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Title: (x) 03BB13010 TheKimmer’s fretless conversion BB
Post by: el8ed on August 13, 2021, 01:24:59 PM

I was going Alembic-nuts and bought another one  :o .


Dear Mica,
Would you please find out what you know about this beauty's history?
Thank you!
Cheers, Oliver

Title: Re: 03BB13010 TheKimmer’s fretless conversion BB
Post by: mica on January 21, 2022, 03:59:58 PM

Here's the details from the file, Oliver:

top: Walnut
accent: none
body: Myrtle
back: Walnut
neck: Mahogany, Birch, Walnut
scale: 30.75" Short
fingerboard: Ebony, classic taper (1.75 x 2.25)
side markers: red LEDs
inlays: natural abalone ovals
pickups: 2AXY
controls: 20th Anniversary with pickup selector on lower horn
originally made for: Bass Central, FL and drop shipped to customer
birthday: April 14, 2003

Title: Re: (x) 03BB13010 TheKimmer’s fretless conversion BB
Post by: el8ed on January 22, 2022, 11:33:31 AM

Thank you so much Mica, you are the BEST!
Interesting, a bass without a trace of maple. The wonders never seize.

Just to add it here for posterity—in 2015 the bass was converted to fretless with a high-gloss epoxy finish by HG Thor (http://www.woodwiz.com/epoxy/index.html) and she sounds fantastic and is a joy to play.

Cheers, Oliver