"TWIN A" (scroll down for images)

4 string 33" scale fretless bass.

This is one of two nearly identical instruments I made at the same time. It  represents my ongoing experimentation with resonance channeling. My approach for Twin A and B was to use as much as possible reclaimed or repurposed wood.  Twin A (made for Seb and Amelie) is shown here.  It has two layers of resonance channels.  Twin B (not shown) has three layers of the channels -- all made from the repurposed walnut steps. 

BODY: walnut back and internal slats, hickory top.  Walnut from some steps (from Monterey, CA) , hickory was a reject piece from a lumber store in Flagstaff AZ.  Shape inspired from Fender Jaguar.

NECK:  maple (from a craigslist table), with a sapele fingerboard. Dot inlays and fret lines are rosewood.  There's a walnut strip down the neck too.  Black Tusk nut and Gotoh tuners.  Truss rod from bestbassgear.com.  Hipshot string retainer.  22 fret, so you get the high E!

BRIDGE: Rosewood with bone saddle, ribbon transducer beneath the bone (from Guitar Fuel).

PREAMP: also from Guitar Fuel.  I wanted the bass to be simple, so there is just a volume knob. But the internal preamp has gain, treble, mid, bass adjustments. The control cavity cover is help on by neodymium magnets.  Powered by 9V battery.

WEIGHT: just over 5 1/2 pounds!

SOUND: This is a very earthy sounding bass with some woody upright tones.  The LaBella tape wound strings contribute to that tone.  Very fun to play!