{"id":6499,"date":"2014-11-05T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2017-04-27T11:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T16:36:12","slug":"bass-of-the-week-dave-jorgensen-sir-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/bass-of-the-week-dave-jorgensen-sir-paul.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the Week] Dave Jorgensen Sir Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week’s BotW is Beatles-inspired and “goes a mile deep” in a really good way.<\/p>\n

Builder Dave Jorgensen writes:<\/p>\n

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I’m a luthier and huge Beatles fan. I decided to take on the project of building a tribute to each of the Beatles, not for sale, but just for me to have. <\/p>\n

The Beatles guitars have always fascinated me. I tried to incorporate some classic details about each one of the fabs in their guitar. <\/p>\n

For McCartney I went back and forth between a Ric style and a Hofner. I settled on the Hofner, but wanted it to be different. <\/p>\n

I went with an ebony fretless fingerboard. The neck is 3 piece, maple, walnut, maple. The body has a curly cottonwood top. Not your classic guitar wood, but the figuring in it is outrageous and looks a mile deep. It ends up that with the figure, it approaches maple in density. <\/p>\n

The back is completely hollowed-out black walnut. <\/p>\n

I built a router duplicator to carve the top and back using another Hofner as a guide. <\/p>\n

I built the bridge and tailpiece from ebony and aluminum. <\/p>\n

I wanted the top to be very simple so I went with an under-saddle pickup, with the controls mounted near the output jack. <\/p>\n

As decoration I made a waterslide decal of Paul’s knighthood medal and ribbon for the front of the headstock. <\/p>\n

The finish is nitro lacquer with a medium brown tint. It plays beautifully and I’m really happy with how it turned out. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The “mile deep” look is definitely one that ended up looking spectacular. Well done, Dave!<\/p>\n

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