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Bertha

Posted by Korrigan on August 19, 2018 at 10:47pm
Meet Bertha the 3-string short-scale bass. 25.5" scale, 24 frets, the body is a birtch Bo Diddley box from MGB Guitars, neck and fretboard are oak.The control plates are scraps produced by a Detroit metal stamping machine that makes parts for Ford. The Cruiser emblem is from an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser wagon. I can just imagine being parked at the beach, late 1960's, sitting on the tailgate and playing The Ventures tune Pipeline on this bass. :)The pickup is a 4k Mini Box Bucker. The two switches are for tone capacitor selection, one is.033µF, the other .068µF, combined they act as a .1 µF cap and both off tone control is bypassed.
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  • Korrigan August 21, 2018 at 11:57am

    Glad you like it BW. I'd happily do a commissioned build for you but I've seen your gits, I'm sure you could handle building a bass.   : )

  • Brown Water Jerry (Rice) August 21, 2018 at 7:25am

    I want one

  • Korrigan August 20, 2018 at 6:30am

    Thanks Dave!

  • Dave Lynas August 20, 2018 at 5:46am

    That guitar is way Cool!

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