{"id":6032,"date":"2014-07-30T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2017-04-06T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T19:00:27","slug":"bass-of-the-week-fitz-bt4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-fitz-bt4.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Fitz BT4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week’s bass guitar of the week gives a nod to Gibson Thunderbird design, but the rest is all custom goodness.<\/p>\n

Builder Mike Fitzgerald writes:<\/p>\n

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I built this 34″ scale left handed bass to hang and play like a P bass, with a nod to Gibson’s Thunderbird, but that is where tradition ends. I angled the fretboard back a couple degrees for a more natural playing position. This bass plays and sounds fantastic. Body is built with a mahogany core, black walnut wings and a book matched zebra wood drop top. The back of the body has a book matched curly zebra wood inlay. Neck is a mahogany core with flamed maple, headstock has front and back ebony laminations. Macassar enony fretboard. 2 way adjustable truss rod, Hipshot Ultralight tuners<\/a> and bridge, 3 piece ebony and zebra wood nut. No controls, (wide open direct in) and endpin input jack. Bend tradition. I build basses geared toward the metal\/hardcore market. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

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