Very cool looking bass

[Timmah]

Cool bass, but I bet the fiver will be even cooler! Looking forward to that build thread.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

hmmm... meh.

 

[Sixgunn]

Look like great quality but it is not for me.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Xtender pickups sound awesome. Very plain and powerful but not overly colored.

 

[jamro217]

how about a metal (finished) bass?

"Meet George Jetson...His boy Elroy...Jane, his wife..."

 

[RunBeerRun]

Cool,none oft these pics did I find mind blowing, rather a niche scene. Now you take unique builds, and make many models all with varying but high quality insides, you'd have a line that could grow with respect.

 

[Real Soon]

Well I, for one, felt the loins of my lustiness for sweet builds stirring.

 

[groooooove]

why is the jack rear mounted?

 

[Lava]

I love both of the Goldie's on the Best Bass Gear page. Is the other goldie one of your builds as well?

 

[zenman]

Pretty cool how you incorporated the '51 precision bridge cover into your futuristic design. A nod to Leo I assume?

 

[bholder]

why is the jack rear mounted?

My guess is: "Because."

 

[JIO]

Cool bass, but I bet the fiver will be even cooler! Looking forward to that build thread.

Thanks! I learn something from each realization of my designs. The 5'r owes more to the Supernova but incorporates a little of the Supersonic. As I'm more of a 4-string player, it's a chance to create a 5'r I'll want to play. I went back and forth over neck width, (narrower like my Parker Hornet or?) but settled for J-width. More to do with familiar spacing.

Xtender pickups sound awesome. Very plain and powerful but not overly colored.

exactly - the 5'r will sport one in the MM position.

Cool,none oft these pics did I find mind blowing, rather a niche scene. Now you take unique builds, and make many models all with varying but high quality insides, you'd have a line that could grow with respect.

A thought - thanks for your insight. And also, good observation that they aren't 'mind blowing' - they are more about refining what works in my own way.

why is the jack rear mounted?

It was at first until I kept feeling the cord rubbing my leg. Not an issue seated, but standing/playing a distraction - so it was moved to a more standard side position. Ritter basses use this design but perhaps they are balanced differently so the leg-rub doesn't occur. Never played one to know for sure.

I love both of the Goldie's on the Best Bass Gear page. Is the other goldie one of your builds as well?

Thanks! Yes, that is my 24 fret Supersonic Custom Performer/Supersonic bass | TalkBass.com

Pretty cool how you incorporated the '51 precision bridge cover into your futuristic design. A nod to Leo I assume?

Thanks! Hard not to nod to Leo Fender if designing/creating a bass. And also to other Fender designers like John Page (Performer) and Dan Smith and George Blanda (gen 1, 22 fret American Standard (boner) J, P, & P/J's and Phil Kubicki (Kubicki pre-amp powered Jazz Plus) My Supersonic related to the Performer, and the Supernova was a redesign of the A/S J. The SuperB has references but is more it's own design.

 

[Muddslide]

Thanks!

Whoa--this is you? You made this? Duuuude. I honest to bob hardly ever see modern "out there" designs that I like. To me, too much ends up looking either shredmetally or almost TOO organic like a big burl tree knot with funky appendages, etc.

But this...has (to me) just the right elements of retro + futuristic for my tastes. The word awesome is thrown around way too much but...awesome.

I hope this doesn't offend you, but while your work clearly has its own aesthetic and is unique, that bass reminds me a little of some of John Blacklund's guitar designs, if you are familiar with his stuff. Blacklunds are a little heavier on the retro though...more like an old 50s hot rod sorta thing.

I think your design is, in a way, more timeless. Very classy, but cool and new. IMO, could fit in well (visually speaking) with all kinds of genres...

 

[hsech]

It looks like a very well crafted work of art. Pretty space age looking.

 

[wmhill]

looks well built and all, just not my flavor....... that being said- I'm glad that there's still people thinking out of the box!!

 

[quickfix]

I'm a traditional kind of guy. P bass is my staple.
Phew! That's out of the way.
Now...I really like JIO's bass design. In fact I find it very tantalizing. And as for the metallized version? I'd steampunk that puppy.

 

[JIO]

Whoa--this is you? You made this? Duuuude. I honest to bob hardly ever see modern "out there" designs that I like. To me, too much ends up looking either shredmetally or almost TOO organic like a big burl tree knot with funky appendages, etc.

But this...has (to me) just the right elements of retro + futuristic for my tastes. The word awesome is thrown around way too much but...awesome.

I hope this doesn't offend you, but while your work clearly has its own aesthetic and is unique, that bass reminds me a little of some of John Blacklund's guitar designs, if you are familiar with his stuff. Blacklunds are a little heavier on the retro though...more like an old 50s hot rod sorta thing.

I think your design is, in a way, more timeless. Very classy, but cool and new. IMO, could fit in well (visually speaking) with all kinds of genres...

Thank you so much for your kind words Mudslide - I feel you 'get it' because what you said is exactly my tact. I love design of all kinds and personally feel the world would be a better place with more good design. (big definition of the word) Don't know John Blacklund's work but will check it out. Nearly impossible to create something w/o reference and I'm one to gladly borrow from here and there knowing this. If you look through my build threads I always post any references I'm borrowing from or being inspired by. Like music, it's organic! I like certain aspects of retro, but tend to skirt it because it can easily slip into kitsch. I prefer terms/references like 'classic' or like you were kind enough to say, 'classy'. Timeless, we'll see… but my aim is related more to beauty than quirky or unusual. How anyone will view my designs is not under my control so some will feel contrary to what I strive to do. This is life, and luckily for all there are plenty of other designers/designs to relate to.

 

[JIO]

I'm a traditional kind of guy. P bass is my staple.
Phew! That's out of the way.
Now...I really like JIO's bass design. In fact I find it very tantalizing. And as for the metallized version? I'd steampunk that puppy.

I've always had an eye on these crazy industrial revolution inspired playable artworks. Through Gildaxe, there is a lot I could bring to the table if anyone out there is 'mechanically inclined' and considering a Steampunk build.

 

[Muddslide]

I like certain aspects of retro, but tend to skirt it because it can easily slip into kitsch.

I agree, and kitsch can be cool too in certain applications, but I can see that's not what you are going for. I think (to my eyes, at least), there is a gentle nod or "touch" of retro, but you did very effectively manage to skirt the kitsch 100%.

Ummm...if you are ever looking for an endorsing artist, I rock out in total obscurity in the den of my home in Nowheresville, Oklahoma. Just putting that out there!

 

[jd56hawk]

One of the nicest custom-built basses I've seen.
I just put an Audere JZ3 in my FSR Jazz bass...along with a set of Fender Super 55s...and couldn't believe how incredible this preamp sounds.
Your bass must sound as good as it looks.
Great name, too.