{"id":5003,"date":"2013-12-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:35:05","slug":"bass-of-the-week-maurice-paul-guitars-kunlun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-maurice-paul-guitars-kunlun.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Maurice Paul Guitars Kunlun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week’s BotW comes all the way from Nepal! And while bass builders go to great lengths to put together instruments, these guys built their own bandsaw to get it done, used whatever woods their could get their hands on to complete the job and even built the bridge from scratch.<\/p>\n

Maurice Coutanceau explains:<\/p>\n

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I have been teaching four Tibetan boys from an orphanage here in Nepal for the last four years. We have made several basses, this is our latest as we have had many requests from local bass players here for hand made instruments. It has taken us four years to find appropriate woods from local woodyards, then have the ability to cut them with hand tools. We recently made a bandsaw from parts which is working well now that we have Australian blades. The woods we used in this bass are: Sisaam body (behaves like Indian rosewood), mango wood for the neck and asnaa for the fretboard and bridge. All these woods are used locally for furniture, asnaa is mainly used in building, especially for doors and windows as it it so hard. We decided to make a fretless because that is the bass I play at home in Australia, and also we all love the clean look. Because of that we made this one hollow in thee layers, the central part having most of the wood removed. We don’t have a bridge here, and it is almost impossible to find one so we made our own and I think it has given the bass a more woody sound. The nut and saddle are made from local bone. The machines are Gotohs that I brought from Australia this year, strings are GHS roundwound as flatwound are unavailable here and the pickups Active EMG Jazz from your website. We all loved the EMG’s not only for their sound but also for their plug in wires etc, We don’t have much electricity here and none of us are any good at soldering!! The finish is pure Tung oil mixed 50\/50 with turpentine. We are unable to bring Danish oil from overseas as it is flammable and can’t be air shipped, but we are happy with the mixture we used this time. Takes a bit longer to dry though. We took the photos from the roof of the orphanage on a really sunny day. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well done, Maurice and team!<\/p>\n

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