Bass of the Week: Beardly Customs Fretless Five-String
Rick Link of Beardly Customs shared his latest fretless build with us, and it’s a killer. The 35-inch scale bass features neck-through construction with a three-piece maple and purpleheart neck topped by a cocobolo fingerboard with maple fret lines. Its body is even more intricate.
“It has a 10 piece Zebrawood/maple, walnut/maple, cedar/maple, walnut/maple, zebrawood/mahogany body with wenge/flamed maple cats eyes,” Link tells us. “Wenge back center piece and wenge control cover. The headstock has padouk on the outer sides.”
The bass is completed with Hipshot hardware, a Bartolini DL5CBC pickup, and a three-way coil selector switch.
Beardly Customs Fretless 5-String Bass Specs:
Scale: | 35″ |
Construction: | Neck-Through |
Body: | 10-piece Zebrawood/Maple/Walnut/Cedar/Mahogany |
Neck: | 3-piece Maple/Purpleheart with Carbon Fiber Reinforcements |
Fingerboard: | Cocobolo |
Fret Lines: | Maple |
Pickup: | Bartolini DL5CBC |
Electronics: | Passive |
Controls: | Vol/Tone/3-Way Coil Selector |
Tuners: | Hipshot Ultralite |
Bridge: | Hipshot KickAss |
String Spacing: | 18mm |
Weight: | Approx. 10 lbs |