Shuker Dark Matters JJ Burnel Signature Lite P-bass

[petecarlton]

This may be a bit premature, as there's not a lot to show yet, but I've ordered a P-bass from Jon and I had the first pictures yesterday of potential neck blanks.  I intend to keep posting as I receive more informatuion and pictures, but the spec is as follows:

 

34" scale

20 frets

43.5mm nut width (since reduced to more like a Jazz at 40mm - I have small hands)

20.5mm neck depth at 1st fret

22,5mm at 12th

gentle c profile

 

flamed roasted maple neck

flamed rosted maple fretboard

two way truss rod

carbon fibre reinforcement

jumbo stainless steel fretwire

brass nut

satin neck lacquer

3mm luminlay side markers

6mm black face dots

triple string tree

gotoh GB 528 resolite tuners - the standard choice is Scahller Schaller bml lites, but I do like lollipops!

 

alder chambered body

reduced heel and recessed neck fixings

Usual carves (the internal chambering is graduated around the rear ribcage carve to make the carve possible, not simple and its a shame all that work is covered up! haha, i  would send pics of this before the top goes on)

polyester basecoat

black wet look lacquer gloss coat

carbonlite shaped s/plate

3 positions on the s/plate, vol, mid/mid freq, treble/bass

s/plate mounted jack

rear flip top battery compartment, although may be possible to have the battery under the s/plate in case you ever wanted the bass to go passive, i could do a cover section or split the s/plate so you didn't need to take the whole thing off.

recessed s/plate cover for the access to the truss rod.

custom wound split coil pickup

gotoh multi tonal bridge

schaller s-locks

black hardware

rotosound 45-105 swing bass as standard

shuker / hiscox logo case

 

So far, the only pictures I have are of the neck blanks, but it's a start!  Jon suggested nos 2 and 5 were the best, so I've left the choice to him.

 

 

(Much) more to follow!

 

Pete

[Richard R]

Will definitely be worth the wait.

Gets comfy chair....

[LukeFRC]

That’s a reasonable amount of Pepsi 

[Bunion]

3 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

That’s a reasonable amount of Pepsi 

Well, summer is coming and it’s the best day of the year 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

Sounds like a clone of mine which I received last week.

 

 

[petecarlton]

2 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Sounds like a clone of mine which I received last week.

 

 

 

I imagine it is, apart from the machine heads and the neck width - what's yours?  Looks awesome by the way!  What a beaut - how are you getting on with it?

 

[petecarlton]

2 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

That’s a reasonable amount of Pepsi 

 

Never mind the Pepsi... Shirley you should be looking at the timber?

 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

24 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

 

I imagine it is, apart from the machine heads and the neck width - what's yours?  Looks awesome by the way!  What a beaut - how are you getting on with it?

 

My one has a jazz neck on it.

I like lollipops too, but on a vintage jazz.

You won’t like the Shuker. You’ll need to pass it on to me when it’s finished 😂.

 

Seriously though, I’ve gigged it twice and it’s a cracker.

[petecarlton]

20 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

You won’t like the Shuker. You’ll need to pass it on to me when it’s finished 😂.

Haha! Finished? Never! 

[petecarlton]

I hope no-one's been holding their breath since I last posted.  I've had a bit of a manic time recently, but I do now have some progress pictures to put up.  So far, Jon's selected a neck - the bottom one in this picture, which is more evenly figured (he explained):

 

[petecarlton]

Here's the back of neck and headstock:

 

 

 

[petecarlton]

And a closer view of that beautiful flame:

 

[petecarlton]

And of the headstock, which I gather now has its logo - can't wait to see that!

 

[petecarlton]

And here's the body, unstained:

 

[petecarlton]

I promise to be a bit more prompt with future posts!

[Daz39]

15 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

I promise to be a bit more prompt with future posts!

I should bally well think so too!

 

Srsly though - nice roasting!

[SpondonBassed]

Don't worry.  Good things are worth waiting for.

[Muzz]

Still waiting for mine (Jazz neck (actually slimmer)), too - no dots, either...it's only been 2 1/2 years...then again, we did have a bit of a global pandemic in between...

Edited June 22, 2022 by Muzz

[petecarlton]

1 hour ago, Muzz said:

Still waiting for mine (Jazz neck (actually slimmer)), too - no dots, either...it's only been 2 1/2 years...then again, we did have a bit of a global pandemic in between...

Yes, but that's saintly patience!

[petecarlton]

Waiting in some trepidation for the latest pictures from Jon.  Perhaps stupidly. I decided the bass should be named for the Stranglers' single "Nuclear Device" from 1979 - it didn't do that well (no. 36 on the chart, I believe), but I always liked it.  The sinlge's sleeve had an illustration showing some rather cool-looking rockets, which Jon is planning to use as a logo on the front of the headstock, between his signature and JJs.  The "Nuclear Device" logotype would be on the back.  Neither of us wants it to be too busy, so all of this might change...

[Velarian]

Bruce and Sheila will love it. 😉

[Baloney Balderdash]

Cool. 

 

You got the technical specs for the custom wound P pickup, and would you mind sharing it in that case?

 

Just out of pure curiosity.

 

 

Edited August 10, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash

[Muzz]

On 10/08/2022 at 17:53, petecarlton said:

Waiting in some trepidation for the latest pictures from Jon.  Perhaps stupidly. I decided the bass should be named for the Stranglers' single "Nuclear Device" from 1979 - it didn't do that well (no. 36 on the chart, I believe), but I always liked it.  The sinlge's sleeve had an illustration showing some rather cool-looking rockets, which Jon is planning to use as a logo on the front of the headstock, between his signature and JJs.  The "Nuclear Device" logotype would be on the back.  Neither of us wants it to be too busy, so all of this might change...

Just for a second I thought that was the back of the neck... 🙂

 

You have inspired me to contact Jon again about mine...he's probably gonna say 'Yeah, it's been sat here for ages waiting for you'... 😕🙂

 

Edit: I did, in fact contact Jon. He said "Yeah, it's been sat here for ages waiting for you." Upside is he's sticking it in the post next week... 😀

Edited August 14, 2022 by Muzz

[petecarlton]

On 10/08/2022 at 21:36, Baloney Balderdash said:

Cool. 

 

You got the technical specs for the custom wound P pickup, and would you mind sharing it in that case?

 

Just out of pure curiosity.

 

 

No, sorry. I've left all that up to Jon, not really my field of expertise. I'll try to find out more, now you've mentioned them.  😊

[petecarlton]

Sorry - no more info yet on pickups, but how about these tantalising headstock images, now that Jon has applied the custom logo(s)?  Hoping to pick up the guitar in about two or three weeks. 

 

It's all getting very exciting!