APOLLO 534 Fretless – 2010

Specifications

  • Korina body,
  • Padauk neck, ebony board
  • Compound radius
  • This was unlined fretless for years, later maple fret lines
  • Gotoh tuners
  • ETS bridge
  • Brass nut
  • Pleked
  • 2 band onboard EQ, active/passive switch
  • 70s J pickup position
  • 2025 new pickups (photos below), reverse-P topology
“Dummy coils” balance the split pickups to be perfectly noiseless

This bass was GV’s personal fretless for almost 15 years. In 2025 this bass went to father and son bass players – here’s “Biff” moments after playing it for the first time. Initially they intended to have it fretted – but after less than one minute of play Biff insisted this bass not be altered!