See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is a chambered body exotic. Builder Stephen McDonald from Steven McDonald Basses writes: Hey guys, I’m a small builder out of West Virginia, been a player 30+ years and a high end carpenter for about 15 years. Back in ’09 … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature build this week comes from Italy! Builder Giacomo Satta writes: (Please note that Giacomo is from Italy and English is not his native language) This bass build was a “rewind” of my life (sorry for the English!) I had a bass guitar when i … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This feature bass instrument this week all started from buying a single how-to book on building guitars. Builder Tom Duritsch writes: Back in the day when I had my sights on a nice high end bass I found that I just couldn’t afford what I wanted. … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week comes from Switzerland! Builder David Emm writes: As a drummer/guitarist I have always wanted to play the bass as well but up until now, I’ve never had one. I’ve played on many friends basses but without owning one. It’s hard … 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
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week comes all the way from Finland! Builder of the bass, Alarik Repo, writes: This is the first electric bass I have built. I never had a fretless bass and everyone I have tried were not so good as I wished. … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The builder of this bass was given the instructions to make it look like a Rickenbacker, and this is what he came up with. The end result? Something pretty darned good. Builder Roy Epps writes: I have been a wood worker for many years and I … Read more
A brand often described as a “modern bass” (as the presenter will state in the video below,) the Spector NS-4 has a body that’s smaller and a shape designed to be comfortable. The pickups loaded in are EMG 35DC, touted as having ultra-low-noise (which they do.) But in the end, do you feel it’s worth … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass is a successful attempt at building a bass uke. Builder Maurice Coutanceau from Maurice Paul Guitars writes: My sister plays bass in a uke band and has done so for some time now using one of my acoustic basses with silicone strings, … Read more
The feature bass this week is a fretless with a nice selection of woods and an upscale appearance. Owner Ashley Gray writes: Custom made in 1998 to my own specifications by the late Rod Button, luthier of Weston-super-Mare. The body of this superb six-string fretless bass is Walnut, faced with burr Elm and bound with … Read more
