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A short-and-sweet build story for this week’s bass guitar of the week, but still a great build nonetheless!
Bass builder Anthony McDonald from Anthonycustombass.com writes:
This bass is build Namm advertisement Wood maple, Purple Heart, Mexican ebony ash Elec, pope 18 volts preamp system, active/ passive emg pickups, hipshot headless sys Evo gold fret wire
An amazing looker, well done!
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Are the EMG’s mounted under the top? Do they still sound good?
Wow, what a beauty. Very interesting construction and that fingerboard is like melting chocolate. Well done!
From anthonycustombass.com:
Just when you thought the other companies were catching up, Anthony Custom Basses has flipped it again. Introducing the Trilogy Stealth! This is a design from the heavens above utilizing the Hipshot Headless Bass System, Michael Pope Design preamp and EMG pickups. Though the EMG pickups are placed in “stealth mode” under the top, it will deliver the full and rich sound that you come to expect from Anthony Custom Basses.
Available in 6, 5 and 4 string
Your choice of woods and finishes
Fretted or Fretless
Available with Michael Pope Design, Bartolini or EMG electronics
Hipshot Headless Bass System
Available Right or Left handed
This is ridiculously gorgeous.
Beyond beautiful, Beyond unique.
I’ve always liked headless basses and that’s pretty sweet & well executed. To me though, the Mother-of-Toiletseat covers on the back really take away from the quality. I’d like to hear some sound samples!
Great build and concept. However, The pearloid cavity covers don’t belong there. It would have been perfect to use the same wood with matching grain, or just plain black
May be the most beautiful bass I’ve ever seen! (48 yr bass veteran)
Me Want!
Me want…!
yummy yummy !!!!!
I like how he sets up the carve for the output jack. Those seemingly small details are not so small to my eye. Well done.
My concern is the treble side shapework on the upper bout. There’s not much contour there for resting the bass on your leg when playing seated. I think it’s important for a bass to be playable sitting down – to balance well and not slide off of your leg. This one needs a bit more meat added to the lower horn.
If it wasn’t headless, this wouldn’t matter as much, because you could play it seated like a classical guitar (with the body resting on your left leg). But you can’t do that comfortably with the headless tuners located at the heel of the body.
All in all, quite a bass.
I wish could have one of those of 4 strings. I’m poor and recently had a heart surgery and stroke.
Puerto Rico