Options and features:
(*asterisks indicate my standard)
Right handed
Left handed
Number of
strings:
Headless* basses are balanced, unbreakable,
are more even from string to string and note
to note, have better note definition, longer
sustain, stay in tune better, are quicker for
string changes, can be carried on planes, and
are safer on stage.
Headstock ($150) Are more prone to breakage
and use %60 more wood in construction
Neck-through* basses are stronger, have
better sustain and note resolution.
Bolt-on necks have a punchier sound but are
more likely to have dead spots.
Fretted
Fretless
A coated fingerboard gives a whining,
trebly "fretless sound" and longer sustain
which wears much longer with roundwound
strings.
Uncoated fingerboards have a warmer, more
natural sound
Coated fingerboard on fretless (Add $50)
Scale length:
30"/76mm
(Short scale)
32"/81cm (Medium scale)
34"/86cm (Long scale)
35"/89cm (5 string long scale)
36"/91.5cm
Other:
String spacing at nut:
Four string:
0.40"/10mm *
0.43"/11mm (Wide)
5 or more strings:
0.35"/9mm*
0.40"/10mm
Other:
String spacing at bridge:
4-string:
0.70"/18mm (Narrow)
0.75"/19mm* (Medium)
Other:
5 or more strings:
0.65" /16.5mm (Narrow)
0.70" /17.8mm* (Medium)
0.75" /19mm (Wide)
Other
Fingerboard width at nut:
4 string:
1.50"/38mm * (Like J bass)
1.65"/42mm (like P bass)
5 string:
1.70"/43mm * (for 0.35 nut spacing)
1.90"/48mm (for 0.40" nut spacing)
6 string:
2.05"/52.5mm (for 0.35 nut spacing)
Other
7 string:
2.35"/59.7mm (for 0.35 nut spacing)
Other:
Fingerboard width at 24th fret:
4 string:
2.375"/60mm (narrow)
2.50"/63.5mm (like Fender basses)
5 string:
2.6"/66mm (for 0.65" bridge spacing)
2.825"/72mm* (for 0.70" bridge
spacing)
3.0"/76mm (for .075" bridge spacing)
Other:
6 string:
3.25"/82.5mm (for 0.65" bridge spacing)
3.44"/87.5mm* (for 0.70" bridge
spacing)
3.50"/89mm (for 0.75" bridge spacing)
Other:
7 string:
3.9"/93.6mm* (for 0.65" bridge spacing)
4.2"/106.7mm (for 0.70" bridge
spacing)
4.50"/114.3mm (for 0.75" bridge
spacing)
Other:
Number of frets:
21
22
24*
Other:
Fingerboard radius:
4-string:
7" - 12"*, conical, this has a tight
radius at the nut, getting flatter towards
the 24th fret
9" - 16" same as above but flatter
overall.
5, 6 & 7 string:
9" - 16",
12 - 20",
Other:
Neck thickness at 1st fret:
0.70"/18mm
0.75"/19mm* (OK for 4, 5 , 6 and 7 string
necks)
0.80"/20.3mm (better for 4 string necks)
Other:
Neck thickness at 16th fret:
0.90" (23mm)
0.95" (24mm)
Other
Neck profile:
Round
Oval
Flat back
Vee
Asymmetrical, (can be thinner either on bass
or treble side.)
Other:
Fret size:
bass*
(highest quality wire, .103" x .046")
guitar
(slightly smaller .095" x .042")
low
jumbo (.110" x .036")
Other:
SEE SOME WOODS
HERE
Main neck wood:
Please select here
Rock Maple (white)
Soft curly maple (add $100)
Black walnut (drk. brown)
Mahogany (brown)
Canary wood (yellow and red)
Santos (brown)
Wenge (add$50)(black)
Paduk (red)
Other:
Neck, outside stringers:
Please select here
Purpleheart (purple)
Rock maple (white)
Paduk (red)
Satine (dark red)
Chakta viga (orange)
Pau ferro (brown)
Wenge (black)
Santos (brown)
Curly maple (white)
Other:
Neck, center stringer:
Select here
Rock maple (white)
Curly maple (white)
Paduck (red)
Satine (dark red)
Chakta viga (orange)
Pau ferro (brown)
Purpleheart (purple)
Wenge (black)
Other:
Fingerboard:
Make selection here
Chechen (brown w stripes)
Peroba rosa (orange-pink)
Pau ferro (brown)
Bloodwood (dark red)
Chakta viga (orange)
Cocobolo (dark red & brown)
Ebony (black)
Macassar ebony (black and brown)
Granadillo (reddish brown)
Curly maple (white)
Birds-eye maple (tan)
Rock maple (white)
Curupay (brown)
Vera (greenish yellow)
Wenge (almost black)
Katalox (dark brown)
Kingwood (red-brown)
Tulipwood (white & red stripes)
Bocoté (black & orange stripes)
Other:
Rails:
Select here
Curly Maple
Madrone
Bloodwood
Chakta viga
Paduk
Pau ferro
Purpleheart
Wenge
Black Walnut
Santos
Other:
Body woods:
Choose a front:
Select from this list
Alder (tan)
White Ash (white)
Swamp ash (white)
Curly birch (yellow)
