The old adage is true: so many basses, so little time. That’s why we’re bringing you the “Bass of the Week,” a column featuring low-end instruments ranging from beautiful to bizarre. Have a bass you think we should feature? Drop us a note at [email protected]
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Bass of the Week: Odieng Orfeo H5 Headless Bass
This week we’re checking out the Orfeo H5 from Indonesia’s Odieng. The headless bass has a jaw-dropping top made from Grupel Burl, which comes from a tree native to Indonesia.
Bass of the Week: Monkey Bassness No. 22
This week we’re checking out another beautiful instrument by Monkey Bassness. Bass No. 22 has a gorgeous “Red Dragon Blood” dye on its body.
Bass of the Week: MG Bass Guitar Duo Oasis Double Neck
This double neck by MG Bass Guitars sports both a fretted fingerboard and a fretless fingerboard to offer the best of both worlds. We reached out to luthier Mauricio Costa for the scoop.
Bass of the Week: 13 Custom Instruments Alex 4
Austria’s 13 Custom Instruments recently completed a gorgeous bass they dubbed the Alex 4, which caught my attention.
Bass of the Week: Adil Sabit Guitars DB340 Dombyra Bass
In Kazakhstan, they have a lute-style instrument called the dombyra. There is a very large bass version of the instrument, but it’s often troublesome, so Adil Sabit created a solution with the ASG DB340 Dombyra Bass.
Bass of the Week: Island Instruments Thunderstang
There’s always something exciting about seeing elements from different bass styles coming together. This week we’re checking out a bit of a Frankenstein with the Thunderstang by Island Instruments.
Bass of the Week: Dingwall Z
Dingwall’s basses are always eye-catching, but this Z model is on another level. The company shared the bass on Facebook writing, “Legend has it that if you play the forbidden riff on this Dingwall Z in Blood Moon Orange Reverseburst, you may turn into a werewolf!”
Bass of the Week: Lawalin Guitars Guit-Fiddle Bass
Lawalin Guitars’s latest build takes his Guit-Fiddle body shape and applies it to a super short scale four-string. The violin-styled, single cut body and its fretboard are composite with a Southwest swirl design.
Bass of the Week: Novacorda Guitars 5-String Hollow Body
This week, we’re checking out a killer bass put together by Novacorda Guitars. The bass is made with a new old stock (NOS) Höfner body from 1968 that’s been fitted with a 2-piece flame maple neck with a wenge stripe.
Bass of the Week: ESP Exhibition Limited 2023 OM Bass 6
ESP’s custom shop in Tokyo, Japan, unleashed a line of one-of-a-kind instruments crafted by their master luthiers. The lineup included one bass: the OM Bass-6. The bass centers around a seven-piece neck made from maple, walnut, and purpleheart.
Bass of the Week: Omer Al-Katib’s Double-Neck Bass-Tar
Double-neck instruments have captured the imagination of rock fans for decades. Today, we’re featuring a bass that’s also a dream come true: Omer Al-Katib’s Doubleneck “Bass-Tar.”
Bass of the Week: Mister MikeV “Fish On” Bass
Today, we’re sharing a tribute instrument built by Mister MikeV. His fretless “Fish On” bass takes some pretty obvious cues from legendary luthier Carl Thompson to celebrate one of his favorite players.