{"id":12739,"date":"2019-03-04T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=12739"},"modified":"2019-03-04T11:28:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:28:54","slug":"bass-of-the-week-dupuis-guitars-dg02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-dupuis-guitars-dg02.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Dupuis Guitars DG02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week’s selection is from David Dupuis. Here’s the story of the build in his own words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my third complete build. As many other builders do, I started out by doing mods on mine and my friends basses and guitars which over about 18 months evolved into doing my first build.<\/p>

The bass that you are looking at was built in tandem with one that I was building for myself, which is an exact replica of this (style and shape), except for it being a semi-hollow carved top with the addition of a piezo bridge set up. My intent was to see how much more time it would take to build two together versus just one (i.e. cut out 2 bodies at the same time etc.) . <\/p>

Turns out, the timing is about the same. <\/p>

As far as my process goes, I build my instruments using traditional power tools for the heavy lifting (table saw, band saw, thickness planer) but from there everything else is done using chisels, rasps, spoke shaves and other less modern tools. Primarily, this is because I am disabled because of a broken back several years ago so I can only work on them for short periods of time and most of the work is done in my recliner or at my kitchen table and needless to say, is slow compared to most…. \ud83d\ude42 for example this bass took me just over 6 months to complete. <\/p>

Since undertaking this hobby it has been extremely satisfying and helps me deal with my physical limitations by giving me a sense of doing something with my time and God given abilities.<\/p>

So on to the specifics….This bass is built with a basswood core, back layer of bubinga and the top consists of a thin layer of black walnut topped with quilted maple.<\/p>

The neck is multi laminated using flamed maple, black walnut and the center being a resawn piece of zebra wood flipped to create the “V” pattern so technically its 6 layers, and also includes carbon fiber reinforcement rods. <\/p>

The fretboard is flatsawn Wenge with medium jumbo frets, mother of pearl dot inlays and a double action truss rod adjustable at the headstock end and also includes a real bone nut.<\/p>

As far as hardware and electronics go, its currently strictly passive with Vol\/Blend\/Tone control with an Orange drop capacitor and USA pots, however I left plenty of room in the control cavity for the future addition of a pre-amp should whoever buys it want it added.\u00a0 <\/p>

As you can see it has Aguilar DCB soapbar pups. <\/p>

The bridge is a Hipshot Transtone which I really like, even compared to their other iconic models. <\/p>

Tuners are Fender brand 1\/2″ clover style open gear.<\/p>

The neck on this bass is profiled very similar to a modern P-bass as far as nut width and neck thickness goes.<\/p>

The bass is balanced very well and weighs in at 8.3 lbs so its a charm to play and sounds great.<\/p>

Overall, I am pleased with how this bass turned out, however there are some minor flaws in the finish which I hope to perfect in future builds as my experience grows.
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My goal is to eventually grow my passion into a small business building “personal” basses and guitars “built to order”, one at a time, but first need to sell this one to fund my next project, as you all know, this is an expensive hobby.<\/p>

Just for fun, I placed one picture of the semi-hollow body that I built simultaneously. <\/p>

Thank you for taking the time to read my story and look at the work that I’ve been blessed to be able to do. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n