First Built, finished, finally, 5 string fretless

[Yellow]

I couldnt find my original thread with progress, but anyhow, here it is.

I am the happiest man today, so here is my first baby:

Jatoba/Maple body
Maple/Walnut neck
Bloodwood fingerboard with maple inlay fretlines and abalony dots
Big Singles Nordstrand pups
Audere pre

May be I did go a little overboard to pimp it out with gold hardware but I do like it,

I will take some better shots of it but I just couldn't wait and just grabbed a few to post.









Let me know what you think, I sure have learned a lot during this project. There is tons more to learn I know.

[SDB Guitars]

looks good... kinda like if Carl Thompson tangled with a Tele bass...

[rob2966]

Looks good - wondering why you didn't trim that mess of strings before taking photos

Later
Rob

[Yellow]

Originally Posted by rob2966

Looks good - wondering why you didn't trim that mess of strings before taking photos

Later
Rob

Yes, I was just too anxious to take a couple of photos, you know... in the heat of exitement.

[antiunderscores]

looks cool... rooted... but cool

[cigi]

looks cool.

How does it play?

The neck looks kind of bent, but so do the strings, so it'll be problem with the pictures.

Cool first build

[fretlessman71]

Looks gorgeous; hope it sounds the same. VERY well done.

One question, though: Is it necessary to learn thumb position to play the last few frets? Not a lot of cutaway there... was that intentional?

[Jensby design]

Originally Posted by fretlessman71

One question, though: Is it necessary to learn thumb position to play the last few frets? Not a lot of cutaway there... was that intentional?

some of us use our right hand to fret too
. . .wait,is it still called fretting if the bass is fretless

[Yellow]

Originally Posted by fretlessman71

Looks gorgeous; hope it sounds the same. VERY well done.

One question, though: Is it necessary to learn thumb position to play the last few frets? Not a lot of cutaway there... was that intentional?

You are right the cutaway turned out unintentionally smallish, it is a bit aukward to play last couple of frets, but I can live with that until I build another one. There are a lot of things I will take into account next time. I am just happy Ipulled off this one.

[Yellow]

Originally Posted by cigi

looks cool.

How does it play?

Cool first build

Plays really well, thanks to numerous advice from TB members

setup was a breeze.

[Yellow]

It is ambitious and tough to plough through a lot of info and
figure things out in terms of steps and techniques.
I am happy with my first bass and I want to thank you all who took part in helping me figure things out.

[Ray Holt]

Originally Posted by fretlessman71

One question, though: Is it necessary to learn thumb position to play the last few frets? Not a lot of cutaway there... was that intentional?

You guys are bass players, you shouldn't be playing up there anyways!

[black_labb]

i like the way the fingerboard continue up the neck. covers the set neck joint and avoids the sometimes awkward looking heel in the body behind the fingerboard.

[bassteban]

I like it a lot. Very nicely finished, nice design. The headstock very much appeals to me(I like them big). All that said, I think there are going to be some functionality lessons(the already-mentioned cutaway & potential neck-dive come to mind)learned here, but the bass will teach you far better than my little comments. Bravo on your first.

[Yellow]

Originally Posted by black_labb

i like the way the fingerboard continue up the neck. covers the set neck joint and avoids the sometimes awkward looking heel in the body behind the fingerboard.

A la Wilser...I liked that idea on his basses that is where I saw it first.

[Yellow]

Originally Posted by Ray Holt

You guys are bass players, you shouldn't be playing up there anyways!

Guitar players will always envy the Full Range

[smakbass]

Looks pretty good for a first project to me...

[jakrees747]

sexy.

as.

hell.

[fretlessman71]

I bet you can use the extended fingerboard as a right-hand "ramp" of sorts - I find that when I'm soloing, I can get more "mwah" when I move my right hand to the end of the fingerboard. Worth a try!

[tomvelsor]

looks pretty good for a first build.