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This week’s Bass of the Week comes from the The Pine Tree State, better known as the State of Maine, USA. And this bass has a very interesting “canyon wall” style neck heel treatment.
Builder James Cook writes:
All non wood components of this instrument are from Best Bass Gear.
The body is master grade flame Maple over Walnut with a Red Cedar core and Padauk tone block.
The neck is a tapered core Cedar with Walnut and flame Maple laminations.
Ziricote fretboard sound amazing!
All Hipshot hardware, Bartolini dual coils and an Aguilar OBP-3 preamp.
The bass was hand made in my Freeport, Maine workshop about 3 miles from LLBean HQ.
The asymmetrical body is designed for comfortable play on a 35″ scale platform.
The heel is designed for playing in the higher registers in several different positions. We harvest our own woods whenever possible.
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Well done, James!
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What does red cedar sound like as a tone wood? Pretty soft stuff…
Red Cedar is very resonant. It lends throatiness to the midrange. When combined with carbon fiber, the “softness” doesn’t enter the equation. It’s tough stuff when cut properly as found in acoustic guitar soundboards. Cedar also reduces body weight significantly, also increasing resonance.
Nice job! Very beautiful!
Very impressive!
awwww!!!!!