Bender
Built in 2012, Bender is my 11th build. This successful second attempt at a 5-string bass was another study in geometry- this time, angles, and it inherited the original hardware from Slasher. It’s a very playable bass, and is one of my favorite personal instruments.
Features:
- 5-string fretted bass
- Neck-thru
- String-thru body
- 35″ scale
- Bubinga, mahogany, cherry, bloodwood, birch, maple
- Fingerboard: Birdseye maple
- Conical roller nut w/ adjustable height and spacing
- 26 stainless steel frets
- Black epoxy “boomerang” fret markers
- Aluminum “B” inlay at 12th fret
- Gotoh 206 bridge (branded “Fender”)
- Gotoh GB7 tuners
- EMG 40P5/40J pickups and BQC System EQ
- Experimental string roller retainer pins on headstock, to create string angle that follows headstock shape
- Experimental note cut-out/cut-in switches (a built-in effect)