Bass of the Week

This week’s selection is from Dimitris at XTRM basses. Here’s his story: I like testing my skills and building unique style basses,with specs that not found on “common” basses. I was looking to add all the things i would like to try on a single build. First of all,it has to be 5-string.Second,i wanted a longer scale,so … Read more

This week’s selection is from Jason at Willis Guitars. An amateur builder. Here’s his story: About a year ago I set out to build my first bass guitar.  As an amateur builder, I have built a couple acoustics and electric 6 string guitars in the past couple years but I began playing bass and wanted … Read more

This week’s selection is from Bob at Pyramid Point Custom Guitars. A build for his client, who had some interesting requests. Here’s what he says: My client wanted a 4-string bass to match his 70’s Telecaster guitar – same shape, white pickguard, and traditional maple neck.  He had seen and played a previous bass I … Read more

This week’s selection is from Dave. Wanting to do something a little different, he found his inspiration in the wood. Here’s what he says: I’ve built a few electric guitars and was looking for a new project. This time around I wanted to do something different so I started thinking about a bass. One day … Read more

This week’s selection is from John. He wanted to take a balanced approach to this build. Here’s what he says: I wanted to build a bass that could cover all genres of music and be balanced and comfortable to play at gigs. I also wanted it to be in the 8-9 lb range…. when finished … Read more

This week’s selection is from David. Why a 12 string? “Because it had to be done” Here’s what he says: This bass is the 4th fanned fretted bass I have made, I have made 3 conventional 12 string basses, being series 1. Why a fanned fretted 12 string bass?  I wanted to take the huge … Read more

This week’s selection is from Michael. He built this bass quite literally from scratch. He says: Stanley the Bass is is made from over 305 pieces of wood (frankly I lost count at 305 and there are so many small pieces that it’s difficult to give an exact figure) that are left over from over … Read more

This week’s Bass selection is from Steve. He took a Squier out of the box and then made it his. Here’s the story in his own words… “This isn’t a build (I’m not a builder), but a refinish and reboot. I bought a Squier Vintage Modified Precision Bass because I like the physical specs i.e.: … Read more

This Week’s Bass of the Week Submission was sent in by Umut Dal. It was designed having one goal in mind, getting the most acoustic tone out of an electric bass. He says: At the same time maintaining the aesthetical beauty of an acoustic instrument. The purpleheart binding prevents the softer top wood from damages … Read more

This bass was commissioned as a present as a 40th birthday present. [Check out pics below] Darren writes: “This is the first of our Kratos basses. The Kratos is our take on a traditional jazz style, this particular bass is a short scale (30.5”), 19 fret version of the normal 34” scale 24 fret standard … Read more