Butternut (tan)
Figured bubinga (reddish brown)
Canary wood (yellow-orange-red)
Figured Cherry (reddish tan)
Khaya mahogany (brown)
Curly makore (brown)
Curly maple (white)
Birds-eye maple (tan)
Narra (tan)
Paduk (red)
Purpleheart (purple)
Quilted maple (white)
Spalted maple (varies)
Sassafras (tan)
Peruvian walnut (dark brown)
Black walnut (brown)
"Claro" walnut (red-brown)
Curly koa (honey tan)
Zebrawood (tan & black stripes)
Curly redwood) (reddish brown)
Sitka spruce (white & tan)
Other:
One
peice body
Full
width bookmatched top (covers the neck
laminations) (adds$250)
Unmatched
veneer to cover neck laminations
($150)
Choose a back:
Select wood here
Alder (tan)
Ash (white)
Swamp ash (white)
Peruvian walnut (dark brown)
Butternut (tan)
Canary wood (yellow-orange-red)
Cherry (reddish brown)
Khaya mahogany (brown)
Curly makore (brown)
Curly maple (white)
Quilted maple (white)
Spalted maple (varies)
Narra (tan)
Sassafras (tan)
Curly sassafras (tan)
Black walnut (brown)
Claro walnut (red and brown)
Zebrawood (yellow & black stripes)
Aniegré (white)
Pawlonia (white)
Paduk (red)
Other:
Full
width bookmatched back: (add $150)
Unmatched
back: (add $50)
Thumb rest:
full
length of body *
partial
rest between pickups only
none, flat across body top
Body Shape:
Other body shape:
Cutaways:
Treble side:
24th fret
Other:
Bass side:
21st fret
Other:
Extension of upper horn:
"A" & "B" shape:
13th fret
"C" & "D" shape:
12th fret
Other:
Fingerboard inlays:
No Inlays
Material:
Mother of Pearl
Abalone *
Other:
Shape:
3/16" dots
1/4" dots
7/16" dots
Diamonds ($100)
Parallelograms ($150)
Other:
Edge markers:
White *
Black
Brass
Silver
Pearl
Abalone
Edge markers on fretless:
Dots only (on fret positions)
Dots between partial lines (as on fretted
bass).
Dots between full lines.
Fret lines on fretless:
No
fret lines
White fret lines
Maple fret lines (for dark fingerboards)*
Contrasting color fret lines.
Other:
Overall weight of
instrument:
As light as possible (5.5 -6 lb for 4 string,
6.5 - 7 lb for 5 string, 7 - 8 lb for 7
string)
approx. 7 lb /3.2Kg (4 string:)
8 to 10 lb /4Kg (5 and 6 string:)
Other:
Finish:
Tru Oil over blond shellac
clear 2 part polyurethane (gloss)
2 pt. polyu (satin)
color tint
sunburst tint
Solid color
Color(s) for tint, sunburst, or
solid ):
Hardware:
Aluminum
Black anodized ($50)
Unplated brass
Nickel plated ($75)
Black Zinc plated ($75)
Strap buttons:
Non-locking low profile, oversized. *
Jim Dunlop locking. (add $12)
Jim Dunlop recessed (add $12)
Truss rod (two rods on 7 or
more string basses):
Titanium, adjusts at head.
Same but adjusts at body. (better for
headstocks)
Carbon fiber reinforcement
bars:
Two, one on each side of truss rod.*
(Between truss rods on 7 string instruments.)
Nut:
Brass *
Bone
Other:
Location of control knobs:
Curved line on lower wing
Straight line on lower wing
top edge of upper horn
Diamond layout on lower wing
Other:
Location of output jack:
Bottom edge 45 degrees back*
Other:
Number of pickups:
One
Two *
Other:
Distance from center of pickup to where G
string touches the bridge saddle:
2.5"/63mm and 5"/125mm
2.6" and 6.2" (Fender Jazz bass)
Other distance from bridge:
Other distance from neck:
Pickups:
Passive controls and active
electronics:
Coil
switches for humbucking pickups, add $25 ea.
Passive
only
Volume,
tone stacked (one knob)
Volume,
blend, tone
Volume,
volume, tone
Volume,
pickup selector switch, tone
Other:
Active
/ Passive switch
Active
only
Aguilar:
OBP-1 (2 band, 40Hz, 4KHz, +-12dB)/
Bartolini:
NS2TMB-183 3 band, switchable mids
(250/500/800Hz) *
EMG:
"BTC" (2 band stacked w/switchable treble
shelf)
John
East's EastPro: U-Retro (3 band with
sweepable mid, switchable treble shelf,
active passive, 3 stacked knobs)
Basslines
Music Man: 3 band (stacked with mid and
'slap contour' switch)
Other:
Other electronics:
Wittman
electronic tuner (add$100)
Rick
Turner or RMC piezo bridge (add$200)
Lightwave
photo-optical bridge (add $600)
Other:
Case:
Reunion
Blues gig bag (add$130)
Maxline
custom fitted road case. (add$280)