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The "Bonsai" Fairlane
HCB
#009
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| Chambered, active, Fairlane fretless 4. Total weight of 8 lbs. Acrylic poly finish. 35½" scale |
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| Bookmatched burl claro walnut top, veneered pickup covers, and individual saddle system |
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| Flame claro walnut back, flame maple center accent. |
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| Full width body laminates of ash/makore/maple. Matching handmade knobs |
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| The "sleds" for the saddles are handmade from black phenolic. Adjustable saddles |
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| Ebony fingerboard with faux ivory bonsai tree inlay. Fingerboard is finished with Tru-Oil. |
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| 3 piece walnut neck w/zero fret and phenolic nut. Schaller ultralight tuners. Laminated logo panel |
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| Schaller lightweight tuners |
To read the owner's review of this bass click here:
HARMONY CENTRAL REVIEW
The "Jazzwick"
HCB #008
Warwick 5 string fretless neck
with a lined and coated wenge fingerboard
34" scale
Custom Shop parts "Contour" bridge. EMG active pickups
w/matching covers. Handmade aluminum/walnut knobs
The original Warwick neck was a 4 piece maple
with ovangkol accents. To compliment that arrangment, the middle maple stringers were duplicated with a makore accent down
the middle.
Single carved button with captive screw holds the coverplate on.
Greek character "phi" representing the owners field
of study - Philosophy. Inlay was done in gold mother-of-pearl and replaced the original "W" Warwick logo.
Custom Shop parts "Contour" bridge. EMG active pickups
w/matching covers. Handmade aluminum/walnut knobs
Copper jack socket
Schaller straplocks, all stainless steel hardware,
total weight -9lbs.
To read an owner review of the
"Jazzwick", click here...
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The "CNC" Jazz
HCB #001
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| 2 piece flame maple body, Warmoth birdseye neck with ebony fretboard |
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| Minwax "Antique Maple" stain with Tru-Oil top finish |
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| 3 band pre and pickups from a DeArmond Pilot Pro. Handmade wood knobs |
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| My favorite shot |
Chambered Walnut Jazz
HCB #003
Walnut/ash body with flame maple "interpreted" neck. 34" scale
Bartolini 9J pups in full covers. Gotoh bridge, U-Retro preamp
The top is a 2 piece bookmatched "loopy grain" black walnut while the back is composed of 20 seperate walnut and
ash boards glued up in a quartersawn arrangement.
Face of headstock is laminated walnut.
Brass nut, D'Addario Pro-Steel strings
Pup covers were cut from the same material as the body - 2 years after the body was built.
Trademark single screw cover plate
The body was finished with Formby's Tung oil finish over an amber shellac pore filler. The first attempt at clear coating
was a failure as the gun and compressor ceased at the same time requiring a complete removal and reapplication of the clear
coat before buffing out.
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| Paul, the proud owner. |
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Fairlane Prototype
HCB #005
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| Bound poplar body with a flame ash top laminate. Maple neck, passive electronics. |
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| Schaller bridge, MM humbucker, Gibson "mudbucker" |
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| Black poly paint with polyurethance clear coat |
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| This early version of the Fairlane had a "tongue" under the neck |
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| Interpreted neck, aluminum nut, trademark headstock, adjustable tuners |
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| Ivoroid binding |
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| P width, black block markers, complete fret job, threaded bolt inserts |
To read an owner review of the
Fairlane Prototype click here...
Steve Harris Tribute
HCB #006
This bass is based on an Essex PB-62 body and neck. BadAss II bridge, aluminum nut, Schaller tuners, Seymour Duncan Quarter
Pounder pickup, Fender pickguard, all stainless steel hardware.
Handmade phenolic knobs to match the pickguard
The logo was designed with a Def Leppard font from abstractfonts.com. I was attempting to do something along the lines of
the "Eddie" logo on the originals, without infringing on anyone's turf. The name came from the client.
Rounded fret ends ala Marcus Miller's Jazz basses.
Fully shielded control cavities
A first attempt at this idea. A heavy metal bass should be put together better than the usual instrument and that's what I
attempted here. Threaded steel inserts were installed to use with stainless steel machine screws - same as the neck.
The result was perfect!
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