Thommorphus Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Some very, very nice pieces here! I've been Perving on Shuker basses for a couple of years now and eventually took the plunge a couple of months ago. [url="http://img259.imageshack.us/i/dsc01087n.jpg/"][/url] [url="http://img259.imageshack.us/i/dsc01072yqr.jpg/"][/url] I bought the bass a couple a months ago from a really nice bloke called Rob who'd originally ordered/bought the Bass a few years ago, he said he was really sad to see it go but he'd got another Shuker ordered and on the way, a good sign to see people going back for more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Here are my two Shuker basses! - I reckon these are the best basses on the planet by a clear mile ;o) [attachment=30739:Bass_Edited.jpg][attachment=30741:Bass_Edited_2.jpg][attachment=30742:Bass_Edited_ 3.jpg][attachment=30743:Bass_Edited_4.jpg][attachment=30744:Bass_Edited_5.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 [attachment=30745:DoodleAndBaby.JPG] Forgot this pic.. Dood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 [quote name='dood' post='567090' date='Aug 12 2009, 06:25 PM'][attachment=30745:DoodleAndBaby.JPG] Forgot this pic.. Dood[/quote] Oh yessssss Dan, totally loving your new addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Never would have thought I'd be contributing to a Shuker thread but here goes..this used to be Old Git's...there's lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommorphus Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 The signature at the bottom of that headless is a very nice touch! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizbat Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I wondered where this thread went!. Most people have already seen and heard about these but here they are again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) Here's mine! Excuse the crap iphone pics [attachment=31105:060.JPG] Edited August 18, 2009 by Veils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 [quote name='Veils' post='573372' date='Aug 18 2009, 07:44 PM']Here's mine! Excuse the crap iphone pics [attachment=31105:060.JPG][/quote] Man, I love your bass! Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 [quote name='eude' post='573428' date='Aug 18 2009, 08:31 PM']Man, I love your bass! Eude[/quote] I love alll these basses.. Shuker really does tick all the right boxes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Cheers Eude I'm planning on having a board like your singlecut on my next bass.........this is going to be after the Matamp I'm currently plotting though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 [quote name='wizbat' post='573353' date='Aug 18 2009, 07:26 PM']I wondered where this thread went!. Most people have already seen and heard about these but here they are again.[/quote] ooh i saw those in the flesh a little while back. i was at jon's workshop for some reason, i think to pick to up my dad's shuker or something like that, and he showed me them. they were nearly finished, and looked really nice! i should've guessed they were going to belong to a basschatter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 [quote name='simon1964' post='272942' date='Aug 30 2008, 12:34 AM']Mine will have a dark top when its finsihed! Asian Striped Ebony - which looks like this so far (if we're allowed to post unfinished Shukers!):[/quote] Gotta love the striped ebony! It makes a beautiful top. Visually interesting yet not too overstated I remember a build thread by EntropicLqd (I think that was his username) and he had a lefty Shuker built. Probably the nicest build I have ever seen! Where is he?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_b Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Here's mine - nothing too fancy. As posted in gear porn a while back. Bought based on recommendations and a phone call to Mr Shuker, who said I could return it if I was unhappy - I'm not - its the nicest jazz I have ever played. Edited August 19, 2009 by johnny_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntropicLqd Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 [quote name='Veils' post='573778' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:40 AM']I remember a build thread by EntropicLqd (I think that was his username) and he had a lefty Shuker built. Probably the nicest build I have ever seen! Where is he?!?![/quote] I lurk a lot. Don't really have much to say for myself. Here's some pics (just taken). Hopefully they've come out OK. The front of the bass is Bimblebox and the back is Coolibah. Jon didn't have enough Bimblebox to do both the front and the back and the Coolibah was the closest match to it we could find. The fretboard is Snakewood. [attachment=31186:Front.jpg] [attachment=31188:Body_Closeup.jpg] [attachment=31187:Back.jpg] [attachment=31189:Back_Closeup.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobiebass Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 [quote name='wizbat' post='573353' date='Aug 18 2009, 07:26 PM']I wondered where this thread went!. Most people have already seen and heard about these but here they are again.