The feature bass this week is a fretless with a nice selection of woods and an upscale appearance.
Owner Ashley Gray writes:
Custom made in 1998 to my own specifications by the late Rod Button, luthier of Weston-super-Mare. The body of this superb six-string fretless bass is Walnut, faced with burr Elm and bound with abalone inlays. The neck is Maple with an Ebony fingerboard. The bass features EMG pickups and active electronics.
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Good job. My only comment is that I like the contoured smooth back better than the (avalone?) square, hard edge. Does not have the tapered or shaped “arm rest” like
a Fender to make it comfortable. Nice selection of woods though…
After looking a the pictures closer, there appears to be a tapered arm rest/edge just above the bridge. My apologies if that is the case. Still, the avalone edging does nothing for me… Sorry
What are the 4 additional holes for?
Pickups ?
Good job. However, as it often happens with smaller builders (and sometimes with big names), the body’s nice, the headstock looks fine but stylistically they don’t match well.