This is the Magic Fluke Timber 2.00 bass ukulele. Effectively, a solid body short scale bass, but one that fits the ukulele group size and aesthetic (hence me tagging ‘ukulele’ in there!). It’s EADG tuned bass, with a variety of options, including fretted and fretless versions, plus construction from ash or cherry.

This model replaces the original, popular Timber bass, with a number of improvements and modifications. At it’s core though, it remains the same - a portable, playable instrument with a fantastic tone, a great range of bass output and quirky looks that mark it out from the pack. It’s made by Magic Fluke in the US, by their small team.

It has a slightly longer body than the original, with a 22.5” scale length - but it seems more compact as a result of that unusual body shape (the overall length is 30” - which is 4.5” shorter than say, a Kala solid body UBASS). It has a gorgeous, smooth and tactile maple neck, and now comes fitted with Graptech ratio tuners, which are smooth, strong and really accurate. The Timber 2.0 bass is fitted with a Shadow active undersaddle pickup, with a built in tuner (handy) and tone and volume controls in a discreet side panel.

The Timber 2.0 differs again from the original as it doesn’t have the routed, recessed ‘pockets’ in the top. This pocket allowed players to rest their thumb against it’s edge, but not all players found the placement ideal for them. So, this has been replaced with a (supplied) adhesive thumb rest, which can be placed where needed, with a sticky back that doesn’t affect the satin finish of the instrument. They’ve also added two strap buttons (and supply a nice strap with it too), rather than the integral strap that not everyone liked with the original. Finally, a supplied allen key can be used to adjust the neck angle to change the action easily, if required.

I got one of the original Timber basses myself, in 2016, and I love it. True, I lent it to the bassist in the band and never played it again - but it served us well. This one, with its enhanced features, builds on that excellent instrument and tweaks it for playability and practicality. When Magic Fluke asked me what design features I’d like to see changed for the Timber 2.0, I said, ‘none, just keep making it!’. But they knew best and have improved on an already great original.

All of the Timber 2.0 basses supplied by World of Ukes are fitted with Galli flatwound strings, custom made for this instrument. There are fretless and fretted versions and bodies made from Ash (usually slightly lighter with tighter grain) and cherry (usually slightly more golden with more varied grain). There are pictures below - which I have labelled, so you can see what I mean.

There are optional add ons at the bottom of the page - standard to every instrument on the website. They can be ignored! There’s not yet a hard case to fit this, and I supply these with a good quality gig bag, so you can ignore those. (It is a generic bag, NOT the Magic Fluke one, which would work out around £60 extra as it’s all made in the US, so I have passed on that and provided one with better padding instead). It comes with a nice leather strap so you can ignore that. It’s EADG so you can ignore any references to low G’s. And it has two strap buttons. So, there you go - there’s nothing to add!

That said… if you need spare strings, I stock those too, and you can find them in the strings section. There aren’t instructions with it - but there are set up / adjustment instructions available. You can download those here.

I will add one thing - these are great. I know I would say that as I’d like to sell them. But honestly, I’d say if I thought it fell short. But it’s just class!