I'm liking these Brubaker headless guitars.

[Angel]

I'm liking these Brubaker headless guitars, particularly the 4 string. With prices starting at £3700 I won't be buying one though!

 

I'm planning on building another bass, I may try something inspired by this design. Not necessarily the finish/colours, just the shape etc.

 

 

 

Brubaker Guitars has introduced the NBS Headless Bass Series, a new line of four- and five-string basses available in both 34-inch and 30-inch scale lengths. Designed for flexibility and travel ease, these basses feature Brubaker’s BOB (Brubaker On-Board) swappable preamp system, allowing bass players to switch between six distinct preamps in under a minute.

Each NBS bass comes with a True Passive Module as the default, with other available preamps crafted by brands such as Bartolini, DarkGlass, John East, Aguilar, and Nordstrand.

 

Standard specifications for the NBS series include an alder body with a spalted maple top, maple neck, and Hipshot hardware. Pickup configurations include J/J, P/J, and humbucker options, providing additional customisation. Every bass is hand-numbered and signed by master luthier Kevin Brubaker, who states, “The NBS Headless series represents years of innovation and feedback from the players who inspire us.”

 

 

Edited Saturday at 18:33 by Angel

[AndyTravis]

I don’t understand the brubaker shape. Why put a control plate on that has no correlation to the body contour…

 

There’s obviously high end skill on show…but it makes me think of the (frankly weird) Epiphones with a jazz plate at a jaunty angle.

[tauzero]

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

I don’t understand the brubaker shape. Why put a control plate on that has no correlation to the body contour…

 

Well, the jazz control plate is so they can get it dead cheap from AliExpress. They've made a hash of routing the cavity though, maybe the scratchplate is also an AliExpress cheapie.

 

I did wonder why they'd put a scratchplate on at all, but of course with swappable modular preamps you need something like that.