{"id":13154,"date":"2019-08-26T22:28:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T03:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=13154"},"modified":"2019-09-03T07:37:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:37:01","slug":"bass-of-the-week-post-steve-burke-short-scale-rearview-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-post-steve-burke-short-scale-rearview-build.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Steve Burke Short Scale Rearview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steve Burke submitted this story of his bass build to share this week. Here is some of what he had to say:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We just built this bass for Mr. Lenny Spickle from the band SNEW. It is a short scale (30.5″) neck-through bass. The body shape is based on the Burke Guitar “Rearview” model emphasizing the beauty of women!\u00a0

It is built for ease of play due to its\u2019 shorter scale and light weight. Those items combined with a low action, medium narrow frets, and DR High Beam medium light strings<\/a> make it comfortable and fast.

The neck is a 3 layer laminate of Mahogany, Maple, Mahogany with a silky smooth satin finish. It has a maple fretboard with a 16\u201d radius and the neck angle is 2 degrees below the body. The body wings are a laminate of Mahogany, Maple, Mahogany giving it a good 3-d look. The body is finished in nitrocellulose with super smooth satin finish.

The client\u2019s signature is inlaid at the 12th fret and the truss rod cover is engraved with the client\u2019s name. It has a large electronics cavity to reduce weight and the cavity cover is Bocote wood.

Hardware includes a dual truss rod<\/a>, black Hipshot Bridge<\/a>, black Gotoh Tuners<\/a>, black strap buttons<\/a> and a black barrel jack<\/a>.

The electronics are passive Bartolini J-Bass inline pickups<\/a> set for 2 volumes (Bridge and Neck) and 1 tone.\u00a0

It was a real joy for me when the client first saw it, picked it up, plugged it in, and started playing. Once he got it home, he emailed me \u201cI just hooked it up to my MarkBass rig, plays and sounds amazing!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n