{"id":13223,"date":"2019-10-16T22:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T03:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=13223"},"modified":"2019-10-24T07:29:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T12:29:17","slug":"bass-of-the-week-jazz-bass-custom-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-jazz-bass-custom-build.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Jazz Bass Custom 4 String"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>This week&#8217;s build is a custom piece that is described as having a &#8220;Jazz Bass&#8221; sound and built by Wallace Culver with his decades of experience in the instrument manufacturing industry. He shared a bit about his build with us here:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>This bass took about 50 hours to build. In real time it took about a year. I am a guitar builder living in Buenos Aires Argentina. I am 54 years old, and worked in the US almost 20yrs in the musical instrument manufacturing sector for Tobias of Burbank, Broadmoore automatic instruments, and I worked at Taylor guitars for 12 years.<\/p><p>I used jigs for the pickup cavities, and everything else is freehand. I decided to go this rout to avoid having to make jigs every time i wanted to modify a design&#8230; So even though I roughly follow a design , every instruments comes out a little different.<\/p><p>The bass in question has the body made of cypress from the south of Argentina, and grapia (hardwood similar to maple) from the north of the country. The ebony I buy from Taylor.<br>Unlike the US, there is no wood processing industry for instrument makers. I have an oven, and in most cases, start with a trunk.<br>The tuners are hipshot, the pickups are Fralin. The pickguard is made of copper sheet.<\/p><p>The bridge is a composite of stainless steel and laminate of wood. I take a lot of care with the bridge so that the sound is balanced and esthetically pleasing. My target is the &#8220;jazz bass&#8221; sound.<br>Finish is a combination of shellac and nitro.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img width=\"3928\" height=\"2545\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hc8av3pf0ms7.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7547.jpg 3928w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7547-463x300.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7547-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3928px) 100vw, 3928px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img width=\"3928\" height=\"2545\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hc8av3pf0ms7.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7595.jpg 3928w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7595-463x300.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7595-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3928px) 100vw, 3928px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img width=\"2657\" height=\"3763\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hc8av3pf0ms7.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7607.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7607.jpg 2657w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7607-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7607-768x1088.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2657px) 100vw, 2657px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"walllace guitars milton\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t6nzAlYkXlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>So, what do you think of Wallace&#8217;s new build? BTW \u2013 If you\u2019re going to comment, whether it be positive or negative, please keep it constructive! We don\u2019t approve of haters. [Comment below]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Want&nbsp;<em>YOUR<\/em>&nbsp;bass to be featured for Bass of the Week?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week-entry-form\">Submit yours now using our easy web form<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s build is a custom piece that is described as having a &#8220;Jazz Bass&#8221; sound and built by Wallace Culver with his decades of experience in the instrument manufacturing industry. He shared a bit about his build with us here: This bass took about 50 hours to build. In real time it took about &#8230; <a title=\"[Bass of the Week] Jazz Bass Custom 4 String\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-jazz-bass-custom-build.html\" aria-label=\"More on [Bass of the Week] Jazz Bass Custom 4 String\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":13224,"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\/13223"}],"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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13234,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13223\/revisions\/13234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}