Bass of the Week: Malinoski Guitars Nero Bass #395
The NAMM Show has a row called the Boutique Guitar Showcase, which allows for independent luthiers to show off their instruments. This year I got to check it out and catch up with Peter Malinoski of Malinoski Guitars, who showed me his Nero model.
The hollow body bass has a Spanish cedar back, fir body frame, and a spalted maple top that sports an original f-hole shape. It has a medium 32-inch scale with a maple neck and wenge fingerboard. A massive wooden pickup cover conceals two of Malinoski’s Type 14 humbuckers. The Nero also has a piezo transducer, and the builder wires it all up with a Bournes volume pot, a CTS volume pot with push/pull for the piezo, and a Switchcraft three-way toggle. Other features include 26 frets, a Hipshot A-style bridge, and Gotoh compact tuners.
Malinoski Guitars Nero Bass #395 Specs:
| Scale: | 32″ |
| Body: | Spanish Cedar Back, Fir Frame |
| Top: | Spalted Maple |
| Neck: | Maple with Carbon Fiber Reinforcement |
| Fingerboard: | Wenge |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12″ |
| Frets: | 26 |
| Nut: | Delrin |
| Nut Width: | 1.5″ |
| Pickups: | Malinoski Type14 HB, Passive Piezo |
| Pots: | Bournes Volume Pot, CTS Volume Pot With Push/Pull Piezo Activation, Switchcraft 3-Way Toggle |
| Tuners: | Gotoh Compact |
| Bridge: | Hipshot A-Style Aluminum |
The Malinoski Nero is right up my alley.Beautiful,if it plays half as good as it looks we have a winner!