Bass of the Week: De Gier Guitars Custom Bebop
Sander De Gier shared this custom version of his Bebop model on Facebook and it stopped me in my tracks. The luthier wrote a great explanation of the bass, so we’ll let him tell it.
“So much to tell about this bass,” he writes. “The customer wanted something unique and it had to be the ultimate slapbass. It features a hollow hard ash body, with f hole in the arm bend. Three custom pickups, wound for punch, each with a selector switch. The 4th switch is series for neck and bridge. Controls: vol tone bass treble (our 70s pre). Yes that’s passive treble roll of and active treble boost. The 3 pickups give you many cool mixing options for all varieties of slapsound you could want. The neck is 1 pc santos rosewood. Inside are carbon rods and a dual action trussrod and yet it’s a 1 pc neck. Special trick. I have built hundreds of basses but this was something else.”
He also made a quick demo video:
De Gier Guitars Custom Bebop Bass Specs:
| Body: | Flamed Ash |
| Neck: | 1-piece Santos Rosewood |
| Pickups: | Custom De Gier |
| Electronics: | De Gier ’70s Preamp |
| Controls: | Volume, Tone, Bass, Passive Treble Roll Off/Active Treble, Pickup Selector Switches, Series Switch for Neck/Bridge pikcups |
| Bridge: | De Gier |
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.
SET SLAP TO STUN!
Lovely instrument. Somehow you have built something that a die hard slap head would actually die for. Amazing neck – such beautiful figuring. This instrument will only improve over time.
Wait, Your customer is calling me, hang on:
Hello?.….yes?…..yes?….ok.
Ok, Your customer said he doesn’t have room and I can look after it for the next 20 years.
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