Saw this bass on Cliff Bordwell’s website a while back and it inspired me to make him tops on my list if (when?) I started lusting after a custom bass. Luck would have it that it appeared for sale on the talkbass forum and is now part of my collection and a staple of the fuzz test platform. This amazing light bass has a thin jazz cut neck that just feels right in my hands. I’m sad for the people who had to let this go, but glad for me as this bass is heading nowhere.

Materials:

• Body: Amboyna burl / Bloodwood accent / Spanish Cedar core / Bloodwood accent / Birdseye Maple
• Neck: 3-piece Maple / with accents
• Fretboard: Birdseye Maple
• Nut: Pink Ivory
• Bridge: Hipshot “A”
• Tuning Machines: Hipshot Ultralites

Weight: 6 lbs 7 oz.
Scale: 34”
Strings: DR Sunbeams 45-100 (NMLR-45)
Pickups: Aero (J Bass 4 Type 1 Std.)
Preamp: Aguilar 3-band
Wiring: Active – Volume, Volume, Treble, Mids, Bass
Price Paid: $2000 (used)

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