The Fugly Fretless
"based on Ritter Jupiter
- 6 string (.135 low B to .38, D'Addario rounds) 34" scale
- Mahogany body, maple neck, Indian Rosewood fingerboard and truss rod cover, mahogany pickup cover
- Nordstrand Dual Coils pickup (Alnico 3 mags) direct to output jack
- Hipshot Bass Tune-a-matic bridge, 19mm spacing
- Kiesel Tuners
- Corian "deep night sky" nut
- Colored Side fret dots- grey/red first octave, blue single at 12th, grey/green second octave, blue single at 24th, single grey at 25th (no point going past that- I will never be up there)
- 10.4 lbs
- Timbermate grain filler, Seagrave Lacquer, colortone black piqment, applied with Preval sprayer
- pickup cover is color coats only, no clear coats and no grain filler
- Hand buffed finish
- Fingerboard was oiled with 80% Watco Danish oil/20% Minwax Wipe-on Poly (satin), then 8 razor thin coats of wipe on poly.
Forum build thread link below:
http://www.projectguitar.com/forums/topic/47480-ritter-jupiter-copy-aka-the-fugly-fretless/
