And 9 strings to boot!
That part doesn't bug me. I'm kinda flirting with the idea of a 7 string from Cliff Bordwell sometime next year. I just need to experiment with some strings.
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The World's Most Beautiful Fretless Basses ...
- Thread starter TheRam
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That part doesn't bug me. I'm kinda flirting with the idea of a 7 string from Cliff Bordwell sometime next year. I just need to experiment with some strings.
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Erkan Sizarlar Custom 6 Fretless ... The most beautiful one I.M.O because it's mine
This is currently one of my faveorite basses.
Hey, thanks again for that. I go back & forth on that bass as it doesn't get enough play time, but I don't know if I could live w/myself if I dumped that sweet-looking hunk of wood.
Does you Alembic have a matching ovelay on the headstock?
- Jul 15, 2003
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I wouldn't even know what do with 9 strings lol. I've played a 6 and that was pretty fun, but 9 is too much for this lowly hobbiest
Not to brag, ahemm, but that is my MTD 535 fretless #999.
It has an ash body, burl maple top, wenge neck with gaboon ebony fingerboard. As Mike T. puts it, "it growls like a chainsaw."
Click here for more pics.
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I read through this entire thread and was dismayed (dismayed I tell you!) not to see my favorite fretless yet posted here.
It's owned by one of the forum members, whose name I can't recall, and it's a (some would say) simple '78 (or thereabouts) P-bass in antigua finish with an unmarked maple neck.
It is a thing of beauty. I do long for it so.
As to the whole "boutique" argument, I think we have to consider many of the luthiers who craft those instruments are truly artists and artisans. Just as in the art world, people decades hence will be saying "I own Dragonetti #37" or what have you. In some ways it is an investment.
I admit I do not care for the looks of most of them, but I'm pretty much a caveman-type bassist anyway. Gimme a decent passive 4-banger and a good amp rig, you know?
But some people play jazz or classical stuff and excellent unadulterated clean tone is important to them. And some are uber-rich hobbyists who buy them for the "Wow" factor and because they can afford expensive toys.
Either way, I'm glad there is a market for luthiers and there is an opportunity for these unique creations to get into the hands of players and bass lovers to support the art and the artists who craft them.
I may not personally like them aesthetically very often or care to own one, but I certainly admire the engineering and design and the hard work and dedication it takes to create such an object.
It's owned by one of the forum members, whose name I can't recall, and it's a (some would say) simple '78 (or thereabouts) P-bass in antigua finish with an unmarked maple neck.
It is a thing of beauty. I do long for it so.
As to the whole "boutique" argument, I think we have to consider many of the luthiers who craft those instruments are truly artists and artisans. Just as in the art world, people decades hence will be saying "I own Dragonetti #37" or what have you. In some ways it is an investment.
I admit I do not care for the looks of most of them, but I'm pretty much a caveman-type bassist anyway. Gimme a decent passive 4-banger and a good amp rig, you know?
But some people play jazz or classical stuff and excellent unadulterated clean tone is important to them. And some are uber-rich hobbyists who buy them for the "Wow" factor and because they can afford expensive toys.
Either way, I'm glad there is a market for luthiers and there is an opportunity for these unique creations to get into the hands of players and bass lovers to support the art and the artists who craft them.
I may not personally like them aesthetically very often or care to own one, but I certainly admire the engineering and design and the hard work and dedication it takes to create such an object.
that has to be one of the sickest top woods I have ever seen on TB. Thing looks like it's on fire!
is spalted rosewood rare to find?
These basses are beautiful!
Here are some pics of my Marilyn.
Beautiful bass...but I am truly baffled...
What do all of those knobs do for ONE pickup???
Beautiful bass...but I am truly baffled...
What do all of those knobs do for ONE pickup???
The three on the right are bass, mid, treble, the bottom is volume and the middle one there is for controlling the rotation speed of the earth...obviously
smakbass
Smakkin basses for 25 years..
