{"id":12335,"date":"2018-09-12T08:57:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=12335"},"modified":"2018-09-20T14:15:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T19:15:25","slug":"bass-of-the-weeek-eichhorn-custom-build-0518-inspired-by-an-alembic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-weeek-eichhorn-custom-build-0518-inspired-by-an-alembic.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of The Weeek] Eichhorn Custom build 0518 (Inspired by an Alembic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Builder, this was a custom build that was inspired by an Alembic that was stolen a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Builder\u00a0Darin Eichhorn writes:<\/p>\n<p><em> This is the second of it&#8217;s kind, the first being made of Hard Maple with Walnut laminates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This one is Walnut with Maple laminates. The neck is constructed of the same wood except the center core is of Peruvian Walnut. The head stock is sandwiched with the figured wood being used for the the top.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The body wings are from locally harvested Black Walnut that has been aged for over 15 years. The top is a salvaged, figured Bostogne Walnut drop.<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><strong>More Details:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nNeck through design\r\n\r\n34\" scale, 1.75\" at the nut which is brass\r\n\r\nSingle two way truss rod\r\n\r\nTwo carbon fiber beams for stiffness\r\n\r\nMacassor Ebony fingerboard\r\n\r\nMop Punisher skull inlays.<\/pre>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s in this Bass?:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hipshot bridge (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/hipshot-b-style-bass-bridges.htm\">More Details&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nHipshot Ultralite tuners\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/hipshot-ultralight-tuners.htm\">More Details&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nCustom skull knobs<br \/>\nDark Glass preamp\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/bass-preamps\/shopby\/darkglass.htm\">More Details&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nBartolini Dual Coil Pickups\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/bartolini-pickups-2.htm\">More Details&#8230;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos of Darin&#8217;s Completed Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1951\" height=\"1460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-5.jpg 1951w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-5-401x300.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-5-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1951px) 100vw, 1951px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well done Darin!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want <i>YOUR<\/i> bass to be featured for Bass of the Week?<br \/>\n<a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week-entry-form\">Submit yours now using this easy web form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Builder, this was a custom build that was inspired by an Alembic that was stolen a few years ago. Builder\u00a0Darin Eichhorn writes: This is the second of it&#8217;s kind, the first being made of Hard Maple with Walnut laminates. This one is Walnut with Maple laminates. The neck is constructed of the &#8230; <a title=\"[Bass of The Weeek] Eichhorn Custom build 0518 (Inspired by an Alembic)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-weeek-eichhorn-custom-build-0518-inspired-by-an-alembic.html\" aria-label=\"More on [Bass of The Weeek] Eichhorn Custom build 0518 (Inspired by an Alembic)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335"}],"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=12335"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12368,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335\/revisions\/12368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}