{"id":5070,"date":"2013-12-26T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:36:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:36:51","slug":"bass-of-the-week-sonic-wave-bass-prototype-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-sonic-wave-bass-prototype-i.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Sonic Wave Bass Prototype I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:6px;background:#ffffc0;border:1px solid #555555\">See the business listing for this bass builder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/techdirectory\/detail\/dan-lenz-9336\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s BotW comes from builder Dan Lenz, with a build where it was attempted to get as many features possible into a single instrument (within reason, of course).<\/p>\n<p>Dan writes,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Sonic Wave Bass was inspired from long conversations about bass building with a friend. I took a list of features that we had liked on other basses but hadn&#8217;t seemed to find them all on the same instrument, and tried to work a lot of them into this bass. This is what I came up with: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>35 1\/4\u201d scale length Wide 5 string neck-thru construction with an asymmetrical neck profile and ebony fretboard Bartolini pickups, utilizing a jazz pickup at the neck and split coil Music Man at the bridge with a three position pickup switch Bartolini NTMB preamp with active\/passive switch, and full spectrum boost\/cut.\n<li>Very low action setup\n<li>All Hipshot hardware\n<li>Screwless wood electronics bay and truss rod cover\n<li>The neck is hardrock maple with 1\/4\u201d curly maple top over the body, and 1\/8\u201d walnut on top and bottom of headstock.\n<li>The body wings are figured black walnut. It is sealed with acrylic lacquer.\n<li>The wood comes from a mobile sawmill near my house, most of the hardware\/electronics from BBG. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It plays wonderfully, it&#8217;s bassy and very snappy with beautiful trebles. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>HEY, LOOK! A VIDEO!<\/strong> You guys are always asking for sound demos, and this BotW actually has one. Cool!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmif-41CUUw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And now for some photos:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_02_sn1bodyeffects.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"516\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_03_set2-CDIs3739B-MedSized.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_04_sn1effects2body-MedSized.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"532\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_05_sn1peghead.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"594\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_06_LoRez-set4b-CDIs3756-NoLid.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"00123_07_IMG_0219\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"00123_07_IMG_0219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_07_IMG_0219.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"00123_08_IMG_0220\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"00123_08_IMG_0220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_08_IMG_0220.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Commercial Digital Images photograph, By Kirk Schultz &copy;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/00123_01_set3-CDIs3750A-MedSized.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>Well done, Dan!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Want to have your bass featured? Submit your entry right now at<br \/> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/botw-entry\"><strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/botw-entry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See the business listing for this bass builder here This week&#8217;s BotW comes from builder Dan Lenz, with a build where it was attempted to get as many features possible into a single instrument (within reason, of course). Dan writes, The Sonic Wave Bass was inspired from long conversations about bass building with a friend. &#8230; <a title=\"[Bass of the Week] Sonic Wave Bass Prototype I\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-sonic-wave-bass-prototype-i.html\" aria-label=\"More on [Bass of the Week] Sonic Wave Bass Prototype I\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5072,"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\/5070"}],"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=5070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}