The Beedster

[Steve Browning]

Combining a rather fetching Warmoth body/neck combination from our own @Beedster (from his current sale of assorted bits), the bass sports a Lollar 5% overwound pickup and Gotoh Res-o-Lite tuners. The obligatory K10gon loom (0.1 cap) and barrel knobs. A nice weight and very resonant. This one's a keeper for sure.

[Beedster]

Ha ha, I’m honoured Steve, that’s a winning combination of two very nice pieces of Warmoth at their very best and some nice components finishing it off. Also

possibly the most edible looking bass I can remember seeing 😀

[Hellzero]

The Beedster II is on its way. 😉😂

[Owen]

On 12/05/2025 at 16:09, Steve Browning said:

Combining a rather fetching Warmoth body/neck combination from our own @Beedster (from his current sale of assorted bits), the bass sports a Lollar 5% overwound pickup and Gotoh Res-o-Lite tuners. The obligatory K10gon loom (0.1 cap) and barrel knobs. A nice weight and very resonant. This one's a keeper for sure.

A very pleasing colour combo. 

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, Owen said:

A very pleasing colour combo. 

Looks like a quality chocolate product to me, rippled with praline. Looks yummy and no doubt sounds the same. Double thumbs up here 👍👍.

[Hellzero]

And here is the Beedster II: An all maple varnished fretless Shuker Precision neck with wonderful rounded edges coupled to (what seems to be a Northwest) two parts swamp ash body (nitrocellulosic natural finish), fitted with two Seymour Duncan SJB1 pickups (CTS pots), Gotoh lollipop tuners and a Fender (slotted grub screws) BBT bridge with threaded saddles.

 

This fretless is fitted with Thomastik flat wound strings and is a real delight to play with an ultra low action and very straight neck (the double action truss rod is just very very very slightly tightened), loads of mwah when needed, but also more double bass tone on the neck pickup with the tone rolled a lot off.

 

So a very versatile bass and, to me, better sounding than all the fretless Jazz Basses I had and that neck is just pure joy to play.

 

Furthermore it's not a relic sunburst à la Jaco like mainly all fretless Jazz Basses... Yes I was having an overdose of these and needed a more sober classy fretless.

 

And even if I'm a Jazz Bass guy, I've always preferred the width and feel of the Precision Bass neck.

 

Thanks Chris! 😊👌🏻

 

 

[walshy]

Im sure pretty much everyone has a 'Beedster' amongst their collection 🤣

 

A lovely pair you have there gents

[Beedster]

9 hours ago, Hellzero said:

And here is the Beedster II: An all maple varnished fretless Shuker Precision neck with wonderful rounded edges coupled to (what seems to be a Northwest) two parts swamp ash body (nitrocellulosic natural finish), fitted with two Seymour Duncan SJB1 pickups (CTS pots), Gotoh lollipop tuners and a Fender (slotted grub screws) BBT bridge with threaded saddles.

 

This fretless is fitted with Thomastik flat wound strings and is a real delight to play with an ultra low action and very straight neck (the double action truss rod is just very very very slightly tightened), loads of mwah when needed, but also more double bass tone on the neck pickup with the tone rolled a lot off.

 

So a very versatile bass and, to me, better sounding than all the fretless Jazz Basses I had and that neck is just pure joy to play.

 

Furthermore it's not a relic sunburst à la Jaco like mainly all fretless Jazz Basses... Yes I was having an overdose of these and needed a more sober classy fretless.

 

And even if I'm a Jazz Bass guy, I've always preferred the width and feel of the Precision Bass neck.

 

Thanks Chris! 😊👌🏻

 

 

 

Glad you like it Tony, it did play really rather well, Precision necks work very well on a Jazz body, and John Shuker certainly knows how to build a Precision neck 👍

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, walshy said:

Im sure pretty much everyone has a 'Beedster' amongst their collection 🤣

 

I'd like to think so mate  

[Steve Browning]

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