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The feature bass for this week is a back-to-basics P-Bass build. Shane writes: I have been a J bass player for about 20 years or so, but decided to revisit the P bass. I decided to build my own. The body is a stock Fender P bass body, made of alder. The neck is from … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Good things come to those who wait. This bass took several months to build, and the end result was wonderful. Builder Tony Walters from www.manabasso.com writes: This bass was a custom build that i made for Rick Bouvette of Joy Tribe earlier this year. It took … Read more
The feature bass for this week is a workhorse Warmoth build. Owner Mike McKaigg writes: About 11 years ago, before building this bass, I had a six string fretted Gecko also with a Moses neck. The Gecko is designed for a 35″ scale neck but I wanted 34″ scale for the fretless. I contacted Moses … Read more
The feature bass for this week combines design cues from MusicMan, PRS and several personal touches. Alden, the owner of this bass who had Aeris Guitars build the instrument for him, writes: I was looking to purchase a new bass and wanted something different from my MusicMan that sounded and played just like it. Aeris … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is an example of where “less is more” really works. Builder Aaron Ross from www.rayrossbass.com writes: I started making basses from scratch about five years ago. Motivated by a desire for a fretless and no money to buy one. Through … Read more
This week’s feature bass has a blend of maple and ebony. Builder Elash Cisse from www.aashbass.com writes, Single cut bass which has a great versatile sound in active and also in passive mode. Mixture of maple and ebony on the top makes its distinctive appearance. BODY: Ash. TOP: Flame maple. NECK: Hard Maple-3pc. FINGERBOARD: Ebony. … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass shows how truly modern bass design can be. Barton Applewhite from www.roberto-venn.com/faculty/bart-applewhite (Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery) writes: I really wanted to try something different with this one and while designing the frame I wanted to use a stable core laminate. For some … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass is a successful attempt at building a bass uke. Builder Maurice Coutanceau from Maurice Paul Guitars writes: My sister plays bass in a uke band and has done so for some time now using one of my acoustic basses with silicone strings, … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Dave Johnson, who gave us many thank-yous as you’ll see below (to which we say thank you right back, and that we were happy to assist,) built quite the exotic for his bass build. Dave writes: I began building this bass in July, 2014, after realizing … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here It’s safe to say that this is one of the best “travel basses” we’ve ever seen! 🙂 Builder David Remy writes: This Bass was built for Griff H. he contacted me by email and wanted a bass that he can travel with. So the Birth of … Read more
