5 String Zoot Bass Build

[Jimothey]

My vote goes to no pickguard but thats probably because I'm allergic to tort! 😁 

[PaulThePlug]

I'm not from Colchester... 

As there are no existing scratch plate holes i'd go No Plate and enjoy ya extra 30% free wood... If there were holes it would be clear or black for me... I'm not realy a Tortoise kinda guy... looks muddy messy to my eye... screams 'could do with a good clean' Quite possibly due to me being colour blind and the mix of colours, i may percieve it quite different from others?

Edited January 27, 2021 by PaulThePlug

[Pea Turgh]

Normally I’d be all like “don’t cover up the wood!”, but seeing it there just looks complete.  Very nice.

[MacDaddy]

i think it looks awesome with the plate  

[ezbass]

With, all day long.

[binky_bass]

With the plate. 

It looks fantastic without it, but with it, it really makes the bass feel complete. To me, basses with the steel control cavity cover but no plate just look odd! 

I like the tort, but a black one would suit the black blocks well. Why not get a black and a tort one? You can then change it's style for pennies! 

My vote: with a plate for sure! 

[Simon.]

I'm kind of torn...

Normally I would have said no-plate, as the top looks just so sweet.

However, the more I look at it without the plate, the bigger and bigger that bell plate starts to look, and in need of the scratchplate the off-set it.

[SpondonBassed]

I don't like tort.  Apart from that they both look fine.

[Cosmicrain]

Decision made: Matt finally decided to go with the scratch plate, so I screwed it on and did the final setup. His custom made Zoot Funkmeister is now ready. Here a couple of quick shots taken early this morning in the workshop of the finished bass.

[MattW]

@Cosmicrain that looks absolutely stunning!!!  Thanks for all your hard work - can't wait to get my hands on it now!!!

[SpondonBassed]

That is, dare I say:

[Simon.]

Is this a Korean bass...?

Ho Lee Fouk!

 

Sorry... That is an amazing piece of work. So many lovely touches. 👍

[Richard R]

5 hours ago, Cosmicrain said:

Decision made: Matt finally decided to go with the scratch plate...

I can't add anything, just posting so that fabulous picture appears more than once. Really good decision to go with the pickguard.

[GBH]

What a fabulous bass!

 

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by GBH

[Cosmicrain]

A very happy Matt Waller popped in to the workshop to collect his new bass.  I think he was a very happy man.  It was a pleasure to build your bass Matt, regards Mike.

[SpondonBassed]

Congrats Matt.

You can take the mask off though.  There is no way your face can upstage that bass!  It's a thing of beauty.