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DP SC Fretless 5 in Progress !

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by godoze, Jul 26, 2003.

  1. Jul 26, 2003 #1
    godoze

    godoze

    Oct 21, 2002
    Here are a couple of shots of my DP Custom.

    Specs:

    Single cut 5 fretless

    Claro walnut top
    Maple core
    Padauk back

    Cocobolo fingerboard

    5 piece maple/walnut/purpleheart neck

    gold hdwr
    Dave's pickups w/o preamp
     
  2. Jul 26, 2003 #2
    godoze

    godoze

    Oct 21, 2002
    back...
     
  3. Jul 26, 2003 #3
    Bazzist

    Bazzist Guest

    Dec 7, 2002
    Nova Scotia
    How does cocobolo sound as a fretless fretboard and will it wear?
     
  4. Jul 26, 2003 #4
    Jeff in TX

    Jeff in TX

    Nov 1, 2000
    Lone Star State
    Nice!! Keep 'em coming!

    What are Dave's pickups? You're going passive?

    Jeff
     
  5. Jul 26, 2003 #5
    banden

    banden Guest

    Aug 13, 2002
    penticton bc canada
    not too far off now...

    I really like the back...
     
  6. Jul 27, 2003 #6
    Bryan R. Tyler

    Bryan R. Tyler TalkBass: Usurping My Practice Time Since 2002 Staff Member Administrator Gold Supporting Member Supporting Member

    May 3, 2002
    Connecticut
    Reviewer: Bass Player Magazine
    Man, all these nice progress pics are making me impatient for mine :) Looks good, Don!
     
  7. Jul 27, 2003 #7
    Professor X

    Professor X

    Apr 15, 2002
    On The Prairie
    SWEETNESS!!! Looks great don! cant wait to hear your review when you get it... :D
     
  8. Jul 27, 2003 #8
    godoze

    godoze

    Oct 21, 2002
    Jeff, I wanted a passive bass for a change. I figure that if it works out cool, if I decide it needs more color i'll put a preamp in it or change pups or both...

    As far as fingerboard cocobolo reminds me very much of rosewood in tone. it is a very dense heavy wood with very good lateral strength when glued to a neck.
     
  9. Jul 28, 2003 #9
    fretless5

    fretless5 Guest

    Nov 28, 2000
    Blue Ash, Ohio, USA
    Sweet. Nice woods.

    I'm likin' those big single cuts more and more.
     
  10. Aug 9, 2003 #10
    luisnovelo

    luisnovelo

    Apr 3, 2001
    Guadalajara, México
    Today I went to a big exposition of wood workers , wood distributors and wood products retailers.. I got myself some contacts who sell cocobolo (Granadillo as we know it locally) for very cheap.. I really got AMAZED.. is not that it was sooo incredibly cheap, but I had never seen such beutiful woods.. in such big quantities..

    but.. anyway.. I just got ver yinterested in cocobolo..

    So.. I have a question:

    How do you compare cocobolo in hardness with toher woods used for fretless fingerboards?'
     
  11. Aug 9, 2003 #11
    DP Custom

    DP Custom DP Custom Basses

    Feb 7, 2001
    NC, USA

    I don't believe that Granadillo is the same species as cocobolo ..they have some similarities, but Granadillo isn't as dense or strong.

    DP