Letts Bass

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

Excuse my ignorance, but is a wooden nut a thing? A wooden nut cut really badly I might add, or does that get replaced?

[neepheid]

8 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Excuse my ignorance, but is a wooden nut a thing? A wooden nut cut really badly I might add, or does that get replaced?

 

To be fair (let's be fair - it allows a retention of the high ground) - it looks like there's a slot for a zero fret, so the nut slots would be deeper and the nut's job is purely and simply as a string guide.

[spencer.b]

For some reason this thread came to mind when I just saw a Shuker 5 string in the classifieds , £1100 for a gorgeous bass hand built by one of the UKs top luthiers , probably could pick it up within days !!!

[fleabag]

Posted on FB  13 days ago.

 

[lemmywinks]

Eddie has already seen his recent activity, check the comments here with some more bu115h1ttery from Jon.

 

Meanwhile the going rate for a Letts bass as of August this year, ouch:

Edited January 2 by lemmywinks

[EBS_freak]

11 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

Eddie has already seen his recent activity, check the comments here with some more bu115h1ttery from Jon.

Meanwhile the going rate for a Letts bass as of August this year, ouch:

Thats not to say it was sold for 450...

[EBS_freak]

Just watched the YT vid in the post above. Jeesh.

[PinkMohawk]

I mean, for the money that you were looking to pay, you were only a little ways off of a Shuker, his cheapest builds start at £1700, and you'd be getting it from a builder with a solid rep as well. Well, suppose it'll be interesting to see what happens next. 

[tauzero]

He's still turning them out: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356533886326

[Beedster]

On 02/01/2025 at 13:31, EBS_freak said:

Just watched the YT vid in the post above. Jeesh.

….doesn’t shout “Professional Luthiery” does it 🤔

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I watched the YT video. I had no idea what was going on due to the lack of explanation — he could at least put some captions onscreen if he's afraid of his voice.

 

So is that the finished logo? Are those acrylic shapes just screwed onto the headstock and it's job done? I though they were going to be inlaid flush or something else less amateur looking.

 

He's certainly no Ted Woodford when it comes to showcasing his skills on video.

[Beedster]

3 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I watched the YT video. I had no idea what was going on due to the lack of explanation — he could at least put some captions onscreen if he's afraid of his voice.

 

So is that the finished logo? Are those acrylic shapes just screwed onto the headstock and it's job done? I though they were going to be inlaid flush or something else less amateur looking.

 

He's certainly no Ted Woodford when it comes to showcasing his skills on video.

 

Not that I was in the market to start with, but it's quite an impressive piece of YT that can actually out you off buying a instrument. While he clearly has some skill - more than me for sure - the sense of this all being a bit of a garden shed hobby came across a bit too loud and clear to me in that video

[Burns-bass]

22 minutes ago, tauzero said:

He's still turning them out: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356533886326

 

It is indeed a thing of absolute horror.

[Beedster]

8 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Are those acrylic shapes just screwed onto the headstock and it's job done?

 

Yes, and with really shoddy/cheap screws as well 

 

 

[Beedster]

1 minute ago, Burns-bass said:

 

It is indeed a thing of absolute horror.

 

It has an oddly foetal feel......

 

[Burns-bass]

3 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 

It has an oddly foetal feel......

 

 

If one of my kids made that, I'd be impressed but I'd still hide it away in the loft.

[EBS_freak]

2 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

It has an oddly foetal feel......

 

What is that control plate covering up?

 

[Wolverinebass]

17 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

What is that control plate covering up?

 

It's probably best we don't know.

[Geek99]

On 21/11/2024 at 19:06, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Excuse my ignorance, but is a wooden nut a thing? A wooden nut cut really badly I might add, or does that get replaced?

Yes

 

i had one on a @Prosebass which the post office smashed despite nuclear war-proof packing

he kindly made me another 

[mikebass456]

28 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Yes

 

i had one on a @Prosebass which the post office smashed despite nuclear war-proof packing

he kindly made me another 

I made one from a piece of ebony on my most recent home-build towards the end of last year, and it sounds and looks great! (Grain going across the width of the nut).....😉👍

[Bernards Basses]

Hello, how’s the bass coming on… 🤔

 

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, Bernards Basses said:

Hello, how’s the bass coming on… 🤔

 

There's an old saying 'No news is good news', although I suspect there are exceptions

[Acebassmusic]

On 04/02/2025 at 16:16, Burns-bass said:

 

If one of my kids made that, I'd be impressed but I'd still hide it away in the loft.

 

That's a bit cruel, how would they go to school? 🤣

[Burns-bass]

I reckon if I decided today to become a luthier and began my training, spent 4-5 years building basses and developing shapes and concepts, I’d still deliver a bass before Letts.

[Rich]

On 21/11/2024 at 16:25, EddieG said:

Johnny, from the photographs I've seen from his Instagram (which he uploaded around 4 days ago) the body and neck are now all glued up now and shaped. 
Letts blocked me a couple of years ago on Instagram, back when I was calling him out and he's never undone that, but my daughter got and sent me the photos. 
 

As everyone can see on the YouTube comments, he's already publicly admitted this instrument is supposed to be for me. He even liked the comment on his video where I asked for an update!

Which makes the lack of communication quite odd, I would say.

 

All these developments make for a very odd situation indeed, but one that I feel still warrants my updating of this post for prospective customers; Letts is trying to portray publicly that he's rectifying matters, but that only works if he actually DOES.

 

Any progress since this, Eddie?