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NBD:. 1980's Le Voi fretless bass


Dandelion
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I have acquired this. Hand built in the 1980's by Lincolnshire luthier John Le Voi whom is noted for his acoustic instruments.

http://www.johnlevoiguitars.co.uk/
It is my first dalliance with fretless animals. So far so good, plenty of Mwah. Sounds good with plenty of overdrive through my SVT 5 Pro. It has what I think is a coil tap on the neck pickup and two independent volumes and a tone pot. I think it is constructed from mahogany with ebony fingerboard. Very few about I believe. I know no more than that. I might take a trip to his work shop to see if the man himself can provide some more information. The previous owner told me that the jazz pickup was added later by Mr Le Voi at the owners request. [url="http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/lycanthropy1/media/tmp_31859-IMG_20170401_1530342150712544_zpsyzyvrapa.jpg.html"][/url][url="http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/lycanthropy1/media/tmp_31859-IMG_20170401_15311521993962153_zpschwsbpnc.jpg.html"][/url][url="http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/lycanthropy1/media/tmp_31859-IMG_20170401_15304321609029946_zpsaxwiwlkw.jpg.html"][/url]

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I can't remember exactly, but think John said he built "about three" fretless basses when he first started out in the late 70s when he was in his early 20s.  So this bass is one of a very small number.  His main business now seems to be building copies of the Django style Selmer gypsy guitars.   Its nice to have found someone local to me who knows their stuff.

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