These are my original designs and where everything started
Spanish Cedar body with Flame Maple top. Paduak neck and Pao Ferro lined fingerboard. Nordstrand big single pickups 6.6 lbs.
19-34-4 Mike Flame Maple core with Swamp Ash wings and Flame Maple top. Roasted Flame Maple neck and flame Wild Olive fingerboard. Nordstrand pickups and preamp. 8.0 Lbs.
19-34-4 Allen Lightweight Black Limba body and neck. Ebony fingerboard and Nordstrand Fat Stacks. 6.9 lbs.
19-34-5 Jon Mahogany body with Franquette Walnut top 5.2 Nordstrand MM pup and active system Mahogany and Wenge neck. 8.85 lbs.
17-35-6 Wide Joan Swamp Ash body with Maple Burl top. Black Limba and Wenge neck with Black and White Ebony fingerboard. Bartolini Pickups and active system. 8.55 Lbs.
18-34-5 Mike lightweight Equatorial Mahogany with a Maple Burl top. Walnut stain oil on body. EMG pickups. Roasted Maple neck and Bocote fingerboard. 7.75 Lbs.
18-35-5 Wide Joan Paduak body with a Flame Maple top. Maple neck with Paduak stringers and a Mesquite fretboard. Audere active system and Nordstrand big Split pickups. 10.1 lbs.
18-35-5 Wide Joan Limba body with neck from the same board with Wenge stringers. Claro Walnut top. Mesquite lined fingerboard. Nordstrand big split pickups and active unit. hipshot piezo bridge. 9.3 Lbs.
19-34-5 Wide Joan Swamp Ash body and Mahogany and Wenge neck with Macassar Ebony fretboard. Aguilar preamp and NJ-5 Nordstrand pickups. 7.45 Lbs.
18-34-5 Limba body and neck. Myrtlewood top. Fretted Dymondwood board. Audre preamp and Bartolini pickups.
19-34-4 Mike Spanish Cedar body with Myrtlewood top. Maple neck and Bolivian rosewood fingerboard. 7.6 Lbs.
Second bass for the Ronald Mc Donald house. 18-35-5 Wide Joan Mesquite body and fretboard with Maple neck. EMG P-J 5 set 9.8 Lbs.
19-34-4 Mike Spanish Cedar body with Claro Walnut top. Glock preamp jazz pups Bolivian Rosewood fretboard. 7.3 Lbs.
19-34-4 Mike Black Limba body Maple neck and Ebony fingerboard. Bartolini pickups and active system. 8.8 lbs.
19-34-5 Wide Joan 1 piece Swamp Ash body Nordstrand preamp and NPJ5s pups. Maple neck with resin impregnated maple fingerboard. 7.55 Lbs.
30-19-4 Alto 1 piece Swamp Ash body Maple neck and Fretboard Bart preamp and pups. 6.05 Lbs.
17-35-5 Wide Joan Swamp Ash body with Black Limba top. Figured White Limba neck and Black and white Ebony fingerboard. Bart pups and preamp. 7.45 Lbs.
18-32-5 Headless Wide Joan 1 piece Claro Walnut body Limba and Wenge neck with Bubinga fretboard. SD basslines pups under Bubinga pup covers. 7.65 lbs.
Wide Joan Limba Body with Myrtlewood top. Aggie preamp with Bart 59CBJD1-t and 58CBP pups. This bass will be auctioned off in April of 2012 with all proceeds going to the Ronald Mac Donald house charity. Currently in Nashville being played and signed. 9.54 lbs.
19-34-5 Wide Joan Limba Body with Myrtlewood top. Aggie preamp with Bart 59CBJD1-t and 58CBP pups. This bass will be auctioned off in April of 2012 with all proceeds going to the Ronald Mac Donald house charity. 9.54 lbs.
19-34-5 Wide Joan 1 piece Claro Walnut body Aggie Pre amp Nordstrand NP-5 and Big Split pups 7.9 lbs
15.5-34-6 Joan Spanish cedar body redwood top. Neck Black Limba with Wenge stringers EMG 40-p pups
19-34-4 Book matched front and back Black Limba with Black Limba neck just like bass 150. Zircote fingerboard. Nord NPJ-4SE set Nordstrand active system. 7.3 Lb.
18-34-6 Wide Joan Swamp Ash body with Figured Maple top. Maple neck and lined Ebony fingerboard. Bartolini pickups and electronics. 8.55 Lbs.
19-34-5 Wide Joan Swamp Ash body with Spalted Maple top and Maple neck with Macassar Ebony fretboard. Dual NJ5S-b pups and an Aggie preamp. 7.9 Lbs.
Fretted 4 19-34 Swamp body with Bookmatched Spalted Maple front and back Nordstrand Big single pups and Paduak neck
4 string Joan Black Limba body with Redwood burl top. Walnut and Wenge neck. Nordstrand dual coil pickup. 7.5 Lb.
19/35 5 string Swamp Ash body with lined Bloodwood fingerboard. Nordstrand Big Singles and active system. 8 Lb.
