Here’s my workbench, newly cleaned off and organized in preparation for the upcoming run of acoustic basses. Next to the bass is one of the flared port tubes that will be the soundhole of the next bass, and on top is a sample of the high-pressure laminate I’ve picked out.

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I am a big Tony Levin fan and have never had a desire to play an extended range bass, so I really like the idea of a three string bass. It has a 35″ scale and is tuned E-A-D. The nut width is 1.3″ and string spacing at the bridge is an extra-wide […]

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This bass is one I made in 2000 while I was working at the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix. The top and back are redwood and the sides are madrone. The body is around 5 1/2″ deep and it’s 19″ wide. Offsetting the soundhole does two things - it makes better […]

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