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See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass this week is the first BOTW that’s a 12-string! Builder Enrique Salmon writes: I am a luthier and a gigging musician as well. I play bass in a fusion blues trio and have wanting to be able to add more unique tones and … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is an exotic lefty from South Africa! Builder James Pickering writes: I am naturally right-handed, but I learnt to play guitar from my brother who is left-handed. I have, as a result, had to make my own basses since left-handed … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here For those that are fans of the band Primus, you definitely know where the inspiration for this bass came from. Builder Evan Nichols from Nichols Guitar Co. writes: This Bass is a 34″ scale 6 string neck through with an oil-rubbed finish. The neck is 19 … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week happened from a desire to “test” fanned frets. Cristian Huidobro owns this instrument, and it was built by Alfonso Iturra. Cristian writes: Some years ago, I was entertaining the notion of testing fanned frets. I saw some really great another-famed-fanned-frets-brad … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The original idea for this bass was to build a 9 or 10-string, but ended up with 7 instead. Builder Thomas Juehne writes: You featured the bass I built for my son in a Best Bass Gear email “How a father made his son a dream … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Maurice’s basses have graced our pages before and does so again with this gorgeous 5-string fretless. Maurice writes: This is a bass that was commissioned by Sandeep Rassaily from Nepal. He is a well known bassist who plays in local bands in Pokhara and Kathmandu. Sandeep … Read more
The feature bass this week is a unique standup cutaway. Here is the story of the build: This is an old plywood top bass that was restored by Scotty Jackson of Scotty Jackson Violins in Gainesville, FL. He called me one day and said that he had something he’d never seen in all his 35 … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This feature bass is a minimalist build where just one piece of wood makes up the entire body and neck. (Video is after the photos so you can hear a demo!) Builder Steve Jackson writes: I had a fascination to put knobs on the side. It … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is a simple P-Bass lefty build. Sometimes the simple stuff is what works best. The builder of this bass, Andrew Meyer, writes: This is my first attempt at building a musical instrument. I have always been interested in the electric … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass this week is a 32-inch scale fretless with a nice selection of woods and gold hardware. (Note: There is a video demo below so you can hear this bass.) Builder Rob Darby writes: Twenty years back, I bought two blocks of maple and … Read more
