NBD - Sort of.

[Si600]

I've had it since early summer, it just hasn't got home before now.

 

A Squier JB V Active Deluxe from 2008.

 

 

It belonged to our guitarist who died in October '23. The chap who was helping his widow out with sorting through his instruments and musical accoutrements called me and said that Angelika had asked if I would like it.

 

It's been in our rehearsal room since then. I brought it home to change the strings and clean it, did a smidge of setup and the truss rod nut promptly stripped.

 

I've just come back from the luthier after having a new TR nut fitted and everything is happy again.  Neither of us expected it to be so simple!

Edited November 29, 2024 by Si600

[ezbass]

5 minutes ago, Si600 said:

did a smidge of setup and the truss rod nut promptly stripped.

 

I've just come back from the luthier after having a new TR nut fitted and everything is happy again. 

That's a great result!

[AlexDelores]

Lovely that is! 
 

I remember trying one when they came out and was blown away by how much bass you got for the price. 

[Pea Turgh]

What is the fretboard made from?  So dark and shiny!  Lovely looking bass.  Sorry to hear about your friend, though.

[Si600]

It's ebanol. Some sort of composite I believe. 

 

Yeah, it wasn't great. He came to rehearsal one evening, did a song and a half and said, "Sorry guys, I don't feel great, see you next week." The next day he was in hospital with a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and six weeks later we had his funeral.

[ezbass]

2 minutes ago, Si600 said:

It's ebanol. Some sort of composite I believe. 

Made principally from paper IIRC. I had an ebanol board on an Ibanez GWB fretless, perfectly sound, although it can mark up and go a little grey. A fretted instrument might be different.

[Reggaebass]

Very nice Si 

[BassAgent]

Brilliant! Also always lovely to see the instruments of a person who's passed away land in the loving hands of a friend/family member/loved one. 

[BassAgent]

31 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Made principally from paper IIRC. I had an ebanol board on an Ibanez GWB fretless, perfectly sound, although it can mark up and go a little grey. A fretted instrument might be different.

Yep, it's basically laminated black paper and phenolic resin.

[Si600]

36 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Made principally from paper IIRC. I had an ebanol board on an Ibanez GWB fretless, perfectly sound, although it can mark up and go a little grey. A fretted instrument might be different.

Spelt ebOnol. Not to be confused with ebAnol, which is a perfume ingredient. No, I didn't know that either until a minute ago. 

[lemmywinks]

Was looking at these a while ago, pickups aren't standard 5 string size IRCC, do they catch the B and G strings ok?

 

Ebonol is such an underrated fretboard material, a real shame it fell out of fashion. I have an ebonol board fretless that's seen off some very expensive basses with boutique fingerboards, regardless of what electronics I put in that bass it just nails the sound I want.