Bass of the Week: Jacques Legault’s Coffee Table Bass
Have you ever looked at a coffee table and thought, “That could be a bass?” That thought occurred to Jacques Legault, who shared this wild bass he built.
“It started as a prototype when a friend gave me a bass neck,” he said. “The frets had been removed so I filled the slots with gold enamel paint and kept it as a fretless. I cut into a coffee table and built the frame.”
Aside from the unique body, it has some more unique aspects.
“I built a side saddle bridge of my own design and wound two passive pickups arranged in hum-cancelling mode,” Legault explains. “The end result is outstanding. It has a pleasant timbre to the strings due to the bridge and the pickups (8 in total). It has a wide range to suit any playing style. While I still love my 64 Fender Precision bass this new bass is really fun to play.”
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Jacques Legault’s Coffee Table Bass Specs:
| Strings: | 4 (Flatwound) |
| Scale: | 34 inches |
| Body: | Four modules cut from a 3/4-inch coffee table |
| Neck: | Used Oscar Schmitt neck (came with frets removed) |
| Frets: | Filled slots with gold enamel paint and remained fretless |
| Pickups: | 2 Legault hand wound passive humbucking pickups wired in parallel |
| Electronics: | Volume and tone only |
| Bridge: | Legault hand-made side saddle bridge |
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