Rustic/weathered boutique basses

[maddogsauce]

Hoping you guys can help me find what I'm looking for. I'd like to find a quality bass that looks old, natural, rustic and weathered. Not a standard relic, but something knotty, barn wood, holes, etc... Please share any builders you're familiar with that do this type of instruments. Thanks!

 

[crazycloud]

I've seen plenty of guitars like this, made out of old bourbon barrels, barns (barncaster) and one poster here, who's username I can't recall has posted a bass built like this.

I have some really old salvaged timber that is in the garage waiting to have the time to build it into a few guitar bodies. Knowing the source of some of it, a couple of locals are already interested. Most of it I obtained from a friend restoring a heritage home, some offcuts and pieces too small for the original resto work. One will be an HSS hardtail carved top Strat for me.

 

[JonathanPDX]

Not sure if this is what you have in mind, but Rybski has done some interesting and unusual stuff, like this bass from Wooten Woods:

Bass of the Week: Rybski Wooten Woods Camp Bass

In 2010, extreme flooding left a trail of destruction across much of Tennessee including the area surrounding Nashville. Many musicians from all walks of life were affected by the natural disaster. Wooten Woods, Victor Wooten’s home base and teaching haven located near the Duck River, was temporaril

www.notreble.com

 

[crazycloud]

^^ That's awesome. Great story behind it too.

 

[kevrex]

i generally don't like that kind of thing, but walla walla guitars does some cool stuff.

 

[rolfplamperton]

Dan Strack https://reverb.com/shop/strack-guitars

 

[monsterthompson]

Certain Offbeat Guitars can approach that look. They are not relic finishes but the wood often has interesting grain patterns. They are often shorter scales.
https://reverb.com/item/93852525-of...are&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=93852525

https://reverb.com/item/87084425-of...are&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=87084425

 

[ThinCrappyTone2]

Hoping you guys can help me find what I'm looking for. I'd like to find a quality bass that looks old, natural, rustic and weathered. Not a standard relic, but something knotty, barn wood, holes, etc... Please share any builders you're familiar with that do this type of instruments. Thanks!

This Birdsong stopped me in my tracks today on facebook.

 

[Why Nautilus‽]

Check out Wallace Detroit guitars. He builds out of reclaimed wood from schools and historic buildings.

Wallace Detroit Guitars

 

[FullumMusic]

Check out Cindy Guitars and Carmine Street Guitars, both build in the same shop in NYC. They specialize in reclaiming old wood from buildings being torn down, or old bars and bar furniture being torn apart, and other sources of really old reclaimed wood around NYC. Some of their wood is over 100 years old. A lot of it has relics of its former life in a building. They've even gotten wood that was salvaged from a building fire. Their finishes range from "Beautifully Finished" to "Look How Amazingly Weathered This Old Wood Is."

 

[ccoyote]

Creston up in vermont uses salvaged lumber for many builds and likely has a few cool pieces around.

 

[ardgedee]

Tim Sway at New Perspectives Music specializes in reclaimed wood builds with natural finishes. He has an active youtube channel where you can see him working on them.

 

[maddogsauce]

View attachment 7404709This Birdsong stopped me in my tracks today on facebook.

Birdsong has made some beauties, and I've owned a couple of their basses in the past. I'm stepping away from short scales lately though. This wood is right up my alley.

 

[maddogsauce]

Dan Strack https://reverb.com/shop/strack-guitars

This could be an interesting option. Definitely great instruments. Would be curious if he has some wood that looks nasty enough

 

[nonohmic]

I thought this one was pretty;

 

[maddogsauce]

i generally don't like that kind of thing, but walla walla guitars does some cool stuff.

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I've seen these before. Don't love the logos on many of them, but otherwise they check a lot of boxes. May need to look at them again. And they're here in WA.

 

[maddogsauce]

I thought this one was pretty;

Those are. I have been very tempted to grab one in the past! On the spendier side. Hoping for something in the $2-5k range

 

[Matt Liebenau]

i generally don't like that kind of thing, but walla walla guitars does some cool stuff.

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If you want to go that route @Gervais Cote builds Pbass bodies like that. I believe he’s sold some. Look for his build threads in Luthier’s Corner

 

[Gervais Cote]

If you want to go that route @Gervais Cote builds Pbass bodies like that. I believe he’s sold some. Look for his build threads in Luthier’s Corner

Thanks Matt for the heads up.

Here is my latest by the way, will "test" it in a jam session tonight :

 

[maxmerx]

Bacci Guitar did some basses with the body eaten by woodworms.

Amrita Michael League Signature

Michael League Woodworm Bass Amrita, Bruno Bacci guitar maker

bacciguitars.com