7-String Frankenfretless

[lowregisterhead]

"Boss, you know those bodies with the pickup routing in the wrong place, and the bits of purple wood we never used? I'm just going to throw them in the skip."

"Hey, wait a minute...!"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Ashula-SRAS7-DEB-Electric-7-String-4-fretted-3-fretless-Bass-Hard-Case/294022605307

Edited March 9, 2021 by lowregisterhead

[binky_bass]

Woe betide something that has more than 4 strings and isn't shaped like a Fender... 🙄

These are actually very good basses I'll have you know! 

[No. 8 Wire]

I love that. 

I really like that Ibanez do these crazy models.   They might be the only major manufacturer that does (or did) instruments like this. 

[lowregisterhead]

17 hours ago, binky_bass said:

Woe betide something that has more than 4 strings and isn't shaped like a Fender... 🙄

These are actually very good basses I'll have you know! 

I don't doubt it. I actually think it's an interesting concept, just slightly bonkers. In the interests of balance, I have several basses, but only one is a four-string, and none of them are Fenders! 😉

[binky_bass]

19 minutes ago, lowregisterhead said:

I don't doubt it. I actually think it's an interesting concept, just slightly bonkers. In the interests of balance, I have several basses, but only one is a four-string, and none of them are Fenders! 😉

The extreme version... built by our very own Alan at ACG.

[lowregisterhead]

2 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

The extreme version... built by our very own Alan at ACG.

Blimey, that's out there! Beautifully made, though. I've owned a couple of Alan's basses in the past, he's a genius with exotic woods.

[binky_bass]

That he is. I have 4 of his creations. All utterly brilliant.

[PlungerModerno]

Ooooo... I looked into the Ashula, hadn't heard one in a good while. Turns out it's not a single model!

 

 

[NikNik]

I have one. Play it in DADDADG. Where they went wrong is the raised fretless 'board. Other than that, I love it