NBD, Teisco NB-4 Fretless SS

I bought it last week,



Cleaned it up a little,



I put some Jazz bass pups in it and finished
it with Tung Oil. I also removed the frets and
made it fretless. It's 30" scale,











Sounds and plays pretty good now,

Tabdog

 

No problem with string alignment?

The bridge cover is a pickup cover for a
Jazz bass. I just bent it up a little to make
it fit. Had it on hand.

The green was a poor paint job complete
with runs and it had seen it's best days.
I think it was bad taste.



It only cost me $50. I paid $20 for the
pickups and that's all the $$$ I'm going
to sink into it.

The pickguard and headstock cover are
metal along with the control panel. I
just painted them.

You may not like it, but in my opinion, it
is a real nice $70 bass. It's my first Short
Scale fretless and I'm having fun with it.

So there,

Tabdog

 

Thanks Kint,

It is nice to have real aged hardware.

The pickguard is actually grey primer.
The pickguard, control panel and head
stock cover are all metal. I painted the
HS cover black. I had primer on the
pickguard and someone said it looked
nice. So, I just put clear coat on it. I
like it that way. Grey goes with
anything.

I actually have $70 invested in it. I
found a Squier set of Jazz bass pups
on Ebay for $20. The original pups
were both toast.

It sounds fairly good with the pups
backed way off from the strings.
Interesting growl.

I find it easier than I thought to finger
a short scale fretless bass.

It's fun,

Tabdog

 

I have fun with inanimate objects, if they
are basses/amps or guitars/amps.

Nothing here not to like,

Tabdog