19-34-5 Joan Mahogany body with black veneer and Spalted Maple top. Hipshot hardware and Nordstrand big single pickups. Bloodwood fingerboard and a Maple neck. 9.25 Lbs.
19-34-4 Mahogany core Walnut wings with a Spalted Maple top and a bloodwood fretboard. Nordstrand pickups and active system. 7.5 Lbs.
This bass features a quilted maple top over a mahogany core and a ash back. The neck is mahogany and wenge, with a wenge fingerboard. Bartolini pickups, Gotoh tuners and Hipshot bridge.
19-34-4 Swamp Ash body. The oil finished neck is made of Maple, and the fingerboard is lined Cocobolo Rosewood. The tuners are Gotoh, and the pickup is a set of Bartolini 9 CBJ L1-S1.
Spalted Maple top and Brazilian Cherry body. The neck is Maple with Wenge Stringers. Bartolini pickup and active preamp.
34” scale 4 string. The body is Mahogany with a figured Maple top. The neck is made of Bubinga and Wenge with a Bloodwood fingerboard.
35" scale 5 string fretted bass. The body has a center core of Swamp ash and Mahogany wings with a Spalted Maple top. The neck is made of Walnut, Wenge and Bubinga with a Wenge fretboard.
This 4 string is a 34” scale with a Spalted Maple top. The neck is one piece Black Limb with an Ebony fingerboard.
36" scale bass, one-piece figured hard ash. One-piece maple neck, with a epoxy coated spalted maple fingerboard with wenge underneath. Rio Grande powerbucker.
This one has an Alder body with a Spalted Maple top and rosewood veneer. The neck is Mahogany and Wenge. The fingerboard is Bloodwood. The pickups are Nordstrands.
32" scale 4 string. The neck is Birdseye maple with an ebony fingerboard. The body is made of a center core of Mahogany with Ash wings and a spalted Maple top.
35" scale 5 string. The body is made of Mahogany with Basswood wings, a 1 piece Mahogany back and a Bookmatched Spalted Maple top with a thin layer of Rosewood underneath. The neck is laminated Cherry with a Pao Ferro lined fingerboard.
35" scale 5 string. The body is made of 7 pieces of wood a Mahogany core with Walnut back wings and a spalted maple top wing set. The neck is Mahogany hard maple and Brazilian Cherry with a lined Pao Ferro fingerboard.
The body is Ash with a figured Maple top. The neck is Mahogany and Ash with a Macassar Ebony fingerboard. EMG pickups.
This 34” scale 5 string fretted bass has a Warmoth solid Bubinga neck. The body is made of Ash with a spalted Maple top.
35” scale 6 string. The body is made of Ash with a thin Rosewood veneer and a spalted Maple top. The neck is made of Walnut and Wenge. The fingerboard is Spalted maple with an Ebony substrate for strength.
This wide 5 string 36” scale has a Walnut top and an Ash body. The neck is Maple Mahogany and Brazilian Cherry. The bridge is an ETS, Pickups are Lindy Fralins.
This bass has a Mahogany body with a Spalted Maple top. The neck is Mahogany and Walnut with a Pao Ferro lined Epoxy coated Fingerboard.
Spalted maple top on a black walnut body. Walnut and wenge neck with gold Gotoh tuners and ETS bridge. Lined Pao Ferro fingerboard. The pickup is a Bartolini 72 MV5C Stingray replacement.
36" scale 5 string. The top is bookmatched figured spalted maple and the back is mahogany. The neck is made of maple, mahogany and brazilian cherry with a pau ferro fingerboard and a vintage bone nut.
This bass has a mahogany back with a spalted maple top. The neck is maple, brazilian cherry and wenge with a wenge fingerboard. The bridge is an ETS piezo bridge that is coupled with a Bartolini pickup and Bartolini active preamp.
35" scale narrow 5-string. The top is bookmatched spalted maple and the back has a center core of mahogany and side wings of ash. The neck is made of walnut and mahogany with a 24 note lined pao ferro fingerboard and an ebony nut.
4 string 35” scale tuned BEAD. The body has a mahogany core with ash wings and a spalted maple top. The neck is walnut and wenge with a lined fingerboard of pao ferro.
30" scale, 1-5/8" at the nut. I built the body and the neck. It is very lightweight at 7.5 lbs and is nicely balanced.
6 string 35” scale Purpleheart and Mahogany body with a Maple neck and lined Ebony fingerboard. Full EMG 18 volt active system.
4 string 34” scale. The body is Poplar with a figured Walnut top. The neck is made of Maple, Wenge and Cherry. The pickup is a Seymour Duncan “Hot Stack” Jazz.
4 string 34” scale. The body is Poplar with a figured Walnut top. The neck is made of Maple, Wenge and Cherry. The pickup is a Seymour Duncan “Hot Stack” Jazz.
32” scale 4 string bass. The body is Shedua with a Maple core. The neck is laminated Maple and Bolivian Rosewood with a Bolivian rosewood fingerboard. The pickup is a Fender ’51-p reissue.
30” scale Spalted Maple back and front Walnut and Sapele core. The neck is made of Bubinga, Maple and Mahogany with a Bubinga fingerboard.