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The old adage is true: so many basses, so little time. That’s why we’re bringing you the “Bass of the Week,” a column featuring low-end instruments ranging from beautiful to bizarre. Have a bass you think we should feature? Drop us a note at [email protected]

Best of 2023: Top 10 Reader Favorite Bass of the Week Features

Best of 2023: Top 10 Reader Favorite Bass of the Week Features

Our “Bass of the Week” series debuted in 2011 and has always been popular. Kevin’s goal since the beginning was to feature “low-end instruments ranging from beautiful to bizarre.” Here are the top 10 reader-favorite BoTW’s for 2023.

Bass of the Week: Serek Basses Lucite Lincoln

Bass of the Week: Serek Basses Lucite Lincoln

I’ve always been fascinated by the old lucite basses from the ’70s, so when Serek Basses unveiled a trio of lucite instruments, my interest was piqued. Here’s the Lucite Lincoln.

Bass of the Week: BL Design Caracal 5

Bass of the Week: BL Design Caracal 5

BL Design shared one of their recent builds and it stopped me in my tracks. This Caracal 5 is a five-string bass with a 35-inch scale and an incredible crotch walnut top.

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Bass of the Week: Odieng Orfeo H5 Headless Bass

Bass of the Week: Odieng Orfeo H5 Headless Bass

This week we’re checking out the Orfeo H5 from Indonesia’s Odieng. The headless bass has a jaw-dropping top made from Grupel Burl, which comes from a tree native to Indonesia.

Bass of the Week: Monkey Bassness No. 22

Bass of the Week: Monkey Bassness No. 22

This week we’re checking out another beautiful instrument by Monkey Bassness. Bass No. 22 has a gorgeous “Red Dragon Blood” dye on its body.

Bass of the Week: MG Bass Guitar Duo Oasis Double Neck

Bass of the Week: MG Bass Guitar Duo Oasis Double Neck

This double neck by MG Bass Guitars sports both a fretted fingerboard and a fretless fingerboard to offer the best of both worlds. We reached out to luthier Mauricio Costa for the scoop.

Bass of the Week: 13 Custom Instruments Alex 4

Bass of the Week: 13 Custom Instruments Alex 4

Austria’s 13 Custom Instruments recently completed a gorgeous bass they dubbed the Alex 4, which caught my attention.

Bass of the Week: Adil Sabit Guitars DB340 Dombyra Bass

Bass of the Week: Adil Sabit Guitars DB340 Dombyra Bass

In Kazakhstan, they have a lute-style instrument called the dombyra. There is a very large bass version of the instrument, but it’s often troublesome, so Adil Sabit created a solution with the ASG DB340 Dombyra Bass.

Bass of the Week: Island Instruments Thunderstang

Bass of the Week: Island Instruments Thunderstang

There’s always something exciting about seeing elements from different bass styles coming together. This week we’re checking out a bit of a Frankenstein with the Thunderstang by Island Instruments.

Bass of the Week: Dingwall Z

Bass of the Week: Dingwall Z

Dingwall’s basses are always eye-catching, but this Z model is on another level. The company shared the bass on Facebook writing, “Legend has it that if you play the forbidden riff on this Dingwall Z in Blood Moon Orange Reverseburst, you may turn into a werewolf!”

Bass of the Week: Lawalin Guitars Guit-Fiddle Bass

Bass of the Week: Lawalin Guitars Guit-Fiddle Bass

Lawalin Guitars’s latest build takes his Guit-Fiddle body shape and applies it to a super short scale four-string. The violin-styled, single cut body and its fretboard are composite with a Southwest swirl design.

Bass of the Week: Novacorda Guitars 5-String Hollow Body

Bass of the Week: Novacorda Guitars 5-String Hollow Body

This week, we’re checking out a killer bass put together by Novacorda Guitars. The bass is made with a new old stock (NOS) Höfner body from 1968 that’s been fitted with a 2-piece flame maple neck with a wenge stripe.