanted to gloat a bit. My bass is now on the front page of the shuker site: [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/[/url] [/quote] Good gloating! Congratulations, Martin. Quote
Ou7shined Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 Well gloated sir. Mine is still hanging in there in the P bass gallery. Quote
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