Di Donato Hasaki Bass

[didonatoguitars]

Hello Folks! I'd like to share my latest creation with you.
My first Hasaki bass, which takes up the concept I developed over ten years ago for my electric guitars.
The body is made of Val di Fiemme spruce, the neck is Italian walnut and the fretboard is Pauferro.

It has a passive circuitry that allows the two pickups (which I make myself) to be combined in series, in parallel and with a "Motown"-style sound. Master volume and pickup blend.

I hope you like it and I'll post some sounds soon. Thank you.

 

[WG Plum]

Very cool looking, has a cyber/steam punk combined with Kintsugi thing going on.

 

[Goatrope]

That looks amazing! Can you please describe further the rear of the bass and it's function? Looks like a guitar strap attaches at the end points, but is the middle section leather or something else? Very interesting.

 

[didonatoguitars]

Thank you very much. The aluminum frame is a sort of backbone of the instrument. It has 4 special point on which the wooden body is "suspended". Nothin touch this body (neck, pickups, electronics) except for the bridge. The bridge is the only thing that touches the body and tranfers vibrations to the body which is free to vibrate over these four "nodes".

Here you can find the explanation



Thank you again

 

[didonatoguitars]

Very cool looking, has a cyber/steam punk combined with Kintsugi thing going on.

Thank you very much. The decorations are made with gold leaf and are inspired by a drawing of a Venetian textile

 

[Karl Kaminski]

Wow, this is really wonderful, very much that 'Astro/MCM' style. Excellent design, love the toggle switch mount!

Im curious of the weight of the whole instrument vs back-plate with strap buttons. Any chance you'd be making a 5 or 6 string?

Where are you located? I'd love to try one of these (especially the weight and balance). I could see Steve Swallow on this

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[didonatoguitars]

Thank you very much! The weight is 3.5kilos and I have to say that it's very well balance, due to weight distribution.
However no problem also for 5 and 6 strings. I am in Padua, near Venice, Italy.

 

[Wanker_Joe]

Wow! Stunning instrument. So very cool.

 

[Why Nautilus‽]

very cool, what's the weight on this?

 

[didonatoguitars]

It's 3.5kilos

 

[TeaTime]

Beautiful. Elegant, actually. Given the limitations of a web photo I imagine this is even more stunning in person.

I'm curious - and I'm viewing on my phone so could be mistaken - it looks like the strap pins are both on the longitudinal axis. Does this not allow the instrument to roll back and forth while playing?

 

[littlebun]

Very nice work!

 

[Hans on Bass]

Very nice looking bass and very interesting concept. I am looking forward to HEAR the bass. On your site there are no samples…

 

[2saddleslab]

Well you don't run into something like this every day. Amazing design & execution. You should be proud that stunner.

 

[wintremute]

That's in the realm of gorgeous.

 

[didonatoguitars]

Beautiful. Elegant, actually. Given the limitations of a web photo I imagine this is even more stunning in person.

I'm curious - and I'm viewing on my phone so could be mistaken - it looks like the strap pins are both on the longitudinal axis. Does this not allow the instrument to roll back and forth while playing?

Thank you very much. No, actually it's well balanced and stays in contact with the breast and the abdomen

 

[didonatoguitars]

Very nice looking bass and very interesting concept. I am looking forward to HEAR the bass. On your site there are no samples…

Yes very soon some sounds

 

[dlmarquez]

very nice! I am also a wannabe classical guitarist, and as such I LOVE your headstock!
whats the scale length?

 

[didonatoguitars]

Thank you very much. It's a 30 inches scale.

 

[gtirard]

It looks incredible. Can't wait to hear how it sounds.

I think that if you are a professional luthier, you should have a "commercial user" status in your Talkbass account.