Are you a Manhattan hipster looking for the most hipsterest Jazz Bass around? Look no further.
One of the go-to guys on the lower east side in the old NYC music scene was Richard Baxt of Richie's Guitar Shop. Lots of "local celebrity" clients, most famously Nikolai Fraiture and Albert Hammond Jr. of the Strokes.
Here's a NYT article about him from a few years back: The Secret Zen Master of Guitar Repair (Published 2017)
Richie is mostly known as a tech, but he also makes a small number of his own Fender clones that get rave reviews. This is one of his Jazz Basses. Typical '60s alder/rosewood Jazz. Great hardware:
Just came back from a fret dressing and set-up from my tech, Darrel Gilbert of the Gibson and ESP custom shops. Comes with an SKB case (not the G&G in the pic) and I'll string it up with some fresh DR Fat Beams.
One of the go-to guys on the lower east side in the old NYC music scene was Richard Baxt of Richie's Guitar Shop. Lots of "local celebrity" clients, most famously Nikolai Fraiture and Albert Hammond Jr. of the Strokes.
Here's a NYT article about him from a few years back: The Secret Zen Master of Guitar Repair (Published 2017)
Richie is mostly known as a tech, but he also makes a small number of his own Fender clones that get rave reviews. This is one of his Jazz Basses. Typical '60s alder/rosewood Jazz. Great hardware:
- Noise-canceling Kent Armstrongs.
- KTS Titanium bridge
- Schaller tuners
Just came back from a fret dressing and set-up from my tech, Darrel Gilbert of the Gibson and ESP custom shops. Comes with an SKB case (not the G&G in the pic) and I'll string it up with some fresh DR Fat Beams.
