See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass this week comes from Newcastle, Australia. Builder Rod Harper writes: This bass is the last of 8 that I built over the 3 year period up to mid 2001, six of which I sold to professional bassists, the other I kept, is similar … Read more
The week’s feature player is Edo Castro from Mill Valley, California USA. Edo has an extensive range of gear, so we asked him about it. There are also videos below showing him with his custom built instrument. Describe the bass seen in your video (scroll down for video). Who made it? What are the specifications? … Read more
Earnest Mann is the owner of the feature Bass of the Week, the Bayou Basses Swallowtail. This is an instance where we not only were able to get the story of the build from the builder, but also have an interview with the owner of the instrument, who uses it regularly at his church. A … Read more
The feature bass this week comes from a builder rekindling his hobby for the craft. Builder/owner Greg writes: I haven’t built or modified much on an instrument in over 20 years and recently rekindled my hobby. This project is a re-body of a bolt on budget bass, replacing everything but the neck and machine heads … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature build was originally inspired by a specific special edition Fender Stratocaster. Builder Darryl Betts from www.bettsbass.com writes: This based was inspired by Fenders reclaimed redwood Strat. The reclaimed redwood came from the Old Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO) in Eureka, California which has been … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is a simple idea that turned into something wonderful. Builder Abraham Stankovic from www.asguitars.com writes: This instrument was inspired when a customer called me about a custom build and he heard about me through a mutual friend. I had been … Read more
An email from a customer arrived recently expressing gratitude that we were able to help out with a bass upgrade. It is not uncommon that we receive emails like this, but what made this one particularly special is how the upgrade happened. (The author wished to keep the names anonymous. Names have been changed.) Pink … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week looks like a chess board, but in a really nice way. Builder Anthony Mcdonald from www.anthonycustombass.com writes (in the original way he wrote it): Wood on this bass a variety of ten native wood from Jamaica including mahogany on top … Read more
…says the man who bought a Cort B4 Artisan with Bartolini MK1 pickups in it in the video below. And yes, we do carry this particular shape along with several others. Describing a pickup’s tone as “bright” does make sense as that describes the treble side of things. Describing a sound as “accurate” could mean … 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
