My new custom handmade bass... Biarnel Iter 5

[ItalianMetal]

Hi men, I want to show you my new baby... 4 months to see it finished but now I'm very proud of what I have in my hands! I think that even American bass players have to known the bass-builder who have realized my bass... he's Emiliano "Biarnel" Nencioni, a very very good luthier from Tuscany, Italy. You can see his works here:
http://www.biarnel.com/
There also 2 Thread on Talkbass about his EUB called "Stico"
Well, mine is a custom handmade bass, 5 strings, alder body, tiger-striped maple top, 5 pieces neck maple-wengè-bubinga-wengè-maple, birdseye maple fingerboard, 22 frets. Pickups are a couple of active "3e2 LowZ" handmade by Biarnel, active 3-way electronics. It sounds wonderfully, great attack, great punch, very loud of low frequencies but always well defined. Low B works very well, much better than on my Fender precision deluxe 5 strings made in Usa. Hipshot bridge, hipshot ultralite tuners. Weight? I'm not joking... 3,1 Kg, 6,8lb!!!!! It's been possible thanks to specials "holes" inside the body, just like in Sadowsky instruments. So... here is a gallery of my bass:
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let'see it and tell me what do you think about
Paolo
P.s.: sorry for my bad English... I don't speak English from 10 years

 

[FromBeyond]

Really nice, can't go wrong with black and maple!

 

[Darkstrike]

Very beautiful bass, kinda MTD looking, the black and maple is incredibe.

 

[ItalianMetal]

black and maple rules I love this chromatic contrast

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Looks smooth!

 

[Woodchuck]

 

[jimmy rocket]

that is a thing of beauty, but I must say I'm also interested in those EUB's he has up on his site

 

[bongomania]

Classy! It does look like an MTD.

 

[shadowtippy]

Sweet bass.

 

[J. Crawford]

TB is full of awesome new basses today, with this being the best looking one!

Wow, congrats! Dont worry about your English, it was easily understandable!

 

[FunkMetalBass]

Black flame + Birdseye Maple = sexy.

Why didn't he use a black bridge or tuners?

 

[bassplayer7770]

Beautiful bass! Congrats!

 

[Darkstrike]

Why didn't he use a black bridge or tuners?

Because the chrome looks awesome, most likely.

 

[Biarnel]

TB is full of awesome new basses today, with this being the best looking one!

Wow thank you!

And by the way, the satin chrome hardware is a customer's choice, and I personally think its shwwwweeet on that satin black finish

Black on black is nice too, like I did on this: Invalid Link Removed

 

[olsonsw]

I think thechoice of bass is better with maple fingerboard like yours!
congrats.
regards from Jakarta, Indonesia.

 

[ItalianMetal]

Yes, the satin chrome hardware was a my choice... until the end I don't know which color will be better, then I choose the satin chrome one, I want a black-maple bass... but not too black
As a model I have seen some f-basses, MTD, Mayones... and what you see is exactly what I had in my head, and Emiliano Biarnel often sent me pics about what he's doing asking me how he was working, if I like the woods he had, if I wanted a more or less dark finish etc etc. Now I'm very satisfied
Thank you all for congratulations... if you have some questions about the bass I will very pleased to answer!

 

[mat gregory]

Beautifull instrument! Amazing how many amazing luthiers there are out there!

 

[KJung]

Beautiful! It's always fun to see the work of a luthier you aren't familiar with. Congratulations... beautiful bass! I love the color contrast with the neck and the hardware.

 

[Ben Lesser]

That is absolutely gorgeous, as is the other bass that was posted.

 

[Sbociol]

Awesome,Biarnel is a friggin great luthier guys!