NAMM show 14 is less than two weeks away, and a few of you who read this might be going. Before you go, you should go to NAMM’s web site and check out their Interactive Floor Plan. Now I’ll be honest here, the interactive floor plan requires a relatively fast computer, probably won’t work on … Read more
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
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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
See Chris Stambaugh’s business listing here Builder Chris Stambaugh puts together some pretty amazing stuff. Originally trained in industrial design, he took his skills to guitar building and has basically been there ever since. We interviewed Chris to get insight on how he got started, what he draws inspiration from, and learn from him what … Read more
A 5-string bass obviously has an odd number of tuners, so it’s not exactly easy to get symmetry on the pegboard as far as how to place tuners are concerned. Fender still does make 5-string models with all five tuners “on top”, inline style. However, the problem with doing that is that on full (meaning … Read more
A Musicvox Spaceranger bass guitar makes an appearance on YouTube! Before you judge it, consider it’s “not just another Fender clone”. Sometimes when you want to go different, you have to go a bit wacky. And the Spaceranger is definitely a bit wacky. Musicvox’s angle is that vintage period of the 50s and 60s where … 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
