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This bass is full of holes, but done so in a very cool way that you don’t see very often.
Build Bill Woger writes:
Hey there, Last year I decided to become ‘official’ by starting up the Naked Bass and Guitar Company (www.nakedbassandguitar.com), a one-man custom bass and guitar shop, after building and experimenting for five or so years.
This bass is truly one of my most beautiful instruments built to date! I wanted to try my hand with a semi-hollow version of my Hitchhiker design (I wanted to call it the Thumb bass, but as we all know Warwick has that one covered).
I was slightly inspired by Jerzy Drozd’s Sequel and Legend series concerning the decorative holes into the body cavity.
The body has a core of African Makore with highly figured Camphor Burl drop top and back. I enjoyed working with the Camphor Burl due to its spicy scent, very nice.
I put on a matching headstock cap of Camphor, as well as the pickup covers are also from the same billet.
The neck is two pieces of Honduran Mahogany with a highly figured Cocobolo fretboard. The Cocobolo board this fretboard came from caught my eye at my local lumber store right away and I finally caved in about the fourth time seeing it there.
One of my signature features on all my instruments is the control cavity cover. It too is matching Camphor Burl held on by four pairs of magnets that make for a seamless transition on the back of the body. Nine times out of ten the cover comes from the same boards that make up the body.
As for the hardware it is chrome with a Schaller 463 bass bridge, Gotoh Tuners, StewMac knobs and recessed strap locks.
The strings rest on a hand shaped bone nut.
The side dot markers and NB logo are Mother of Pearl. The finish is hand rubbed high gloss Tung oil. Lastly, the pickups are a custom set of passive J Bass pups made from a local builder, WhiteOak Pickups, all controlled by a master volume, blend, and master tone knobs. I am quite proud of how well this bass turned out. One more thing, it is for sale 😉
This for all intents and purposes is definitely an exotic build, and that figured burl is guaranteed to look even more spectacular in person.
Well done, Bill!
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So many amazing builds lately. Excellent work! 🙂
that is art right there. great work man