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The feature bass this week is from a builder who decided to stop waiting, worked up the courage to build his own bass, and the end result was amazing. Builder Rudy Candia writes: I have been a woodworker for several years and have dreamt of building bass guitars for a long time but I was … Read more
The feature bass this week is cat-approved! Builder Tom Broeske writes: While waiting for a fretted neck repair I ran across this Warmoth Dinky J body from the in stock inventory. It’s a chambered Mahogany body with a figured Maple top. It came finished as shown in Blackburst / Black back in gloss Poly. I … Read more
The builder of the feature bass this week openly admits that the distressed look is a love-it-or-hate-it thing. But even so, this is still a great build. Seeing a reverse headstock on a distressed J Bass style build really adds to the cool factor. (Note: YES, there is a demo of this bass. See video … Read more
This is a bass inspired by the video game League of Legends. Very nice construction throughout. Builder Yvan Monfette from Monfette Guitars writes: This bass is inspired by the very popular computer game “League of Legends”. In fact, it is inspired by one of its characters : Yorick. This character uses a crazy-looking bass to … Read more
The feature bass this week is a very nice take on a headless design with 36 frets, all stainless! (Note: There is a video below the images so you can hear what it sounds like.) Owner Rod Jost writes: I own a Steinberger headless bass and love the design. I love graphite carbon fiber necks. … Read more
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The feature bass this week is a custom build by Upgreader Guitars. Owner Dmitry Budko writes: My name is Dmitry. I play a band called Weesp. We play progressive atmospheric alternative metal with a lot of analog synth and clean vocals. I experiment with low tunings so prefer multiscale basses. For the previous two albums … Read more
The feature bass this week features a very nice 5 piece ash construction. Builder Adil Sabit writes: One of my models which called “J Bass” I had the honor to present to your attention in 2014. It was selected by you as the Bass of the week. I’m full of gratitude to you to this … Read more
The feature bass this week is a mid-1980s vintage. Owner Ken Mattholie writes: I was looking for fretless bass that sounded great being the first criteria and also looked different from all the other fretlesses. A lot being copies of Jaco’s and I certainly don’t play that way. It tends to be driven or overdriven … Read more
The feature bass this week has the builder’s stamp of approval on it. Literally. Builder Bryon Suter writes: I named this bass guitar “Swamp”. It’s ash, but not swamp ash. The guitar was commissioned and I was unsatisfied with the way the color turned out. I stopped the build, built a new body for the … Read more
