Bass of the Week

This week’s BotW was built by JCR Luthier Bass & Guitars for Rico Pérez. Rico writes: Hello, I’m Jesús Rico Pérez, a bass player of Benalmádena, Spain. I have long been observed to JCR Luthier, a great professional and a nice guy, until I decided for him to fabricate the bass I wanted. He gave … Read more

Joe Meckley had his bass, “Shirley B”, built by BA Ferguson Guitars. Joe wanted a 6-string P/J bass built, and what he received was exactly what he wanted! Joe writes: Last year I had a custom B.A. Ferguson (Hartsville SC) six string bass made and think it may be something you’d be interested in for … Read more

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW comes from builder Dan Lenz, with a build where it was attempted to get as many features possible into a single instrument (within reason, of course). Dan writes, The Sonic Wave Bass was inspired from long conversations about bass building with a friend. … Read more

This week’s bass of the week was built for John Mackenzie by builder Frank Usher, who is located in the Scottish Borders, also lead guitarist for Fish, Marrilion, Border Boogie Band, and many others. John writes: Being a mainly fretless 4 string player (Fender Precision ), I wanted to expand to five strings and have … Read more

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW comes all the way from Nepal! And while bass builders go to great lengths to put together instruments, these guys built their own bandsaw to get it done, used whatever woods their could get their hands on to complete the job and even … Read more

Greg Schroeder had this week’s BotW built by: G&B Art ul. Czarnowąska 10 45- 111 OpoleE-mail: guitarbassart@gmail.com Robert “Góral” Żurakowski 880-514-288 …and it’s a beauty. Greg writes: This bass draws its inspiration from the infamous Rickenbacker 4001 of course, but with a choice of woods never seen on one of their basses. The choice of … Read more

See the business listing for this bass builder here A builder who is used to straight-fret builds experiments with fanned frets, and the result is amazing. Jack writes: I’ve always been interested by fan frets but never had the opportunity to test one for years. A few months ago, I finally tested one. That was … Read more

See the business listing for this bass builder here It may have a “body like a Mousetrap”, but believe me, this BotW has wood that is far superior than any that was ever used to catch a mouse with. 🙂 Garin writes:  So I went to a local show (Taproot) and the bassist’s bass (Phil … Read more

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW that arrived in the featureme@bestbasgear.com inbox comes from YARAH Customs with some lovely hand-carved goodness. Scott writes: Scott Barritt here with YARAH Customs.  Sending you pix and info of my custom designed &  handbuilt EA5G 5 string bass. Birthed out of the necessity … Read more

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW that arrived in the featureme@bestbassgear.com is definitely what you would characterize as a “minimalist design”, but it works very nicely. The more you look at it, the more you want to play it. Do you agree? Robin writes: This is my personal custom … Read more