WARNING: Darrin Huff Basses / Zeller Guitars

I'm one of the longer ones, Fuzzbass. I've got 3 years and 6 months under my waiting belt.

I've got a 5-string coming, too, if I remember correctly :

- Z5 body style with the ball scroll
- Mahogany core
-Some crazy bubinga body wing facings (the plank of wood those are coming from is below)
- Racing stripes on the body made of maple with dark rosewood (forget the real name of it, but it's right above the bubinga slab) accents between wings and center
- Myrtle center facing (I think... I honestly can't remember exactly which wood we decided on for the center)
- 7 piece neck, birdseye maple with bubinga racing stripes
- Ebony or chechen board, 24 frets, no inlays, front dots, etc.
- 35" scale
- 2 Bartolini P4 pickups (each switchable for series/parallel/reverse P)
- Ramp between pickups that matches the fingerboard
- Audere 4-band preamp
- Black hardware all around
- Hipshot A-style bridge, 19mm string spacing
- Hipshot ultralite tuners

I used to have a picture of my neck blank that Darrin finished, but I lost it somewhere.

Here's that bubinga slab:

 

I'm on the list for a custom Z4 waiting a little over 3 years

Specs are

Custom designed body,
Carved scroll
Camphor Burl top and back
Flame Maple body core
Maple and plain Camphor? accents between top and core
Birdseye and Rosewood neck
Blocked and Bound Macassar Ebony fingerboard
Nordstrand J/MM pickups with Aguilar OBP-3 pre
D-tuner on E

Here's the Body Design from Darrin and the piece of wood I picked for the top:

 

Here are some shot of my neck:

 

MBulmer that top is insane.

 

+1, though I will not wait that long for a bass to be made. For those of you who have waited, I applaud your patience.

 

Thanks,

I told Darrin what I was looking for and that was the first piece of wood he showed me. It was love at first sight. I can't wait to see the body cut, so I can really envision what it's going to look like

Matt

 

Dhuff makes some amazing basses and his quality from what i've heard is top notch, would love to play one some day

 

I got one coming...but I forgot what's the specs

 

Being a former owner of a Darrin Huff bass, I want everyone who is waiting to know that it will be totally worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was indeed a sad day when I shipped her off to her new home. I was terribly broke and needed the money.

Someday when I get the money, I'm going to order another one. I cannot say enough good things about Darrin as a person - he's a great guy to do business with!

--Matthew

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but, I was under the understanding that he does'nt take custom orders, he just builds what he wants and puts the up for sale?

 

I thought he was just going to start offering more "standard" models, rather than try to pull off all of these completely custom jobs.

Whatever speeds him up is fine by me! After 3 1/2 years, the word anxious comes to mind.

 

Great looking Bubinga!

 

I stopped counting the months and such a while back...

That being said, I am one of the golden few who have had the chance to spend a good sum of time with one of his basses, and I know from the bottom of my heart that the wait will be worth it.

Specs:

Z6
32" scale
Full scroll
2 Nordstrand SV pups with an Agular pre
Bubinga/maple neck
Some of the same bubinga from that crazy billet seen above for the wing back/fronts
Ash core for the wings
Solid bubinga center block
maple/bubinga racing stripes
Wenge fingerboard with maple binding and maple block inlays

 

I've paid all but $100 of the entire amount.

 

Whats the reason for such long waiting periods????