Nunez Fretless @ thelowend.net

[philw]

One of my favourite work-avoidence, GAS inducing, web sites for occasional browsing is thelowend.net.

I spotted this the other day: www.thelowend.net/gallery/viewtopic.php?t=5084

and thought such an extraordinary instrument deserved a basschat audience.

Enjoy (but make sure your credit card is well hidden).
Phil

[Stacker]

Wow. Are these basses for sale, do you know? Or is that just a gear porn page?

[philw]

[quote name='Stacker' post='978212' date='Oct 5 2010, 12:27 PM']Wow. Are these basses for sale, do you know? Or is that just a gear porn page?[/quote]

They're very much for sale. Brian Barrett, who runs The Low End, is a well known US dealer of high-end new and used instruments.

Phil

[Meenie]

It looks like something you'd find in a park with kids running in and out of it, all its lacking is a slide, a bit of cargo net and some wood chippings underneath it!

[purpleblob]

That's a really unique look, 28 fret markers - some neck as well. Really lovely looking bass.

[bh2]

Soz... me no likey... looks like a coffee table with a neck.

[xilddx]

I'm sorry too, it looks f***ing vile.

[philw]

[quote name='silddx' post='979301' date='Oct 6 2010, 12:18 PM']I'm sorry too, it looks f***ing vile.[/quote]

Awww come on silddx, get off that fence and tell us what you really think

P

[BottomEndian]

Really interesting design! I'd love to hear how it sounds. Nice to see someone taking instrument design somewhere different.* The mac ebony bridge is a nice touch too.

[size=1]* This is the point where someone usually chimes in to say that "it's nothing new; Pierre van Smosmoden was doing stuff like this in the 1760s". Well, it's new to [b]me[/b]. [/size]

[Schnozzalee]

Not for me

[Clarky]

Sorry, add me to the 'its a m*nger' camp. Especially don't like the side carving/scalloping on the body. Looks like a Walls Viennetta

[BottomEndian]

[quote name='Clarky' post='979471' date='Oct 6 2010, 03:21 PM']Especially don't like the side carving/scalloping on the body.[/quote]
But that's the thing with this design -- there aren't really any sides to the body. It's kind of like the louvres on the air vents in a car. Or like a Venetian blind. Or something.

[Clarky]

I'll stick with staring at the curves on JTUK's avatar!

[7string]

That's a wonderful instrument.

No price though. Remember the saying: If you have to ask how much, then you can;t afford it.

[Bassassin]

Ghastly. Another "Snoopy with a plank rammed down his throat" bass.

I suppose the construction method's interesting - I've never seen anything like that before, but combined with the overall aesthetic (for want of a better word) it all conspires to make one of the ugliest basses I think I've seen so far.

It probably makes an interesting sound when the wind blows through it, though.

Jon.

[paul h]

Lovely looking object. M'eh looking bass.

[philw]

I suspected this was going to be a bit of a Marmite™ bass, that's kind of why I posted it.

I'm going to sit on the fence. I admire the ingenuity of the construction (clearly the work of a deranged mind that's outrageously good with numerous little bits of wood), and I'd love a go on it, but I don't really see the point – there's many much easier ways of making a chambered/semi-solid bass.

Phil

PS. The rest of thelowend.net is worth a look. Lots of very nice, and a few very odd, instruments.

[xilddx]

Thing is, it is just downright ugly, no aesthetic beauty at all. I love strange looking basses, but only if they are gorgeous to behold, like Spalt Basses.

[waynepunkdude]

I'd rather look at a car crash, awful looking thing.

[charic]

Not a fan

[charic]

[quote name='Clarky' post='979498' date='Oct 6 2010, 03:37 PM']I'll stick with staring at the curves on JTUK's avatar![/quote]

+1!