Bass of the Week: Bunker Guitars NY Charlie Bass
This week we check out the NY Charlie by Bunker Guitars. A signature instrument for New York City bassist Charlie Contreras, the bass’s design centers around the company’s Sustanium Tension Free Neck, which uses a resonant cold roll steel bar to handle the stress on the neck. The neck is then fitted with aluminum dowels to to bolt onto the body to create a tight bond for increased sustain.
The NY Charlie’s neck is a five-piece laminate neck made of maple and walnut topped with a figured maple fretboard. Its spalted maple body is finished in a translucent red with a mother of pearl logo inlay between the end of the fretboard and the neck pickup. The pickups are a P/J configuration set up in humbucker shells. Electronics include Bunker’s active preamp with a stacked treble and bass control, blend, master volume, mid control, and passive/active switch.
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For more info, check out the Bunker Guitars website.
Bunker Guitars NY Charlie Bass Specs:
- Scale: 34″ inch
- Frets: 24
- Neck: 5-piece Maple/Walnut with Sustanium Tension Free System
- Nut: Corian
- Fretboard: Figured Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 12 inch
- Body: Spalted Maple
- Body Finish: Red translucent
- Body Inlay: Mother of Pearl Logo
- Bridge: Bunker Individual Bridges
- Headstock: Matching Spalted Peghead Face With Logo
- Pickups: EMG pickups jazz configuration in bridge and Pbass in neck in soapbar style
- Electronics: Active
- Made in USA
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.
As drummer and bandmate of ny charlie and rythem section in our band infinitePLAN.the bass sounds and tone is marriage made in heaven.