The Owner and the builder of this feature bass this week collaborated on nearly every detail of this beauty. [Check out the Video and pics below]
Owner Lucas Yancamil writes:
Emiliano Bernal told me last year he was eager to build a series of ERB basses of the highest quality possible. Keeping in mind the features I gathered within my years and experience of playing and his abilities in guitar and bass building. That was after he met some of my high end basses which truly inspired him. So we began the design from the beginning carefully choosing every single detail focused in a very tight B string and an even response all the way. The wood combinations and hardware was specially picked also. It is the 1st one of a series of ERB basses that will include at least one 7 and 8 stringer.
Full Specs:
Body: Mahoganny (Bolivian Mara Circa 1991)
Top: Zebrawood
Neck: Quarter Sawn hard rock maple two pieces. Two truss rods. (Tech Specs…)
Nut: Brass (55mm). (Tech Specs…)
Headstock: Zebrawood and Poplar Burl covered.
Fretboard: Birdseye maple. Abalone dot markers. 20″ radius. 24 Frets
Bridge: Hipshot Ultralite ® A Style Bridge- Strings through body (Tech Specs…)
Tuners: Hipshot HB6Y Ultralite tuners. (Tech Specs…)
Straplock Dunlop ® Flush. (Tech Specs…)
Pickups: Bartolini 100G66J1 Split Coil. (Tech Specs…)
Active electronics: Bartolini 4.6 AP NTMB918F – 3 Bands EQ 18 Volts. (Tech Specs…)
Well done!
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Gorgeous!
I actually have a classical guitar made from Mara that I picked up while living in Bolivia, this is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned anywhere so it cool to see it used in such a beautiful bass!
Beautiful!
nice looking bass. I’ve been wanting a full scale or longer 6 but I want to tune it like a guitar. I think I will start laying down my parameters on paper after seeing this one. maybe I’ll figure the scale to be 38 inches.
Wow—artful!
Beautiful bass and great tone and we have the same musical tastes! I know all those jams! I’m already planning on those pickups for a franken-build 6 string!
those pickups surprised me very well, a step higher than the Barts I had heard before.
I love the combination of the zebrawood and mahogany for the body. I want to see more pictures of the neck joint. I’ve never seen a neck joined to the body with set screws only on one side. How far into the body does the neck heel go? Does the neck heel extend into the body further than the fingerboard?
Beautiful! truly a work of art indeed I would Love to see a Fretless Model keep on Building.Im a Fan.
will do !