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Gallery Of Recent Basses

All the models are always available for order. This is what people have chosen recently.

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#71 GrandPa. Living in Knoxville,TN.

This Grandpa Gallery is still under construction.

More pictures and captions soon to come!

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#70 Housewright. Living in Wisconsin.

Even though I just love the Housewright (my bass, Betty, is my first version of the Housewright) it has been many years since I last built one.

I have made a number of design updates since then, so it was really fulfilling to bring this model up to my current specs.

This bass was a special order and the client chose an Engelmann Spruce top.

She chose some very colorful flamed Big Leaf Maple for the back and sides.

I adjusted my old design to accommodate my current flyover X -brace flat back.

Like the original Pallotta, #70 is small with deep ribs.

I also increased the bend in the back and adjusted the upper bout for better playability.

Accessible, yet classic, shoulder re-design.

Maple neck and scroll, with New& C extension

Rubner tuning machines with ebony keys

The instrument sounds fantastic. The high end is round and sweet and the low notes, tone, and volume are what one might expect from a much larger bass. I am very pleased with this bass (as is it’s new owner).

I hope to put another Housewright together in the near future.

#69

#69 Smallest Milanese--Lives in Massachusetts

Pacific North-West Beauty; We are staying pretty isolated so besides me only a couple of other folks have played #69 but the limited reviews are outstanding.

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Candy Cane Strings; Bass # 69 was real treat to build. For the first time in a couple of years this build was for not a special order. I took advantage of the opportunity to pull out some of my personal favorite tone woods.

The back is of spalted quilted flamed maple from a huge street tree that was cut a few blocks from the shop.

The top is of Bridge of the Gods Redwood which is one of my favorite top woods for tone and playability.

This bass is the smallest version of the Milanese model with my fly over x-braced flat back so it is super comfortable to play and on top of that I made this bass with a relatively short string length (40 3/8 inches). Besides being easier on the hands the shorter string put less tension on the top. Perhaps is why #69 is so open and bassy even with no breaking in.

Custom Bag made by Messina Covers

Specialty local Western Maple Back and Redwood top are included at no extra charge as a "Pandemic Special"

This bass is for sale. We have a lovely safe room (with a private bathroom) for folks to try it out in. Due to the pandemic we cannot recommend a visit, unless you are within an hour or two drive form here. I promise to take good care of #69 until it can safely find its new home (we will move it before playing darts)!

#4 'Cello February, 2020. Living in Eugene, Oregon.

Could be a full size bass from this point of view!

'Cello modeled after “Jennifer Kloetzel’s” of Cyprus String Quartet attributed to Hieronymus Amati 2nd 1701

'Cello modeled after “Jennifer Kloetzel’s” of Cyprus String Quartet attributed to Hieronymus Amati 2nd 1701