[Bass of the Week] Sonic Wave Bass Prototype I

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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. I took a list of features that we had liked on other basses but hadn’t seemed to find them all on the same instrument, and tried to work a lot of them into this bass. This is what I came up with:

35 1/4” scale length Wide 5 string neck-thru construction with an asymmetrical neck profile and ebony fretboard Bartolini pickups, utilizing a jazz pickup at the neck and split coil Music Man at the bridge with a three position pickup switch Bartolini NTMB preamp with active/passive switch, and full spectrum boost/cut.
Very low action setup
All Hipshot hardware
Screwless wood electronics bay and truss rod cover
The neck is hardrock maple with 1/4” curly maple top over the body, and 1/8” walnut on top and bottom of headstock.
The body wings are figured black walnut. It is sealed with acrylic lacquer.
The wood comes from a mobile sawmill near my house, most of the hardware/electronics from BBG.

It plays wonderfully, it’s bassy and very snappy with beautiful trebles.

HEY, LOOK! A VIDEO! You guys are always asking for sound demos, and this BotW actually has one. Cool!

And now for some photos: