Glider Double Neck Bass

This Double Neck bass was quite an undertaking for me. Jost Eckhardt approached me about building him a double neck that featured small objects that would be worked into the body. I have always liked the look of small shadow boxes as frames so I suggested that we embed the objects in small rectangular cavities. Jost supplied me with a series of objects to work with. What we got was a very handsome mutant.

The body is Honduran mahogany with a series of shallow rectangles routed into the surface to hold the various objects. The top neck is a 30" short scale fretted bass with an ebony fretboard and a maple neck. This neck is outfitted with the standard J&MM pickup arrangement seen on standard Gliders.

The Bottom neck is Mahogany with a rosewood fretboard and a 34" fretless scale. The pickups are Fender Jazz Humbuckers. These pickups are fantastic for fretless bass. They have plenty of capacity for lowend but they are surprizingly clear and sensitive. 

Jost writes : "I love playing that bass. It's a stunning piece of art and it plays very nicely. The fretless neck plays and sounds almost like an upright. I may move to lower strings for this one - B, E, A, D. The fretted neck being short allows me doing chords and tapping and plays well with all my pedals. Thank you Nick for building it. Reminds me, "it" needs a name..." 

I'm rooting for "Handsome Mutant"