Frank Blank Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) I was at the South West Bass Bash yesterday, albeit very briefly, but thankfully long enough to pick up the superb fretless built for me by the supremely talented @Jabba_the_gut. I am pretty much gobsmacked by it, I don't know how a bass can look this good and sound even better than it looks. If you hold a note steady and then begin to add a bit of vibrato I swear the note gets louder, there's some sort of freaky juju going on with the fingerboard. Anyway, short scale, stainless steel nut and fret markers, semi-hollow, piezo, I'm not really a technical man when it comes to instruments but Jabba builds the most beautiful basses and they fit in exactly with the type of music I play so, it's perfect. I am a very lucky man, I get to play (another) work of art. Cheers Jabba, its a f***ing masterpiece. Edited October 10, 2022 by Frank Blank 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 That is truly stunning. What's the scale length on it? (Too lazy to go find the other thread 😉) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 See it being brought to life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 That is sexual. I played one of Jabba’s other fretless semi hollows and it spoke to me. Bloody lovely. Congrats! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 hour ago, eude said: That is truly stunning. What's the scale length on it? (Too lazy to go find the other thread 😉) 32" 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkleygit Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Masterpiece, enjoy 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benh Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 A thing of beauty! Congratulations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Congratulations. I wish you many happy years with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 You should be able to feel the waves of envy emanating from north of the border. A pair of Jabbas, something to be green about. Congrats, enjoy your acquisitions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 My word… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 7 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: That is sexual. I played one of Jabba’s other fretless semi hollows and it spoke to me. Bloody lovely. Congrats! I imagine that was @wrinkleygit's fretless, which was the bass that sounded better than my Rob Allen and to ask Mr The Gut to build me one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 11 hours ago, Frank Blank said: I imagine that was @wrinkleygit's fretless, which was the bass that sounded better than my Rob Allen and to ask Mr The Gut to build me one. Exactamundo- bloody lovely thing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 What a thing of beauty .. @Jabba The Hutt is an artist! Tho is seems to missing a B0 string lol S'manth xx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 On 11/10/2022 at 22:11, Smanth said: What a thing of beauty .. @Jabba The Hutt is an artist! Tho is seems to missing a B0 string lol S'manth xx I had a short scale and B of any size didn’t work very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 10/10/2022 at 15:48, eude said: That is truly stunning. What's the scale length on it? (Too lazy to go find the other thread 😉) My mistake, it's actually 31.5" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) Here is its fretted twin currently being built by @Jabba_the_gut Edited August 14, 2023 by Frank Blank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 It’s like art. Love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Too weird for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thump Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Wow, just wow 😲 That is utterly gorgeous! Whats the going rate for a kidney these days? pretty sure i can get by on one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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