Bass of the Week: KD Basses Picasso
Andy Irvine of The Daily Funk Club shared some pictures of this bass on Facebook and it made me stop scrolling. The Picasso by KD Basses is a colorful, artistic take on the instrument made in Bulgaria.
The bass’s body is built with an Elm core, but luthier Kostadin Dimitrov covered it with an irregularly-shaped piece of maple burl in 10 different colors. The mosaic also extends up the fingerboard and headstock. Its neck is a seven-piece laminate of flamed maple, ebony, and purpleheart.
The Picasso’s pickups are handmade KD humbuckers that blend into the top’s artistic pattern. Electronics include a passive/active 3-band EQ with mini-switches to toggle each pickup between series and parallel operation.
KD Basses Picasso Bass Specs:
Scale: | 34″ |
Construction: | Bolt-on |
Body Core: | Elm tree core |
Top and Back: | Irregularly Shaped Maple Burl Pieces in 10 Colors |
Neck: | 7-piece Flamed Maple, Ebony Stripes, Purple Heart Core and Maple Veneer Lamination |
Fretboard: | Burl MapLe Wooden Mosaic |
Frets: | 24 Evo Gold Medium Frets |
Side Position Markers: | “Hanging Dots” Original KD Design |
Fingerboard Radius: | 16″ |
Headstock: | Burl MapLe Wooden Mosaic |
Tuners: | Gotoh |
Bridge: | Hipshot |
String-spacing: | 17.9mm |
Pickups: | KD Hand-Made Humbuckers with Series/Parallel Switches |
Width at Nut: | 45mm |
Finish: | Oil |
Strap pins: | Schaller locking |
Hardware: | Gold |
Weight: | 11.5 lbs |
Other: | Copper shielding protects the entire electronic box and pickups |