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[Bass of the Week] Harwood 1503

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass was built with a little help from his friends, which fortunately included a luthier. 🙂 Simon writes: Bass Spec – 5 String 34″ scale 3 piece Maple Neck Through Walnut Body Walnut Headstock veneer Spalted Maple fingerboard Bartolini 57j1 Pickups Passive circuitry … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Dudacus Tiberius 5

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass is a Rickenbacker inspired 5-string. Builder Steven Baxter writes: This Tiberius-5 bass was built by Steven Baxter the founder of Dudacus Custom Basses located in Cambridge, MA. Steven has been involved in the greater Boston music scene and making his own instruments … Read more

[Bass of the Week] EIR Guitars Thall

See the business listing for this bass builder here A 5-string that can handle G standard tuning? This feature bass of the week has you covered. 🙂 Builder Steven Davis from Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery writes: This 36-34″ fanned fret neck-through wenge monster was built in collaboration with Johan from the Swedish progressive metal band … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Rodriguez 6 String Bass

See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week is a 35-inch scale 6-string lightweight at only 8.5lbs (3.85kg). Builder Thomas Rodriguez from Rodriguez Guitars writes: I specialize in classical guitars but I got my start making electric guitars & basses, I still make electrics when time permits. … Read more

Modulus Quantum 5 Special Fretless – Bartolini Electronics Update

Jack Marshall sent us in this article of his bass modifications. Thanks, Jack! If you’d like to contribute your own tips-and-tricks or informational or modification article, send it on over to editor@bestbassgear.com. You can send over your article as a Word DOC/DOCX, LibreOffice ODT (free!) document, OpenOffice ODT (free!) document or exported document saved from … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Flying Monkey Instruments Summer 2014 Mahogany

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

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