Glenn Gaddum Jr. signature BeBop
When size matters…
‘Can you make a BeBop 5 with 17mm stringspacing?’ No problem. Or.. wait a minute. That means I need to design a narrow neck. And have a custom bridge made. And custom pickups with the poles at the right spot under the strings. And then my tuner-layout changes, so I need to change the headstock. And the neckpocket in the body must fit the narrow neck, so the inner curves of the horns of the body need to change too. And then the pickguard needs to change too… ‘And can you make the body a little smaller?’ …why not, that was the only thing left that I didn’t have to change yet. Anything else? ‘Yes, a 3-piece neck like my Elevation, blackwood fingerboard, Aero pickups, closed covers, black hardware and a ramp between the pickups.’
Change the stringspacing and you wind up redesigning the whole bass. The last step was to give it a new name too: the Glenn Gaddum Jr. signature BeBop. The bass was a work in progress for more than a year. Glenn tested the demo-bass for a few months in different situations, and came up with some details that he liked to see changed. Eventually I built a final version, and that is the one you see presented here. For technical details like dimensions of the neck scroll down to the bottom of this page. But before you do, check the demovid, if you haven’t already.
About Glenn
Glenn Gaddum Jr. is a renowned bass player based in Amsterdam who has worked with numerous great artist from the Netherlands as well as the international music scene in a wide variety of styles such as Jazz, Funk, Soul, Pop, Rock, Hip hop. Glenn is currently touring and/or recording with Anouk(NL) Matt Simons(USA) Frank McComb(USA) Dominic J Marshall Trio(UK) Sven Hammond(NL) Alain Clark(NL) amongst many others.
“This instrument captures the best of both worlds: classic J-bass tones with modern playability. I can you use it on any gig. From dirty rock to phat hip hop to fast solo stuff, it does it all while making sound engineers very happy, both in the studio as well as on stage” Glenn Gaddum Jr. For more about Glenn, see his website or his instagram.
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BeBop Glenn Gaddum Jr. signature
Price within The Netherlands: € 4495,- incl BTW
Price outside The Netherlands: € 3715,- export price excl VAT
Non-Dutch EU residents will have to pay the VAT of their country on top of the export price.
Non-EU residents will pay the VAT in their country.
Prices are excluding shipping
What to do if you are interested in ordering this bass
If you want to order a Glenn Gaddum Jr. signature BeBop, you can contact Sander via email or phone. You are also welcome in the shop to discuss your order. We don’t use an orderform for this model. The price of 4495 euro is for an exact replica of Glenn’s bass. If you want to change some specs, like color or wood choice, then you can discuss that with Sander. It may or may not influence the price, depending on your wishes.
STANDARD CONFIGURATION
| Body | Alder |
| Neck | 3 piece Maple |
| Fingerboard | Blackwood |
| Pickups | Aero type 1 |
| Bridge | Custom de Gier/ETS |
| Tuners | Hipshot ultralite |
| Controls | Volume, Volume, Dual Tone and Fatboost |
| Color | Aged white |
| Fatboost | The De Gier/Vanderkley Fatboost is an active but subtle bass boost. It is designed to keep the sound as close as possible to the original passive sound. The boost is activated by a switch and gives you a maximum of 12dB boost of low frequencies. (We set it at about 4dB standard). It is ultra low noise. The result is as if your passive sound grew up intstantly. In the off position it is true bypass for a 100% passive sound. |
TECHNICAL SPECS
| Neckwidth at nut | 45 mm |
| Neckwidth at last fret | 69 mm |
| Thickness at nut | 21 mm |
| Thickness at 12th fret | 23.5 mm |
| Fretsize | medium |
| Stringspacing at bridge | 17 mm |
| Radius fingerboard | 10″ to 16″ |
| Neckshape | C |
| Number of frets | 21 |
| Neckjoint | Bolt on |
| Scale | 34″ |