NBD - Jabba Short Scale Semi-Hollow Fretless

[Frank Blank]

 

I was at the South West Bass Bash yesterday, albeit very briefly, but thankfully long enough to pick up the superb fretless built for me by the supremely talented @Jabba_the_gut. I am pretty much gobsmacked by it, I don't know how a bass can look this good and sound even better than it looks. If you hold a note steady and then begin to add a bit of vibrato I swear the note gets louder, there's some sort of freaky juju going on with the fingerboard. Anyway, short scale, stainless steel nut and fret markers, semi-hollow, piezo, I'm not really a technical man when it comes to instruments but Jabba builds the most beautiful basses and they fit in exactly with the type of music I play so, it's perfect. I am a very lucky man, I get to play (another) work of art. Cheers Jabba, its a f***ing masterpiece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2022 by Frank Blank

[eude]

That is truly stunning.

What's the scale length on it? (Too lazy to go find the other thread 😉)

[Owen]

See it being brought to life. 

 

 

[Pea Turgh]

That is sexual.  I played one of Jabba’s other fretless semi hollows and it spoke to me.  Bloody lovely.  Congrats!

[Frank Blank]

1 hour ago, eude said:

That is truly stunning.

What's the scale length on it? (Too lazy to go find the other thread 😉)

32"

[wrinkleygit]

Masterpiece, enjoy 👍

[benh]

A thing of beauty! Congratulations. 

[SpondonBassed]

Congratulations.  I wish you many happy years with it.

[ezbass]

You should be able to feel the waves of envy emanating from north of the border. A pair of Jabbas, something to be green about. Congrats, enjoy your acquisitions.

[Daz39]

My word…

[Frank Blank]

7 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

That is sexual.  I played one of Jabba’s other fretless semi hollows and it spoke to me.  Bloody lovely.  Congrats!

I imagine that was @wrinkleygit's fretless, which was the bass that sounded better than my Rob Allen and to ask Mr The Gut to build me one.

[Pea Turgh]

11 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

I imagine that was @wrinkleygit's fretless, which was the bass that sounded better than my Rob Allen and to ask Mr The Gut to build me one.

Exactamundo- bloody lovely thing!

[SamIAm]

What a thing of beauty .. @Jabba The Hutt is an artist!

 

Tho is seems to missing a B0 string lol

 

S'manth xx

[Geek99]

On 11/10/2022 at 22:11, Smanth said:

What a thing of beauty .. @Jabba The Hutt is an artist!

 

Tho is seems to missing a B0 string lol

 

S'manth xx

I had a short scale and B of any size didn’t work very well 

[Frank Blank]

On 10/10/2022 at 15:48, eude said:

That is truly stunning.

What's the scale length on it? (Too lazy to go find the other thread 😉)

 

My mistake, it's actually 31.5"

[Frank Blank]

Here is its fretted twin currently being built by @Jabba_the_gut

 

 

Edited August 14, 2023 by Frank Blank

[Pea Turgh]

It’s like art.  Love it.

[Grahambythesea]

Too weird for me.

[Thump]

Wow, just wow 😲  That is utterly gorgeous! 

 

Whats the going rate for a kidney these days? pretty sure i can get by on one