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[Bass of the Week] CW Designs The Continental

See the business listing for this bass builder here Sometimes “follow what the players play” is a great way to get inspiration for bass builds, and that’s what happened with Chris Wright’s “Continental” build. Chris writes: It all started when my heroes started playing high end custom basses. When I had saved up as much … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Rumpza Rixplorer

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s Bass of the Week was built by Mike Rumpza who successfully attempted to combine the best of a Rickenbacker with an Explorer shape. Mike writes: The heart of a Rickenbacker, the panache of an Explorer: I have made a few of my own electric … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Witkowski Custom Guitars B5-35 Custom

See the business listing for this bass builder here Marek Witkowski is the builder this week for this week’s feature bass guitar, the B5-35 Custom. And while the build keeps a simple, clean look, it’s packed with features (such as a compound radius fingerboard and having 26 frets). Marek (info@witkowskiguitars.com) writes: This is custom built … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Teason Wide 5

See the business listing for this bass builder here When you go really wide with a neck, sometimes that ends up being really good, and it was for builder Matt Thiessen (teasonbass@gmail.com). Matt writes, I’ve got an old Warmoth wide-5 P-bass that I restored. I really wanted a J counterpart for it. So, I got … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Tomlin 5

See the business listing for this bass builder here As is the story with many who build basses, this bass guitar of the week started with the idea to build an instrument with the idea of getting high-end features without the high-end price tag, and builder Todd Tomlin made that happen. Oh, and this bass … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Sparks TRS

See the business listing for this bass builder here Bass builder Edwards Sparks calls his TRS “special,” and oh yes, it certainly is. Edward writes: My first bass was built in 1980 from kit parts and resembled a 70’s Fender Telecaster bass, complete with an original Fender Telecaster humbucking pickup and Fender tuners (need Fender-style … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Kaster B1

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW comes from John Kaster (also the builder) who wanted to create a small, super-light instrument, and nailed it! John writes: The idea for this bass was to build a small body super-light weight bass. The only way to make a super-light bass is … Read more

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