After making a number of basses of my own design I decided to make some basses of a more classical design.
The first one was this Jazz bass. But I wanted to give it a personal twist. So instead of a classic Fender style bridge I fitted a single string bass bridge and used a laminated neck blank and a flamed maple top. The laminated neck is maple-ebony veneer-pear-ebony veneer-maple. My wood supplier is a guy who makes beautiful laminated neck blanks and likes to experiment with the woods he uses for them. So he thought it was a nice and unconventional idea to use pear wood for this neck blank. I think this is probably the only bass in the wordt with pear wood in it.
Here i am a couple of years ago in his factory hall ready to help him plane a couple of neck blanks I bought from him. The one with the pear in it is the one on the left. And of course I was wearing the proper t-shirt.
The pickups are DiMarzio Ultra Jazz.
I sold this one.
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
Groucho Marx
Beautiful work as ever Marcel. That maple top looks superb. What was pear wood like to work with?
Thanks, the pear wood was actually quite easy to work with.
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
Groucho Marx