Hellzero's never ending story. It's all about naked ones...

[Hellzero]

Never ending story...

Ready ?

Ok, I warned you, here are some of the basses I've owned over the years (lots are missing). As you can see, I like wood ! 😎

 

ACG Harlot R 5 :

Alembic Spoiler Koa S :

Alpher Mako Elite Custom Fretless :

Aquilina Triton 5 Fretless :

Aries Bajadera 6 :

Aries Senes VS 6 Signature :

Aries Senes VS 6 Tomek :

Basssline Buster CW 6 Fretless :

Berne Harpobasse :

Byl 6 Custom :

Capelli Custom 6 :

Capelli DM Signature Pro :

 

Celinder Custom 6 Michael Andersen :

Conklin Groove Tools GT6 :

Conklin Groove Tools GT 6 :

De Gier Elevation 6 :

De Gier Origin Deluxe 6 Fretless :

Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 5 :

Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 5 :

Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 5 Fretless :

Esh Custom NFS 5 :

Esh Impact 6 :

F-Bass BN4 :

Fender Jazz Bass Natural 1976 :

Hohner Professional B Bass VI :

Ibanez Affirma AFR A104F Fretless :

James Trussart 6 Fretless :

Jerzy Drozd Obsession Basic 7 :

JP Basses Lucii 6 Fretless :

JP Basses Plume 5 :

Ken Lawrence Associate 5 :

Kramer 450B Fretless :

Langowsky AJ6 :

Laurus Quasar SL 190 Grafite 6 Fretless :

Leduc Contr-U-Basse 6 Tony BERTRAND Custom :

Leduc MP 628 SF Fretless :

Leduc MP 628 SF Fretless :

Leduc 631 SF Fretless :

Leduc PAD 6 :

Leduc PAD Rock 5 :

Leduc U-MM1 6 :

Leduc U-MM2 6 :

LowDown Custom 6F Special Fretless :

LTD B-206SM NS :

Mayones Comodous Custom 5 :

Modulus Graphite Quantum 6 :

Modulus Graphite Quantum 6 :

Modulus (Graphite) Quantum 6 :

MTD 635-24 Fretless :

N.Y.C. Empire Bass 5 by Fodera :

Neuser Courage 6 :

Nexus Gom Jabbar Magellan 6 Fretless :

Noguera Expression Plus Deluxe 6 :

Noguera Fairplay 6 Fretless :

Noguera Harmonie Standard Custom 6 Fretless :

Noguera Trinity 8 Custom Bruno Ramos :

Noguera Yves Carbonne Signature 8 Fretless

Paul Lairat Gabriella 5 Fretless :

Roscoe Century Standard Plus 6 Fretless :

Rybski 8 :

Rybski Tomek Gassowski Fretless :

Sandberg Thinline Custom 6 Fretless :

Sei Flamboyant 6 :

Shuker Series One 6 :

Sivcak OSCII 5 :

Skjold Whaleback Exoctic 6 :

Stanford B61CM5 FL OP Fretless :

Status Electro 4 Fretless :

Status Electro 6 II Jonas Hellborg :

Status S2 Classic Bolt-on 5 Fretless :

Status S2 Classic Neckthrough 5 :

Stradi Symphony Bass 5 Fretless :

Tune BEB-6 :

Warrior DM4 Custom NT :

Warrior DM7 Custom NT Signature :

Warwick Corvette 4 Fretless :

Warwick Fortress Masterman 4 :

Warwick Streamer Stage II 4 :

Warwick Thumb 4 :

Warwick Thumb 6 :

Wood & Tronics Zoid 5 :

Yamaha TRB-5P :

Yamaha TRB-6P :

Yamaha TRB-6P Fretless :

Yamaha TRB-6P Noguera Fretless :

Yamaha TRB JP II :

 

[marcblum]

you had them all.

[Hellzero]

Yep, and even a lot more...

[marcblum]

Your wife must be the coolest woman on earth.

