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This week’s BotW has some serious eye candy going on, but it’s definitely more than just a pretty face. Buyer Andrew writes: Keith Roscoe and the rest of the team and Roscoe guitars and basses. Roscoe Guitars P.O. Box 5404 Greensboro. NC 27435 518 North Spring Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Phone: 336 274-8810 Fax: 336 … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW is a custom build Jazz Bass, concentrating on “staying true” to Fender design. Builder Milos Tomisic writes: Inspiration is 60’s Jazz Bass. It was made on order for a session musician. Body is alder, neck is hard Bosnian maple with rosewood fretboard, bridge … Read more
At Best Bass Gear, we (as well as our viewers and customers) love seeing entries for Bass of the Week. You can submit yours right here. The vast majority of the time, just about every entry we get eventually will make it as a feature. What disqualifies a build or a mod from being featured? … Read more
Our BotW this week comes from Germany, concentrating on an elegant, minimalist look. Builder Xavel Tremel writes: We are a small atelier in Northern Bavaria, Germany, and we build handmade basses of best quality: www.franz-bassguitars.de More about the Wega 5 Flamed Maple: Franz Bassguitars Wega 5 Flamed Maple Amber bass guitar, 5-Saiter, alder body, flamed … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week comes from Kilin Guitars, from builder Ray-Lin Chang. Ray-Lin writes: This bass was inspired by antinuclear, trying to tell people think about it. Scale: 34″ Neck: Indian rosewood Fingerboard: Cocobolo Body: One piece alder Top: Indian rosewood with 4 … Read more
This week’s BotW is our first featured Steinberger. Generally speaking, it is not easy to mod one of these due to very limited space because of the smaller size and unique design. But the owner was up to the challenge up getting some good upgrades into it, and did so successfully. Fraser Thomson (owner and … Read more
For the first time since starting Bass of the Week, we have our first Ibanez Destroyer, sent by owner Hugh, and modified by Dave Crowder. Hugh writes: Diablo the Destroyer! Here’s a bass that will always stand out in the crowd! This bass started as an Ibanez DTB100 Destroyer limited run based the 80’s Model: … Read more
This week’s BotW isn’t a ground-up build but rather just modding. Sheldon, owner of a Schecter Stiletto Studio-6, wanted to do something different with his bass. Way different. So he along with 4 other people did some modding to the instrument. Sheldon writes: I always wanted a super versatile bass and thought it would be … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW is a multi-scale 7-string beast with a nice blend of exotic woods. Builder Rick Link writes: This is a custom build for Reggie Grayson. The bass is a multi scale/fanned fret 7 string tuned F#/B/E/A/D/G/C. The scale lengths are 37″-34″. The fretboard is … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Builder Michael Marino got a request from long-time friend Tim to build a “classical-looking violin bass with a scroll top”, so that’s exactly what he did. Michael writes: Neck through 5 string fretless. The neck is maple and purple heart. The body wings are basswood with … Read more
