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#059, "Swamp Witch." 30" scale fretless bass. The body is heavily chambered African mahogany with a two-piece back and a one-piece top. The neck is figured maple with an ebony fingerboard. Tinted Emtech lacquer finish. Lace Alumitone bass bar pickup. Made for the illustrious Meredith Yayanos (recording primarily as The Parlour Trick). Total weight 6 lbs, 14 oz.
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#057, a short-scale lefty bass modeled on the old Yamaha SG-2 shape. One-piece cherry body, Honduran mahogany neck with ebony fretboard, 30" scale, stainless steel frets, Schaller bridge, Hipshot tuners, TUSQ XL nut. Four Sunday Handwound pickups in forbon-topped Firebird format (A4 single, A5 humbucker with split, A5 single, A3 humbucker) with individual on/off switches and master volume and tone. Strung with La Bella flatwound strings. Orange gloss Emtech water-based lacquer. This is the first bass I built from scratch, and as usual for me, I couldn't just do something simple to start. I sourced a beat old SG-2 body and produced template sets based on that and modeled the neck on a Mustang bass footprint. A commission for Adam Heinzen, we tossed around ideas until he settled on "60s Japanese guitar meets late 60s Detroit muscle car," and I think I nailed it. Much love and respect to Tim at Sunday Handwound for a very smartly designed pickup set that really does give very distinct voices to each setting.