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See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week started off with just a ’66 Hagstrom neck, and ended up being something much different – and even has fret marker LEDs. Builder Mark Bombard writes: This is a custom 30.75″ short scale bass. I started with a 1966 … Read more
This week’s BotW takes a classic design and reimagines it into something much more exotic and with more features. Kirill writes: I had a Japanese short scale copy of EB-3 for a long time and always wanted to add a bit of flavour to the classics, so after a few hours of brainstorming the idea … Read more
This week’s BotW is a build that involved quite a lot of different people and companies to get finished. The end result is an awesome 4-string (no, not a 2-string, if you look close, 2 of the strings are black and “hide” themselves a little bit.) Our latest project (SN 5), a Navy Aircraft Carrier … Read more
This week’s bass guitar of the week is a modified Epiphone Ripper where the goal was to make it appear to be a special factory run model. Owner/modder Benjamin writes: My second Epiphone Ripper. First was a black 1st generation single pickup model from late 1990s, named Black Betty. Betty evolved using Bartolini pickups supplied … Read more
Our BotW this week is a Japan-made 1980’s Tokai Hard Puncher. This particular bass is now a collectible, and you’ll find them on eBay ranging from $800 to $1,200 USD. Worth it? Well, if you can’t afford a real-deal vintage Fender Bass, the Tokai Hard Puncher is the next best thing. “Very Fendery” all around … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW is in the style of a Fender Starcaster – but with the full 34-inch scale length. Roger Cowan of Dog Tired Guitars writes: One of the bass players in our church worship band asked me to build this after having seen the guitars … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW, according to the instrument’s buyer, Bryant, was made by John Carruthers whose shop is in Camarillo, CA, but he was in Venice Beach, CA at the time this instrument was built. Bryant writes: I asked master guitar luthier, John Carruthers to build me … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Pat Beasley of Dolmen Custom Guitars put together a 24-fret 5-string beauty. Pat writes: The body core is walnut with a burr elm top. The neck is laminated walnut and maple with carbon fibre bars. Headstock is faced with burr elm on the front and back. … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here We added in a field for YouTube video demonstration to our Bass of the Week web form, and this submission was the first to use it – and use it well! Builder Cor Broekhuizen of Suprema Guitars writes: For a long time i dreamed to build … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW is flamed on both the front and back. Builder Danijel Kopjar writes: Hello! this is the top model of our VB series, as VintageBass, and is made as neck through with high end parts. The Wreck is trying to achieve a perfect chambering … Read more
