Intriguing if not very attractive headless fretless

[tauzero]

One on Gumtree: https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/radical-bass-boucher-brothers-fretless-bass/1489130782

 

I  believe it's https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1620928134797937&set=pb.100067650472148.-2207520000 - it's only four strings and it's got a thick neck so not one for me. I wonder if there's a truss rod.

 

Edited December 10, 2024 by tauzero
Added photo evidence

[simonlittle]

Blimey. Looks like some kind of gardening tool…

[BigRedX]

Wishbass copy?

[tauzero]

4 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Wishbass copy?

 

That was my original thought, but it does look as if it was made with proper tools and not just a rusty knife and a bradawl.

[lemmywinks]

Once again I'm amazed that someone with decent woodworking skills can be happy with that shape as their final design.

[BigRedX]

Plenty of guitar designs go to show that technical ability with tools does not necessarily go hand in hand with aesthetic awareness.

[Grooverjr]

Almost inconceivably ugly. It will never play, anyway - someone nicked the pups and replaced them with giant Jenga blocks. 

[tauzero]

There are three basses shown on the Facebook link, and one of them is quite attractive. Not this one, though.

[Bassassin]

It's what happens when someone goes "If only Wishbass made a headless..."

[bass_dinger]

On 13/12/2024 at 18:16, Bassassin said:

It's what happens when someone goes "If only Wishbass made a headless..."

Or, indeed, if only Spear And Jackson made a bass guitar....

 

The body seems very short, and the bridge is commensurately closer to the neck.  So I wonder if the 12th fret is in the right place. 

 

Actually, on reflection, the 12th fret, and the bass, are both in exactly the right place  - in Norfolk, 200 miles away from me.  

[tauzero]

On 21/12/2024 at 10:53, bass_dinger said:

Or, indeed, if only Spear And Jackson made a bass guitar....

 

The body seems very short, and the bridge is commensurately closer to the neck.  So I wonder if the 12th fret is in the right place. 

 

Actually, on reflection, the 12th fret, and the bass, are both in exactly the right place  - in Norfolk, 200 miles away from me.  

 

You might prefer them to be in Norfolk, Virginia.