New bass in the making...

[bassmayhem]

I  sold eight basses to finance this one, now in the making. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime build for me by my luthier of choice: Christian Olsson at Unicorn Bass. Here is a close-up of the headstock just to show the incredibly grained 3000 years old redwood face. The body of the bass will have the same top and backside, so it will be just gorgeous. It will be an unlined fretless five string with one pickup in wooden housing. No controls , pots or switches, just plain wood. Except for the bridge and tuning machines. Long wait, but within reach... ❤️ 

 

https://www.unicornbass.se/

[White Cloud]

This is going to be an amazing instrument. I greatly admire Unicorn basses. Can't wait to see it. 

[bassmayhem]

More pics...

Shape oversize cut prior to routing...

 

Edited Tuesday at 21:12 by bassmayhem

[loud_melody]

This is so crazy! Please whenever it is ready. 

[Maude]

You think he'd of at least ironed the top and bottom before glueing it up, it's all wrinkled! 

 

 

Seriously though, it looks superb. 

It still amazes me that a flat slice of tree can have such a 3d effect as this. It looks like a satin sheet. 

[bassmayhem]

16 hours ago, Maude said:

You think he'd of at least ironed the top and bottom before glueing it up, it's all wrinkled! 

 

 

Seriously though, it looks superb. 

It still amazes me that a flat slice of tree can have such a 3d effect as this. It looks like a satin sheet. 

Yep!
You could feel the age of the wood, since the softer pores were worn off by the very long time. Nearly like it is fossilized. The body will be high gloss, so it will be like a piece of crystalized wood when ready. No pots or switches - just a pickup in wooden casing, the same materials as in the bass itself, direct connected to the output jack. We didn't want to clutter the beautiful top with a lot of "bits and pieces". Fretless unlined ebony board with green Luminlay side dots.