{"id":526,"date":"2017-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=526"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","slug":"bass-of-the-week-simnett-guitars-5-string-fretless","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-simnett-guitars-5-string-fretless","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Simnett Guitars 5-String Fretless"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jon from Simnett Guitars shot us an email with his latest build, and it\u2019s a beauty. This five-string fretless has some gorgeous features that the luthier put serious time and effort into.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a 33-inch scale (tuned E-C) \u2018piezo-only\u2019 fretless. The Black Limba body is chambered and has a spalted Hornbeam top,\u201d he explains. \u201cThere\u2019s 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 \u2018Acousti-Phonic\u2019 preamp, with single volume control and a mini toggle EQ switch.\u201d <\/p>\n

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While there are no audio or video clips of the instrument\u2019s sound yet, Simnett did post a video of the shaping of the neck, which is just about as beautiful to watch:<\/p>\n

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Jon from Simnett Guitars shot us an email with his latest build, and it\u2019s a beauty. This five-string fretless has some gorgeous features that the luthier put serious time and effort into. \u201cIt\u2019s a 33-inch\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1797,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-526","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}