{"id":10733,"date":"2017-03-01T11:48:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2017-03-01T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T20:04:29","slug":"bass-of-the-week-jeff-keverline-12617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-jeff-keverline-12617.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Jeff Keverline 12617"},"content":{"rendered":"

See Jeff’s business listing here<\/a><\/p>\n

The feature bass this week comes from a builder that was inspired by videos from Carl Thompson.<\/p>\n

Builder Jeff Keverline writes:<\/p>\n

Ever since I became a Les Claypool fan back in high school, I have wanted a Carl Thompson bass. I love the way they look and sound. Carl took the design of the bass guitar to a whole new level with his clever heel block that angles the neck back, creating a more natural playing position for the fretting hand; this, along with attention to details such as balance and weight, not to mention the stunning beauty of his instruments, have made his basses some of the most sought after in the world. <\/p>\n

I stumbled across Carl\u2019s YouTube channel about a year ago and was fascinated by his discussions about the history of electric guitars and basses. He is a very passionate, yet humble, down to earth person who has some very inspirational ideas about life in general. One of his discussions involves the gift of natural talent that some people are born with. Carl believes that the best thing one can do if they have such a gift is to share it, rather than selfishly keep it as a \u201cTrade Secret\u201d.<\/p>\n

Building my own bass guitar has been something I have wanted to do for years, and after watching Carl\u2019s videos, I decided to give it a shot. A lot of time was spent taking notes as I watched Carl\u2019s videos and researched luthiery online.<\/p>\n

I based my plans on Les Claypool\u2019s main 4 string 32\u201d scale bass. Mine is a 34\u201d scale, and I used claro walnut, flame maple, and padauk. The electronics are all Aguilar<\/a>, with their MM pickup through an OBP II preamp<\/a> powered by 9v, with stacked bass\/treble, volume, and active\/passive switch. I started the build early last October and completed it today as I write this. Being my first build, I learned a lot, experienced some mishaps, and made some inevitable beginner\u2019s mistakes along the way. The biggest mishap was a large chunk being torn out of the back of the body from the top stripe while thickness planing. Fortunately, I was able to pull off routing out the stripe to 1\/8\u201d deep and then inlaying replacement wood. The repair is visible if one looks closely, but overall; it doesn\u2019t look half-bad!<\/p>\n

The bass is very comfortable to play indeed. Carl\u2019s heel block design, as well as the body shape and the high mounted rear strap button make playing feel more natural, whether sitting or standing. There is no neck dive and the instrument balances perfectly. The 1-3\/16\u201d thickness of the body allows the use of denser woods without creating a ridiculously heavy instrument. This one weighs 8.2 lbs. The Tru-oil finish really brings out the natural colors of the woods.<\/p>\n

The Aguilar MM pickup and OBP II preamp, combined with the placement of the pickup in the \u201csweet spot\u201d result in thundering lows that are not muddy, mids that will cut through the mix, and a mellow high end that is not harsh.<\/p>\n

I would like to give special thanks to Carl Thompson for sharing his knowledge through his YouTube channel. Thank you for sharing your gift Carl!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Well done!<\/p>\n

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[Photo Credit: fivetwelvestudios<\/i>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See Jeff’s business listing here The feature bass this week comes from a builder that was inspired by videos from Carl Thompson. Builder Jeff Keverline writes: Ever since I became a Les Claypool fan back in high school, I have wanted a Carl Thompson bass. I love the way they look and sound. Carl took … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}