[/quote] I played spot the difference with these... I lost. did you get 2 identical basses made or am I missing something? BTW, BEAUTIFUL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobiebass Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh yeah, I bought this off Eude. If there was a way to have sex with it I would. (stole your pic Eude, mine are all grainy as hell, hope you dont mind) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobiebass Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) 3rd post. sorry. can anyone tell me how this fretboard works? looks like the strings where you'd normally play are only a few mm from the f/board, does that even work? Edited August 19, 2009 by Jobiebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm going to change the pups in mine soon - possibly to EMGs - which models are yours and how are they in a Shuker bass? Jon's recommended a 40CS and a 40P5 for mine. That's assuming they fit the holes left by the departing Nordstrand DCs. [quote name='EntropicLqd' post='574578' date='Aug 19 2009, 06:51 PM']I lurk a lot. Don't really have much to say for myself. Here's some pics (just taken). Hopefully they've come out OK. The front of the bass is Bimblebox and the back is Coolibah. Jon didn't have enough Bimblebox to do both the front and the back and the Coolibah was the closest match to it we could find. The fretboard is Snakewood. [attachment=31186:Front.jpg] [attachment=31188:Body_Closeup.jpg] [attachment=31187:Back.jpg] [attachment=31189:Back_Closeup.jpg][/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 [quote name='Jobiebass' post='574612' date='Aug 19 2009, 07:28 PM'][/quote] Holy Crap! That's AMAZING! Looks like a Ritter bass. I've never seen that one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Veils' post='573778' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:40 AM']Gotta love the striped ebony! It makes a beautiful top. Visually interesting yet not too overstated [/quote] Here it is finished. There's also a pic of it on Jon's homepage at the moment which is nice! [attachment=31204:Shuker_002.JPG] [attachment=31205:Shuker_016.JPG] There are some better pics on this thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39830&hl=shuker"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...0&hl=shuker[/url] Edited August 19, 2009 by simon1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntropicLqd Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 [quote name='niceguyhomer' post='574718' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:48 PM']I'm going to change the pups in mine soon - possibly to EMGs - which models are yours and how are they in a Shuker bass? Jon's recommended a 40CS and a 40P5 for mine. That's assuming they fit the holes left by the departing Nordstrand DCs.[/quote] ...looks both ways... <whisper>I actually don't know; I've never been able to notice the difference between pups.</whisper> They are passive EMG HZ pickups; but I don't know what specific model they are (maybe Jon would know if you asked him). However I can confirm that they sound great. Be aware though that I simply run my front and back pups on full volume all the time (unless I'm using an ebow) and use my pedal board to get the sound I'm after. However, for passive pickups they put out plenty of signal. And based one what I can do with that signal there is plenty of both bass and treble to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Here's the link to mine: [url="http://tinypic.com/a/yd55/3"]http://tinypic.com/a/yd55/3[/url] I couldn't identify it from Jon's website so I contacted him to ask what it is. Turns out it's one of his original six prototypes that he made to take to NAMM in 1996. Arguably, this is the start of the Elite series. I didn't previously have any very strong opinion about Shukers (despite all the love here on Basschat) and I'm lucky enough to own or have owned some very nice basses. Despite all that, the Shuker has shrugged off any competition [i]Chez Happy [/i]and has very rapidly become my go-to bass and first-choice gigging bass. I'm not sure I could give you a clear, simple reason why. It's just a delight to play, the tone is rich and varied without being obtrusive, the looks are quietly under-stated, the workmanship is simply superb, everything ... works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Ta EntropicLqd. I've just had a look and yes there it is plain as day on the pups ...HZ doh! Loving that Black Shuker Jazz - I had the pleasure of playing one last week when I picked my P up from Giblett in Brum - fantasic Jazz with Delano pups, it sounded fantastic and gave me a severe GAS attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timloudon Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 [quote name='Jobiebass' post='574612' date='Aug 19 2009, 07:28 PM']3rd post. sorry. can anyone tell me how this fretboard works? looks like the strings where you'd normally play are only a few mm from the f/board, does that even work? [/quote] I played this when I went with a friend who's purchasing a shuker. It's just a flat neck all the way to the bridge, the pickups are under the wood. It feels awesome to play, it's very even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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