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[Bass of the Week] Pilot 70 Jazz

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An unnamed bass came into the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox this week from Melbourne, Australia.

Harry writes:

I’m a custom builder from Melbourne, Australia.

The bass is my pilot build for my second design. It is my take of 70’s jazz bass.

It features modern double cut body, with 70’s jazz bass vintage style pickups by Nordstrand, and 70’s pickup spacing.

All woods are Australian wood, except for the middle neck laminate, which is brasilian purpleheart.

It has 2-band active/passive pre-amp, which is very versatile for any types of music.

All hardware and electronics are from BestBassGear (The best bass-related online store in the planet), except for the knobs and neck screws and ferrules.

Specs:

Construction

– 5 string, bolt-on neck

– 34″ scale length

Body 

– 2 piece Tasmanian blackwood

– Magnetic style, rear-routed control cavity cover

Top

– Australian camphor laurel with black accent veneer

Neck

– 3 piece Tasmanian myrtle, Brasilian purpleheart, Tasmanian myrtle

– Matching headstock.

Nut

– Tasmanian blackwood

Fretboard 

– Figured, dark Tasmanian blackwood with black accent veneer

– Flat, no radius

Inlay

– Gold MOP dots inlay, with my custom arrangement

Frets

– Wide, nickel silver frets

Pickups (from BestBassGear)

– Nordstrand NJ5 (70’s wind) single coil pickup set, with wood pickup covers

Preamp (from BestBassGear)

– Glockenklang 2-band preamp with passive tone control

– Knobs are Volume, Blend, treble boost/cut, bass boost/cut

String retainer (from BestBassGear)

– Hipshot 3-string retainer

Tuners (from BestBassGear)

– Black, vintage style, Hipshot ultralight

Bridge (from BestBassGear)

– Black, Aluminum, Hipshot type A bridge

– 19mm string spacings

Strap lock (from BestBassGear)

– Dunlop strap locks

Finish

– Satin polyurethane

It sounds awesome (Marcus Miller tone) and feels great.

The flat fingerboard allows the action to be very low with no fret buzz.

Tight B string sound.

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Well done, Harry!

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