Bass of the Week: Emiliano Bernal Acoustic/Electric Custom 6-String Bass
Bassist Lucas Gonzalez Yancamil shared his incredible six-string bass made by Argentinian luthier Emiliano Bernal, and it’s a show stopper. The acoustic/electric bass was dreamed up by the bassist.
“My aim was to play a bass that has an electric feel with an acoustic flavor,” Yancamil explains. “So I told my specs to bass and guitar builder Emiliano Bernal, from Argentina. He had no trouble doing what I asked, and finally, it was born a couple of months ago. Initially, it had another tailpiece prototype which failed a couple of times and thus doing the brass tailpiece you see in the pics.”
The bass’s body is made with Indian Rosewood back and sides with a gorgeous Cypress Spruce top. Its neck is made from Beechwood and Indian Rosewood, which is topped with a Brazilian Jacarandá fingerboard. Featuring a singlecut shape, the body has a soundhole in the top as well as a larger on the upper side to better hear as you play it. Yancamil and Bernal opted to fit the bass with a Mazzarino humbucker as well as the Fishman Matrix Infinity piezo and preamp system.
Emiliano Bernal Acoustic/Electric Custom 6-String Bass Specs:
| Construction: | Bolt on with deep cut for upper register access |
| Scale: | 34″ |
| Body Back and Sides: | Indian Rosewood |
| Top: | Cypress Spruce Top |
| Neck: | Beechwood and Indian Rosewood |
| Neck Profile: | D-Shape (Ken Smith alike) |
| Fingerboard: | Brazilian Jacarandá |
| Frets: | 24 |
| String spacing: | 18.2 mm |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 16″ / 18″ |
| Headstock: | Matching Headstock |
| Bridge: | Brazilian Jacarandá / Brass Bridge |
| Tailipiece: | Cordier / brass - ( as in a double bass, it has kind of endpin into the lower block ) |
| Tuners: | Hipshot Ultralight USA machine heads |
| Pickups: | Mazzarino Humbucker Custom Pickup, Fishman Matrix Infinity preamp and underbridge piezo |
| Other: | Soundhole on the upper side for best monitoring, Dunlop Straplock |
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
