Jon from Simnett Guitars shot us an email with his latest build, and it’s a beauty. This five-string fretless has some gorgeous features that the luthier put serious time and effort into.
“It’s a 33-inch scale (tuned E-C) ‘piezo-only’ fretless. The Black Limba body is chambered and has a spalted Hornbeam top,” he explains. “There’s matching Hornbeam headstock veneers on the bolt-on neck, which is made from Maple and White Limba, with an Ebony fingerboard and nut. The Hipshot bridge features GraphTech piezo saddles, which are connected to a GrapTech ‘Acousti-Phonic’ preamp, with single volume control and a mini toggle EQ switch.”
While there are no audio or video clips of the instrument’s sound yet, Simnett did post a video of the shaping of the neck, which is just about as beautiful to watch: