{"id":4885,"date":"2013-11-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2013-11-05T15:27:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T20:27:49","slug":"bass-of-the-week-blackhearted-sassafras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/uncategorized\/bass-of-the-week-blackhearted-sassafras.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Blackhearted Sassafras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any bass that has “sassafras” as a material used for the build must be good, right? Well, in this case, it is. <\/p>\n

Harry writes: <\/p>\n

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This is a build project for a customer in Malaysia. <\/p>\n

Since this is budget build project, I’m using mostly local timbers from Australia. <\/p>\n

One of the purpose of this entry is to share to the world that there are some beautiful looking woods in Australia. <\/p>\n

This bass is a new design from C-Basses (facebook.com\/cbasses<\/a>) <\/p>\n

It features: <\/p>\n

Construction: <\/p>\n

– 5 string <\/p>\n

– Bolt-on (6 bolts with ferrules, C-Basses custom arrangement) <\/p>\n

– 35″ scale <\/p>\n

– Rear route, with front jack input <\/p>\n

Contours: <\/p>\n

– Tummy <\/p>\n

– Forearm <\/p>\n

Body:  <\/p>\n

– 2-piece Victorian Ash <\/p>\n

– Wood control cavity cover <\/p>\n

Top:  <\/p>\n

– Blackhearted Sassafras <\/p>\n

– Wenge accent veneer under the top <\/p>\n

Neck: <\/p>\n

– 2 piece Victorian Ash <\/p>\n

– Matching headstock plate <\/p>\n

FB: <\/p>\n

– Poplar, 24 fret, 15″ radius <\/p>\n

– Black side dot markers <\/p>\n

Frets: Mandolin frets <\/p>\n

Hardware: <\/p>\n

– Dual action truss rod (From BBG)<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n

– Tuners: black, 5 string tuner set <\/p>\n

– Bridge: black, hipshot type B (From BBG)<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n

– Nut: Ebony nut <\/p>\n

– Knobs: black, aluminum knobs <\/p>\n

– Straplock: black, Schaller style straplock <\/p>\n

– Lasered C Basses logo <\/p>\n

Electronics: <\/p>\n

– Pickups: <\/p>\n

– Neck: Bartolini XXP25M-B (From BBG)<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n

– Bridge: Bartolini XXP25C-T (From BBG)<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n

– Tone monster 3 band preamp (active\/passive) <\/p>\n

Finish: <\/p>\n

– Tung oil <\/p>\n

– Clear matte poly<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Mission accomplished, Harry, she looks great!<\/p>\n

Would you like your bass featured for Bass of the Week? Send an email with a few photos and the story of your build to <\/strong>featureme@bestbassgear.com<\/strong><\/a>. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any bass that has “sassafras” as a material used for the build must be good, right? Well, in this case, it is. Harry writes: This is a build project for a customer in Malaysia. Since this is budget build project, I’m using mostly local timbers from Australia. One of the purpose of this entry is … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885"}],"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=4885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}