{"id":4493,"date":"2013-07-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2017-03-30T15:19:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T20:19:06","slug":"bass-of-the-week-pilot-70-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-pilot-70-jazz.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Pilot 70 Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

See the business listing for this bass builder here<\/a><\/p>\n

An unnamed bass came into the featureme@bestbassgear.com<\/a> inbox this week from Melbourne, Australia. <\/p>\n

Harry writes:<\/p>\n

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I’m a custom builder from Melbourne, Australia. <\/p>\n

The bass is my pilot build for my second design. It is my take of 70’s jazz bass. <\/p>\n

It features modern double cut body, with 70’s jazz bass vintage style pickups by Nordstrand, and 70’s pickup spacing. <\/p>\n

All woods are Australian wood, except for the middle neck laminate, which is brasilian purpleheart. <\/p>\n

It has 2-band active\/passive pre-amp, which is very versatile for any types of music. <\/p>\n

All hardware and electronics are from BestBassGear (The best bass-related online store in the planet), except for the knobs and neck screws and ferrules. <\/p>\n

Specs: <\/p>\n

Construction <\/p>\n

– 5 string, bolt-on neck <\/p>\n

– 34″ scale length <\/p>\n

Body  <\/p>\n

– 2 piece Tasmanian blackwood <\/p>\n

– Magnetic style, rear-routed control cavity cover <\/p>\n

Top <\/p>\n

– Australian camphor laurel with black accent veneer <\/p>\n

Neck <\/p>\n

– 3 piece Tasmanian myrtle, Brasilian purpleheart, Tasmanian myrtle <\/p>\n

– Matching headstock. <\/p>\n

Nut <\/p>\n

– Tasmanian blackwood <\/p>\n

Fretboard  <\/p>\n

– Figured, dark Tasmanian blackwood with black accent veneer <\/p>\n

– Flat, no radius <\/p>\n

Inlay <\/p>\n

– Gold MOP dots inlay, with my custom arrangement <\/p>\n

Frets <\/p>\n

– Wide, nickel silver frets <\/p>\n

Pickups (from BestBassGear) <\/p>\n

– Nordstrand NJ5 (70’s wind) single coil pickup set, with wood pickup covers <\/p>\n

Preamp (from BestBassGear) <\/p>\n

– Glockenklang 2-band preamp with passive tone control <\/p>\n

– Knobs are Volume, Blend, treble boost\/cut, bass boost\/cut <\/p>\n

String retainer (from BestBassGear) <\/p>\n

– Hipshot 3-string retainer <\/p>\n

Tuners (from BestBassGear) <\/p>\n

– Black, vintage style, Hipshot ultralight <\/p>\n

Bridge (from BestBassGear) <\/p>\n

– Black, Aluminum, Hipshot type A bridge <\/p>\n

– 19mm string spacings <\/p>\n

Strap lock (from BestBassGear) <\/p>\n

– Dunlop strap locks <\/p>\n

Finish <\/p>\n

– Satin polyurethane <\/p>\n

It sounds awesome (Marcus Miller tone) and feels great. <\/p>\n

The flat fingerboard allows the action to be very low with no fret buzz. <\/p>\n

Tight B string sound.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well done, Harry!<\/p>\n

If you would like your bass featured for Bass of the Week, send an email with some photos and a short story of your bass to featureme@bestbassgear.com<\/a>. Please be sure to name your bass<\/strong><\/em>, even if it’s named after you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See the business listing for this bass builder here An unnamed bass came into the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox this week from Melbourne, Australia. Harry writes: I’m a custom builder from Melbourne, Australia. The bass is my pilot build for my second design. It is my take of 70’s jazz bass. It features modern double cut body, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4497,"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\/4493"}],"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=4493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}