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Yes please!
But it’s an uberhorn fretless. In fact, it’s the first uberhorn he did so it’s serial is 001 (!)
Conference calls all the way there and back for work, but I managed to get half an hour in Jon Shuker's workshop tucked away near Hope in the Peak District. It's such a beautiful setting..
Jon is an absolute gentleman. So knowledgable, so open and a really great conversation. I can see myself ordering a build from him...
And the bass? It's a Shuker Uberhorn Fretless 4. It has piezo bridges with a ghost preamp, and a magnetic pickup under the fretboard in the P position. He couldn't remember exactly what it was - but I tried it in the workshop and it's a fascinating solution to a balance issue.
The Ghost piezo system gives a really really rich and lovely sound - it's basically like a rich P sound, with strong upper bass and some nice highs, but with the upper mids rolled off.
The magnetic pickup is voiced for mids - on it's own, it's like a mid-heavy P, but with the piezo as well it's like a foghorn! Huge, deep, rich and loads of harmonics all over the shop!! There controls are logical - a switch for magnetic, both, piezo, then volume for magnetic, volume for piezo with a push pull "bright" control, and then a 3 band EQ for the magnetic (cut/boost) and a 3 way frequency switch for the mids control. Really flexible. Really good.
The neck was a total surprise. It feels about 42mm at the nut but might be less, but it has this brilliant slim carve which is really similar to the pre-CBS Precision neck - it feels great! More on this when I get to play it!
I'll give it a go later tonight and report back on my ham-fisted efforts (!)
Check me out - I'm a fretless owner. Ooer.
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Looks fantastic!
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
That's absolutely beautiful, well done.
One thing's bothering me a bit though, the name! ...I hope it doesn't sound like the beeper on a dodgy taxi.
In a wow sort of way! Congrats.
Fuck me. Fretless is addictive