 

Edited July 12, 2020 by marcblum

[Hellzero]

@Lololita is indeed the coolest woman on earth ! 

[LeftyJ]

That was quite the journey! 😮

[three]

I enjoyed this immensely - it all makes my buying, selling and general messing about appear very modest and reasonable.  Some immensely, insanely beautiful instruments in that lot - I'd love to see those that didn't make it into the naked list!

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 6, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[akabane]

19 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Aries Senes VS 6 Tomek :

Eh, what to say...try not to slip over my drool, please! Beautiful.

 

19 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Leduc Contr-U-Basse 6 Tony BERTRAND Custom :

Ok: I want to know more! This is wonderful! 😮 

 

 

19 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Leduc U-MM1 6 :

Gosh. Is that Leduc's signature floating top??

 

19 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Rybski 8 :

Admittedly, I would have no practical use for this, but it is just SO BEAUTIFUL 🤣

 

19 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Yamaha TRB JP II :

 

This one has a good old soft spot in my heart. I will always regret selling mine, and one day I'll buy one back (still unsure on whether to go for the Red finish this time...) - such a unique and finely crafted instrument.

 

Your whole collection has been fantastic! Thanks for sharing

[Hellzero]

6 hours ago, akabane said:

Ok: I want to know more! This is wonderful! 😮 

This was my special ordered EUB. It took Christophe LEDUC (and I at the delirious ideas) 7 years to finish it. It's therefore an L series. It will never leave me.

If you understand French, here is the link to it (with my ugly face somewhere) : http://www.leduc.fr/index.php/series-l/basses-de-la-serie-l/164-l-09-la-u-contrebasse-moai

If not, here are some informations about it :

This EUB is based on the free floating top U-Basses. So, I needed an EUB at the time I ordered it for our duet. I went completely nuts and this U-Contreabasse, as my friend Christophe calls it, is the result of my madness.

It's called Moaï because it reminded me of the legendary statues of the Easter Island.

Now the fun part : the whole instrument is made out of one piece of very old Honduran mahogany (it just cleared Christophe stock 😁 ) with the floating top and harmonic bar directly crafted in it, which is a no mistake process... Then he added the two little wings to close the "body". The fingerboard is made of ebony with 6 EMG magnetic pickups (the same as the ones found on the NS Design EUB's) at the very dusty end of it, and integrated in the fingerboard. There are also 6 RMC piezo pickups in the French maple bridge and the main preamp is from Richard McClish too.The controls are simply volume and tone for the magnetics and the same for the piezos. These controls have been mounted through the output jack routing !!!

It can be fitted with standard length double bass strings (this EUB has a standard 104 cm scale) through a clever system at the back (a bit like on the NS Design) or NS Design/D'addario strings.

The top has a trade secret soundpost too.

I can get very very very close to a double bass sound and really emulate it with a very little bit of preamp tweaking.

And it's a real pleasure to play even with 6 strings tuned from an amp killer low B to a very high C.

It has a complete two octaves (and even a bit more if you dare) fingerboard.

6 hours ago, akabane said:

Gosh. Is that Leduc's signature floating top??

Yes, it is and a fretless sixer is also ordered.

[3below]

And the winner is? - not really serious, just so many great basses. I appreciate wood finish as well.

[itu]

Yes, it would be reasonable to hear some comments like sound and playability, as your collection is far more extensive than a single P in some corner of the house.

(Nice floor, by the way.)

[binky_bass]

It's a close battle between you and me sir! 

One day I will gather all the pictures up of my basses past and present and post something similar, Basschat may buckle under the weight of so many photos though! 

13 of those basses in your pictures I have owned or still own! 

[jazzyvee]

Impressive set of basses to have owned. Over what period of time did you have these?  and after all those what today is your goto bass?

[Hellzero]

Most of them are over a 5 years period...

My goto bass at the moment is the JP Basses Lucii 6 fretless.

Edited July 18, 2020 by Hellzero
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