VIDEO & PICS: Reso Bass by Jason Mills of Highwood Guitars

In our most recent feature, we explored the use of C. B. Gitty "Toaster Bucker" mini humbucking pickups for cigar box guitars. Soon after, Jason Mills of Highwood Guitars sent us the following video clip of a resonator bass he created for Larry McCray's bass player, Coreyeon.

About the bass:

The bass features an aluminum top over a base of hickory and mahogany (see bottom photo). The bridge was crafted by Cigar Box Nation member, Randy Bretz. All electronics are by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply.

Get to know Jason Mills here in Cigar Box Nation by visiting his profile.

The handcrafted bridge is just one of the many cool parts created by Randy Bretz in his Pennsylvania workshop. Visit Randy's profile page on Cigar Box Nation.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on January 13, 2019 at 4:33pm

building a 30" , 3 string bass right now. got the tuners and strings bridge and pickup will arrive soon. made a small mess of the scarf joint.

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Permalink Reply by BajoMan on January 14, 2019 at 12:48am

Awesome. I hope you post picks when it's done.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on January 14, 2019 at 4:39am

popped some pics on the " whats on your bench " thread..

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Permalink Reply by BajoMan on January 13, 2019 at 10:05am

The Thunderbird is a 34 inch scale. They did do a limited run of short scale TBirds but 34" is standard.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on January 13, 2019 at 11:24am

Thanks BajoMan.

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Permalink Reply by Lonman on January 13, 2019 at 3:10pm

a+x4, awesome work as usual coming out of Jason's shop. Very inspiring as I am building my first bass for someone.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Mills on January 21, 2019 at 6:28am

Thanks for the nice comments and to Shane for the nice write up. The Bass is 34 inch scale

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on January 21, 2019 at 7:37am

Did you have to keep the pickup heights low due to their hot output or did you want some fuzzy distortion in that bass?

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Permalink Reply by Jason Mills on January 23, 2019 at 3:02am

They are set like an electric guitar. I wasnt sure either on setting height,Im not a bass player. Everyones style of playing is different. I like to keep pick ups adjustable for that reason.