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[Bass of the Week] 11 Bass

See Gene’s business listing here Yet another unnamed bass arrived in the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox, so this one is called “11” because of the neck layers as the builder, Gene, describes below. Gene writes: This is my second custom Bass build and my first neck through design. I really enjoyed this build because it gave me … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Ewan Bass

See Brent’s business listing here This week’s feature bass that arrived in the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox comes from Indiana, USA. Brent writes, Here is a bass that I built over the cold winter months in my small basement shop.  I wanted something that was light yet well balanced, felt great in my hands, and had tone … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Zamechatelny Bass

See Егор’s business listing here Yet another unnamed bass arrived at featureme@bestbassgear.com, with the word “zamechatelny” in the message as you’ll see below. What does that mean? I have absolutely no idea, but it sounds cool. (It is assumed the writer is Russian since his email address ended in .ru even though he wrote his … Read more

[Bass of the Week] The Bastard

The week’s BotW that was sent to featureme@bestbassgear.com comes from the wild woods of Texas where tones boom low and bass guitars like to get outside and go tanning. Paul writes: This bass that I dubbed “The Bastard” is a Telecaster/Jazz bass hybrid body shape that I designed. I wanted this bass to look very … Read more

[Bass of the Week] The Vacillant Gambit

See Jeirn’s business listing here This BotW that arrived to featureme@bestbassgear.com is being featured this week for one reason: It has a cool name. Last week, I said that it’s helpful if you builders/modders out there actually name your basses when you submit them, and Jeirn’s bass without a doubt had the best name. Jeirn … Read more

[Bass Of The Week] Fanned Buck Eye Burl

See Stijn’s business listing here A request to all that send in instruments to featureme@bestbassgear.com for Bass of the Week: Please name your basses if it’s not a name brand, because we keep having to name these things. And remember, players like it when the bass has a name to go by. Name your custom … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Scrap Exotica

See Nicholas’s business listing here Once again, this bass was sent to our featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox with a story and photos, but no title for the bass, so for this one I call it “Scrap Exotica” and you’ll understand why in a moment. Nicholas writes: The aim here was to challenge the idea of using rare, … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Graham Diesel 71

See Ian’s business listing here This week’s BotW arrived in the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox as just a description but with no title. The headstock says “Graham” (the last name of the person who sent it in,) and since the color was inspired by a Detroit diesel 71 Series, it seemed only appropriate to name the bass … Read more

Bass of the Week: “Supersonic” Bass

See Geo’s business listing here Take a design, make it better; that’s exactly what reader Geo did with his custom build. Geo was originally inspired by the Fender Performer Bass; a very short-lived mid-1980s design that was made in Japan which is quite the collectible these days (assuming you can even find one.) Geo’s “Supersonic” … Read more

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