The selected bass this week features a unique design with some great history. John writes: I built this bass with the help of my friend Drew in 1981. At that time there was not a large market of replacement pick ups and parts available to the general public. You would basically buy an instrument off-the-shelf … Read more
The feature bass this week features a throwback design and some great hardware. Builder Geo Kitta writes: The Calabrone (Italian for Wasp) was inspired by the the late 60’s Coral Wasp short-scale bass. It is a 32” scale, 22 fret, set-back headstock neck that is 1-5/8″ at the nut to a 2-1/4” heel width, with a rotary wheel truss-rod … Read more
Rarely do we get to have this much fun with a Bass of the Week, but this one is an exception. Steve over at Doner Designs just sent this in. They don’t build these to make money, all the proceeds from the sale will go to charity. Read more about it and the use of … Read more
This week’s selection is from Dimitris at XTRM basses. Here’s his story: I like testing my skills and building unique style basses,with specs that not found on “common” basses. I was looking to add all the things i would like to try on a single build. First of all,it has to be 5-string.Second,i wanted a longer scale,so … Read more
This week’s selection is from Jason at Willis Guitars. An amateur builder. Here’s his story: About a year ago I set out to build my first bass guitar. As an amateur builder, I have built a couple acoustics and electric 6 string guitars in the past couple years but I began playing bass and wanted … Read more
This week’s selection is from Bob at Pyramid Point Custom Guitars. A build for his client, who had some interesting requests. Here’s what he says: My client wanted a 4-string bass to match his 70’s Telecaster guitar – same shape, white pickguard, and traditional maple neck. He had seen and played a previous bass I … Read more
This week’s selection is from Dave. Wanting to do something a little different, he found his inspiration in the wood. Here’s what he says: I’ve built a few electric guitars and was looking for a new project. This time around I wanted to do something different so I started thinking about a bass. One day … Read more
This week’s selection is from John. He wanted to take a balanced approach to this build. Here’s what he says: I wanted to build a bass that could cover all genres of music and be balanced and comfortable to play at gigs. I also wanted it to be in the 8-9 lb range…. when finished … Read more
From our friends over at Darkglass. “This is Halloween” cover by Poison Garden.
This week’s selection is from David. Why a 12 string? “Because it had to be done” Here’s what he says: This bass is the 4th fanned fretted bass I have made, I have made 3 conventional 12 string basses, being series 1. Why a fanned fretted 12 string bass? I wanted to take the huge … Read more
