Sold: The Whipped One

The Whipped One is a complete one-off, even in the world of the unique eunuch. It boasts a beautiful walnut body and that has been given a gorgeous wax and stain finish to the back and sides, with the top getting the glory that is a Mother of Jooky Moondance finish.

As for the hardware, the bridge is classic hardtail which is zingy yet twangy and of course works perfectly. The tuners are Sperzel’s Trim Loks, for many miles of tuning-issue-free running and as for the pickup – well, wow.

The Whipped One is a bit special, so we have gone for a complete one-off, overwound and high of output, Mojo Pickups Mojotron. This boasts a couple of blades and despite being wowzer hot, still has a beautiful tone to it. I don’t know how the boy Ransley does it, but he does. Consistently.

To keep it all on the narrow and straight, Mojo have also done their usual top notch wiring loom, for ceaseless worry-free motoring.

As for the neck, well, this really is a bit special. For a start it is a Warmoth pro model, featuring a beautiful maple stick and side accessible truss rod. Which is handy as getting this baby flat is a bit of a must as the fretboard is more of a ‘board’ in truth as this is a fretless.

The ‘board is a lovely dark ebony, which has been helpfully scored to show where the frets would have been, which when you come to play it you will no doubt appreciate it as much as I have, although they are too shallow to be noticeable feel-wise.

And if you have never played a fretless you are in for a world of discovery. For a start you play on the ‘fret’ lines rather than between them, and bends are a bit of a no-no. The high output pickup comes into it’s own as without the metal bits, sustain is lower than normal, but there is a quite beautiful buzz about the whole thing, which as you get used to sliding into notes sounds stunning.

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To be clear, The Whipped One is an utterly unique guitar, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than a slo-mo run across the pebbled beach at Portishead. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.

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Technical Stuff:

Type: Jooky Classic

Electrics: Mojo High Output Mojotron, Mojo Wiring loom

Guitar Type: Telecaster La Cabronita Fretless

Construction: Maple/Ebony Neck, Walnut Body

Strings:     11s Flatwound

Output: ¼” Guitar Lead

Controls: Volume, Tone

Special Stuff: Certificate of Authenticity, Builder Signed and Numbered, All Wrapped with our Trademark Jooky Wrapping.

Serial Number: JL#7
RSP: £1249