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Ideas & Inspiration

Express yourself with a custom guitar design. Need ideas? We’ve collected some amazing examples of guitar images from our global community of designers. Get inspired and start planning the perfect guitar design today.

Talking with custom builder John K

February 21, 2017June 20, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

We talked with custom builder John Kallas from John K Vintage Basses about getting the only guitar Leo Fender ever gave away for free, testing out new G&L guitars, his custom built guitars, and the subtle differences in wood selection.

Categories Articles, Ideas & Inspiration, Repair & Installation 19 Comments

Bass of the Week: Sheridan Zajj Deluxe

September 5, 2012June 13, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

This week’s BotW comes from Sheridan Basses. With an incredible looking body, and some great gear, it’s an absolutely stunning custom build. Check out more on the Sheridan Basses website.

Categories Bass of the Week, Ideas & Inspiration 4 Comments

Bass of the Week: Derek Greene’s Custom Build

September 6, 2012June 6, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

This week’s BotW comes from Derek Greene of Greene Custom Basses. “Here is another custom build of mine. All hardware and pickups/electronics are from BestBassGear.”

Categories Bass of the Week, Ideas & Inspiration 24 Comments

Tony Cochran’s Greyhoundcaster

July 18, 2012June 5, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

Tony Cochran’s eccentric take on custom guitar building is like none other. When he gets his hands on an old guitar it takes on a whole-new life. Widgets and gadgets, rivets and thingamajigs. His aesthetic is some concoction of Tim Burton and steampunk.

Categories Ideas & Inspiration, Repair & Installation 12 Comments

Bass of the Week: Steve Doner’s Frankenbass Twins

September 5, 2012May 30, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

This week’s BotW is a pair of twins from Steve Doner. “Meet the Frken-Tele Twins: J-BO and P-B0. A pair of frankenbasses.”

Categories Bass of the Week, Ideas & Inspiration 6 Comments

Commodore 64 Bass Keytair

July 18, 2012May 29, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

If you happened to be at the Maker Fair in the Bay Area about a week ago you may have spotted a young lady in a sun dress roller skating around with an odd contraption. The young lady was Jeri Ellsworth, the contraption was a Commodore 64 Bass Keytair.

Categories Articles, Ideas & Inspiration, Repair & Installation 4 Comments

Bass of the Week: Kurt Veltman

September 5, 2012May 23, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

“Thanks to Max for helping me get the electronics on this sorted out.”

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Stripped, Sanded, and Stained

July 18, 2012May 21, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

After stripping, sanding, and staining a pawn shop bass, the transformation is quite impressive.

Categories Articles, Ideas & Inspiration, Repair & Installation 4 Comments

Bass of the Week: Leonardo Perromojao Mordini’s Naga

September 5, 2012May 16, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

Leonardo Perromojao Mordini’s of Ele Basses brings us Naga, our reptilian inspired curvy Bass of the Week. It features Ultralite tuners and Triple Lock-Down bridges from Hipshot, as well as a 2-band Bartolini preamp.

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Bass of the Week: Tad Sharpe’s rebuilt 60’s NORMA bass

September 5, 2012May 9, 2012 by Best Bass Gear

This week’s BotW comes from Tad Sharpe. Dubbed “Frankie”, it’s a rebuilt ’60s NORMA bass from Japan.

Categories Bass of the Week, Ideas & Inspiration 1 Comment
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