Fretless J-bass finished- WITH PICS

spudmaster34 · #1 09-23-2006, 03:43 PM

Wow, this project has changed alot since I started it, here is a list of changes
was - is
fretted- fretless
flying v- j-bass
p pups- j pups
34" scale- 33" scale
black and pink- blue and white

I'm sure there are more changes, I just don't remember them now

specs:
body-unknown (it's a long story)
neck-maple
fingerboard-rosewood
frets (21 linned fretless)
fretlines- dyed lacewood veneer
pups- generic j pups
bridge- generic and chrome
electronics- passive volume volume tone
tuners- gotoh's
scale 33"
finish- metalic blue
pg- white/black/white

I know it dosn't exist yet, because I can't get pics up till tomorrow at the earlyest, but I just had to say, this thing sounds like the voice of God, and he is PISSED OFF. I can shake the chandelier on the floor below me, using a 15 watt amp with the volume turned to 5!

spudmaster34 · #2 09-23-2006, 09:42 PM

Well, I was wrong about tomorrow, this is the best i can do right now, it's all the way on the left

Linas · #3 09-24-2006, 06:18 AM

right on man! lets see a close up

spudmaster34 · #4 09-24-2006, 07:42 AM

wilser · #5 09-24-2006, 08:06 AM

is that a scalloped fretless board?

Techmonkey · #6 09-24-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by wilser

is that a scalloped fretless board?

yeah, it looks pretty scalloped... i thought this would be pretty useless? i mean... you're note is always going to be wrongly intonated unless you fret inbetween the scallops, and that sort of defeats the point of scalloping?

spudmaster34 · #7 09-24-2006, 08:37 AM

Ahh, you noticed. I did verry verry minor scalloping from the 12th fret on, it dosn't affect the feel or playability of it, but it makes it much easier to see and I am less framiliar with that area so it helps alot.

THIRSTYGUMS · #8 09-24-2006, 04:19 PM

mmmmm what a beautiful logo!

looks pretty nice there spud, what did you use for the paint job? how does it play?
soundclips????????????

spudmaster34 · #9 09-24-2006, 04:34 PM

yeah, isn't that logo pretty cool
the finish is stew-mac color tone varnish
it plays pretty well, eventually I will work a bit on the finish on the back of the neck, but for now I'm having to much fun with it.
Soundclips arn't likely, but there is a chance my band will be recording at our next practice, so if I can get my fretless chops up, I might use it

PilbaraBass · #10 09-24-2006, 09:09 PM

that's the most bizarre looking neck I've ever seen.

scalloped fretless? I don't know...how do you PLAY something like that?

spudmaster34 · #11 09-25-2006, 05:24 PM

I explaned it up above, but once again, it is more of a visual thing and really dosn't affect the feel or playabillity of the bass