Blue Bass Club!

[biguglyman]

Hey! This reminds me I just got another blue bass:

 

[Clark W]

Wow, no blue bass posts since Oct of 2023, now that's hard to believe. Guess we need to fix that.

I went to Memphis and picked it up on Sept 19th, 2025. This is my custom "Custom 68" by Ferner Fine Instruments. And it's about as blue as blue gets...

So it's not new, most here have probably already seen it and are sick of hearing about it.
But it's been 7 months and I love this bass more today than I did 7 months ago. I haven't seen any of my other basses since I had them all out of their cases back in November when my Mesa 800D head first arrived,

Here's the specs:
2025 Ferner Fine Instruments, Memphis, Tn
"Custom" Custom 68
Serial # 000370

The Body:

Premium Alder body (2 piece)

Quilted Flame Maple Top

Rear control cavity with cover made from the same wood as the top

String thru / top loading with Hipshot brass A style bridge

Belly contour

Front/top side pearl binding

Forearm contour with full top across it and contour following binding.


The Neck:

Scale 34"

Frets 20

10" radius

3mm side dots

Neck thickness, .80 inch / 20mm @ 1st fret, .90 inch / 23mm @ 12th fret

Bone nut 1 & 5/8th

Profile Vintage C slim

3 piece maple / mahogany / maple, all quarter sawn

Macassar Ebony fingerboard

Mother of Pearl block inlays with a Ferner "F' on the 12th fret and binding

Hipshot tuners with an Extender on the "E" string


Paint:

Paint Type: Nitro

Clear Coat: Isn't nitro, isn't polyurethane either. He told me what it was, but I forgot

Top - 2 stage, 1 color, no burst

Back - 3 stage, 1 color and bursted (very light burst, almost unnoticeable at my request), solid on the sides.

Neck - 3 stage, 2 color with vertical burst running on the sides parallel with the fretboard. Matching paint on the headstock face (no burst) and control cavity cover (no burst)


Pickups & Controls:

Neck - Delano JMVC4 FE/M2 in the Fender 51P position

Bridge - Delano MC4 FE/M2 in the Wal bridge position

The neck pup is a split coil / dual coil and the bridge pup is a quad coil, two single coils each split in two.

Controls are passive, VVT, but, concentric volume with the outer ring being the neck, and the top being the bridge. Then of course the tone pot is by
itself. And a 3 way, on/on/on mini switch for series / single coil / parallel operation of the bridge pup. There is also a treble bleed circuit on the volume controls that prevents the tone from getting muddy as you decrease volume.

There are 7 pickup configurations to choose from with this setup

neck solo
bridge solo series
bridge solo single coil
bridge solo parallel
neck + bridge series
neck + bridge single coil
neck + bridge parallel


Build time:

Deposit was placed on Sept 29th 2024
I drove to Memphis and picked it up on Sept 19th 2025

 

[Moving Pictures]

I’ll add another two this thread. AVII 60s Precision.

 

[bassfiddlesteve]

I don’t have any new blue basses, but here’s a new picture of the one that I’ve had since 1988:

- Steve

 

[Ggaa]

2016 RB LX5.

 

[Dyno Dan]

Woodcraft Custom ordered with Amp Shop Bass Exchange in NoHo

 

[bgartist]

I never knew about this club. I’m in!

 

[MrUsefulAlien]

I have two submissions, both parts basses I’ve put together.

1. P bass 32” - Squier Jag neck, Squier body, F high mass bridge, EMG GZR pups, Labella 760fs.
Gigged often and sounds incredible!

2. J bass - 00 MIM neck, Squier body, Gotoh bridge and tuners, Nordstrand NJ4SE noiseless pickups and Nordy 3B preamp, wired exotically with series parallel, passive switch, mute, VVT and 3 band EQ. Labella 760FS.

A good amount of routing was done to accommodate the preamp, extra wires and battery box.

 

[Zoot H Rollo]