Update on my #GGBO2023 build:

It’s finally done!!

This is my (rather late) entry for the Great Guitar Build Off 2023. (Only 15 days late for the contest deadline…)

Over the last seven months, I built a 35” scale 5-string bass. It features a 5-piece multi-laminate through neck of African mahogany (Khaya senegalensis) and curly maple, a Macassar ebony fretboard, African mahogany body wings, and a claro walnut top, headstock plate, and cavity cover.

Specs:
Scale Length: 35” / 889mm
Weight: 9.2lbs / 4.17kg
Fretboard Radius: 12” / 304.8mm

Hardware:
Hipshot Ultralite Bass Tuning Machines
Black TUSQ XL nut
StewMac Medium Fretwire
StewMac mother of pearl fret markers
Luminlay GITD side dots
StewMac Spoke Nut Hot Rod Truss Rod

Hardware, continued:

EMG P5J active pickup system
EMG BTS System electronics
Stringjoy Signatures Strings
Hipshot 5 String KickAss Bass Bridge
D’Addario Planet Waves Elliptical End Pins
Electrosocket Jack Mount
Gotoh Dual 9V Battery Box

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