I had this built by a luthier friend. What do you think?

[landry.bass]

Absolutely stunning. Betty it sounds badass too.

 

[TimboZ]

Sweet looking bass....,. What brand is the bridge pickup. I have been looking for some double jazz pickups for my next project.

 

[CryingBass]

Fantastic bass. Congrats. Make Fender pay big time when they steal your design

 

[HeavyJazz]

Weight? Looks heavy.

 

[TreySonagras]

Absolutely beautiful instrument. Congratulations

 

[TrevorG]

I think the head stock is inspired. Overall look is wonderful. Did someone say how heavy it was? Because if it's under nine pounds you should be giving us his number!

 

[Valvehead]

Sweet looking bass....,. What brand is the bridge pickup. I have been looking for some double jazz pickups for my next project.

These pickups were custom built by Vincent himself. The double jazz is just two bobbins stuck together. You can get some very nice double jazz pups from Delano though - those sound really great too.

 

[Valvehead]

Weight? Looks heavy.

I think the head stock is inspired. Overall look is wonderful. Did someone say how heavy it was? Because if it's under nine pounds you should be giving us his number!

4.4kg / 9.7lbs. All for the sake of tone of course.

 

[paddydaddyo]

Looks heavy. But probably sounds heavy too!

 

[TrevorG]

4.4kg / 9.7lbs. All for the sake of tone of course.

I can forgive a few ounces but what's it sound like? Samples please!!!!

 

[Ric5]

My long time buddy and great guitarist Vincent had been asking me for ages "If I built you a bass what would you like?"

I combined qualities and ideas from other basses I owned and still own, and came up with this passive bass. He built it for me and it has everything I dreamed up in there.

Ideas I came up with myself:

- The lacquered Bubinga fretboard. I dig Rics.
- Dual Jazz pickup with mode and coil switches.
- Slanted neck pickup for a more evenly 'rich' sound across the strings.
- Purpleheart+Maple laminated neck. I just LOVE the look of Purpleheart.

I drew up the schematic for the electronics myself, too and selected the ABM solid brass bridge.

Vincent did all the work, including custom building those pickups to achieve the tonal qualities I described to him.

As a luthier, can you tell me what you think of the design and execution?
The headstock shape is the standard shape he uses for all his 'Fenderish' like models. At first this looked bulky to me but once I got used to it I actually now like it.

Cheers, Marco

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too pretty to play

 

[Smooth_bass88]

My long time buddy and great guitarist Vincent had been asking me for ages "If I built you a bass what would you like?"

I combined qualities and ideas from other basses I owned and still own, and came up with this passive bass. He built it for me and it has everything I dreamed up in there.

Ideas I came up with myself:

- The lacquered Bubinga fretboard. I dig Rics.
- Dual Jazz pickup with mode and coil switches.
- Slanted neck pickup for a more evenly 'rich' sound across the strings.
- Purpleheart+Maple laminated neck. I just LOVE the look of Purpleheart.

I drew up the schematic for the electronics myself, too and selected the ABM solid brass bridge.

Vincent did all the work, including custom building those pickups to achieve the tonal qualities I described to him.

As a luthier, can you tell me what you think of the design and execution?
The headstock shape is the standard shape he uses for all his 'Fenderish' like models. At first this looked bulky to me but once I got used to it I actually now like it.

Cheers, Marco

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That's just straight-up cool looking. An interesting take on the classic bolt-on neck electric bass.

 

[Dincrest]

These pickups were custom built by Vincent himself. The double jazz is just two bobbins stuck together. You can get some very nice double jazz pups from Delano though - those sound really great too.

That's pretty cool. I vaguely recall back in the day when some folks with Warwick Fortress MasterMan basses wanted to replace the MEC TwinJazz pickup, but drop-in replacements didn't exist yet. I'm not even sure if that Delano was around then.

Who knows... maybe there's someone out there with a MasterMan who'd potentially want to commission a Vincent double-jazz pickup.

 

[EatS1stBassist]

My long time buddy and great guitarist Vincent had been asking me for ages "If I built you a bass what would you like?"

I combined qualities and ideas from other basses I owned and still own, and came up with this passive bass. He built it for me and it has everything I dreamed up in there.

Ideas I came up with myself:

- The lacquered Bubinga fretboard. I dig Rics.
- Dual Jazz pickup with mode and coil switches.
- Slanted neck pickup for a more evenly 'rich' sound across the strings.
- Purpleheart+Maple laminated neck. I just LOVE the look of Purpleheart.

I drew up the schematic for the electronics myself, too and selected the ABM solid brass bridge.

Vincent did all the work, including custom building those pickups to achieve the tonal qualities I described to him.

As a luthier, can you tell me what you think of the design and execution?
The headstock shape is the standard shape he uses for all his 'Fenderish' like models. At first this looked bulky to me but once I got used to it I actually now like it.

Cheers, Marco

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That is super beautiful!!

 

[David Jayne]

 

[Honkey tonk]

Keep on going back to this and

Looks nice. I like the veneer under the fretboard, that's a nice detail to separate the colours between the neck and fretboard.

Stable is, as stable can be ...

 

[Ihaveshingles]

That is cool looking indeed, play it with pride!

 

[Methaneman]

My long time buddy and great guitarist Vincent had been asking me for ages "If I built you a bass what would you like?"

I combined qualities and ideas from other basses I owned and still own, and came up with this passive bass. He built it for me and it has everything I dreamed up in there.

Ideas I came up with myself:

- The lacquered Bubinga fretboard. I dig Rics.
- Dual Jazz pickup with mode and coil switches.
- Slanted neck pickup for a more evenly 'rich' sound across the strings.
- Purpleheart+Maple laminated neck. I just LOVE the look of Purpleheart.

I drew up the schematic for the electronics myself, too and selected the ABM solid brass bridge.

Vincent did all the work, including custom building those pickups to achieve the tonal qualities I described to him.

As a luthier, can you tell me what you think of the design and execution?
The headstock shape is the standard shape he uses for all his 'Fenderish' like models. At first this looked bulky to me but once I got used to it I actually now like it.

Cheers, Marco

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Very nice. Like the fretboard.

 

[Spectre Gunner]

That's gorgeous! Obviously, your friend has some excellent luthier skills.

Photo-wise, if you use a contrasting background or something other than closely matching wood next time it will show much better. Just sayin.

 

[byacey]

The only concern I would have is that purple heart color is fugitive, and eventually turns to a poopie brown color.