Sunday, January 8, 2017

Wenge 5-string


I made the fretboard for this bass after seeing something similar on pintrest. When it was done I came up with the design of the rest of the bass.
The neck and body are made of cherry the top is wenge and there is a layer of maple veneer in between. The fretboard als made out of wenge maple and cherry. I decided to make the top nut  titanium.
The pickup is an EMG MM5TW active with volume and tone control.
I found the tone to be surprisingly bright.
Price: € 1.250,-

Monday, December 26, 2016

Elm sunburst jazz bass

I took production to the next level and decided to be a serious luthier/ bass guitar builder. The first bass to be made as an Original PK is this elm beauty.  American walnut neck with a reversed headstock and heavy tuners.
NOS Status graphite jazz picups, pasive wiring and a simple varitone swich make up the electronics of this bass.

Swamp ash jazz bass

I wanted to make my own jazzbass. Inspired by the Sadowsky bas played by Tal Wilkenfield.
I desided to make it a passive bass with a push and pull knob for serie/parallel switching. The pickups are Tonebender.

basswood thrubody neck 4-sting

This bass I made for my son. It has a trubody neck and a reversed headstock. The body is basswood and the neck is laminated maple with a ebony fretboard.  Passive electroics a musicman and presision pickups make the heart of this bass. The decoration is done by my son.

Spalted beech active 4-string


Silky oak fretless 5-string



This is the third bass guitar I made. So I thought to make something different.  Fretless and 5 strings.
The neck is made of walnut and has a maple fretboard with ebony markings. The body is basswood and a silkwood top. The strings are coated wich makes playing really smooth.
The pickups are made by Haeussel.