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New Mollerup Fretless 5 string..
- Thread starter smakbass
- Start date
So I just picked up my new fretless 5 today from Laurence Mollerup (LM).
Specs are:
Chambered walnut body with Paduak top
Maple neck with lined Zircote Fingerboard 33" scale
1 Nordstrand dual coil wired in series
1 vol knob
Hipshot hardware.
So far its taking a small adjustment to the 33" scale, but this thing sounds just terrific and from the pics you can see its quite shallow as well as chambered...so its an ultralight...havent weighed it yet, and dont have a scale here but I would guess...6.5 to 7lbs?....
It sounds just great just played for a few minutes through Laurences EA rig, and then a bit at home through my cafe walter and I cant be happier with how this turned out exactly the tone I wanted
Specs are:
Chambered walnut body with Paduak top
Maple neck with lined Zircote Fingerboard 33" scale
1 Nordstrand dual coil wired in series
1 vol knob
Hipshot hardware.
So far its taking a small adjustment to the 33" scale, but this thing sounds just terrific and from the pics you can see its quite shallow as well as chambered...so its an ultralight...havent weighed it yet, and dont have a scale here but I would guess...6.5 to 7lbs?....
It sounds just great just played for a few minutes through Laurences EA rig, and then a bit at home through my cafe walter and I cant be happier with how this turned out exactly the tone I wanted
sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!
that wood is just awesome! the colouring in the fingerboard is nuts too.
can't wait for to hear it micelf!
congrats Smakkie!
that wood is just awesome! the colouring in the fingerboard is nuts too.
can't wait for to hear it micelf!
congrats Smakkie!
I like the design of the bolt-on neck: more stability on the bass side; more thumb comfort for the high register. I also like the FACT that it's a bolt-on; there's something about the midrange of those instruments that makes all the difference in the world to me. Nice snag!
Nice snag!
I quite like his neck joint design as well.....all I knew going in was I wanted a walnut body and 33" scale one pick up one knob kind of thing, Laurence suggested the Paduak as he had some and had built a 4 string with walnut body out of it so had an idea tonally what it would do,,,I left the fingerboard to him and till today I hadnt seen that part of the build til today...
Laurence is a terrific player and his design works very well hangs and balances perfectly..this bass would be a breeze to play a long gig.
Laurence is a terrific player and his design works very well hangs and balances perfectly..this bass would be a breeze to play a long gig.
Beautiful! I love his designs! I really wish that I could get my hands on one of his basses someday. You can tell just by looking at them that a bass player designed them.
There are some nice little things he did...being its a 33" scale he made the headstock a little extended so that strings wont be a problem....
