{"id":2110,"date":"2012-08-28T20:42:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T20:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2012-08-28T20:58:19","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T20:58:19","slug":"victor-aramburus-custom-j-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/victor-aramburus-custom-j-bass.html","title":{"rendered":"Victor Aramburu&#8217;s Custom J Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this week&#8217;s BotW, Victor Aramuru&#8217;s Custom J Bass from Distorted Branch<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi, my name is Victor and I\u2019d like to present to you my Custom J Bass,\u00a0made by Paul Mart\u00ednez, luthier at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Distortedbranch\">Distorted Branch Custom Guitars<\/a> in\u00a0Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>The bass body was made of 5A &#8211; Western Flamed Maple Laminate &amp;\u00a0Mahogany Body Combo (Exotic Woods Company Inc.)<\/p>\n<p>The bass neck is a 22 fret 4-st Jazz bass Mosses graphite with<a href=\"https:\/\/bestbassgear.com\/hipshot-ultralight-tuners.htm\">\u00a0Hipshot Ultralite Fender tuning keys<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/hipshot-a-style-bass-bridges.htm\">4 string A style\u00a0Hipshot Bass Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic parts were purchased at BBG and consist of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/bartolini-4-string-j-pickups.htm\">Bartolini 9J1 L\/LN Pickups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/bartolini-preamps-ntmb.htm\">Bartolini NTMB &#8211; 3 Band Preamp 4.7 A\/P<\/a> (initially)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/nordstrand-3-band-preamp.htm\">Nordstrand 3 band Preamp 3b-5b<\/a> (at present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8.jpg\"><img width=\"412\" height=\"300\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2117\" title=\"8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-412x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-412x300.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-549x400.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8-206x150.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/8.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/4.jpg\"><img width=\"399\" height=\"300\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2114\" title=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/4-399x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/4-399x300.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/4-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/4-199x150.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/4.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9b.jpg\"><img width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2116\" title=\"9b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9b-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9b-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9b-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9b-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img width=\"408\" height=\"300\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2115\" title=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1-408x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1-408x300.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1-544x400.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1-204x150.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1-270x200.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve made some video clips while playing this bass, although the\u00a0preamp shown in them isn\u2019t a Bartolini, but a 3B-5b Nordstrand that I\u00a0use at present.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLrG9cifFo0\" 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