Mensinger Archives

BassTival returns for 2025 with Hellborg, Pilichowski, and Hendriks leading a full day of performances, workshops, and gear in rural Germany.

Poland’s Mensinger Guitars has a bass model called the Joker B, and this hollowbody version of it in three-tone sunburst really caught my attention. The five-string bass is built with a medium 32-inch scale length and bolt-on construction.

Featuring a 30-inch scale, Mensinger describes their Cazpar bass as designed with players with smaller hands in mind. It also works nicely in both piccolo and standard tuning for versatility. Available in 4-, 5-, and 6-string versions, the Cazpar is built with a body consisting of an alder or mahogany core sandwiched between two pieces of maple as well as...