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  A sample of my work, I'll rotate out some of them every week or two
 

DC-1 and DC-2 Neck Through Basses

DC-1 4 String, Signature Series
  • Alder body, buckeye burl top and purpleheart accent layer
  • 5 piece neck of macassar ebony, purpleheart and birdseye maple
  • Stabilized birdseye maple fingerboard with purpleheart accent layer
DC-1 5 String, Signature Series
  • Lightweight Swamp Ash body, Black Dyed Maple Burl top with Wenge accent layer
  • 5 piece neck of Flame Maple, Wenge and Zebrawood
  • Stabilized Flame Purpleheart Fingerboard
DC-2, 5 String, Signature Series
  • Claro Walnut Topset with Maple Accent Layer over Black Limba body
  • Wenge neck with Purpleheart Stringers and 35" Scale Stabilized Macassar Ebony Fingerboard
  • Black Hipshot Hardware
DC-1, 5 String, Signature Series - 2006 Russ Hodges / GW Basses Scholarship Winner
  • Figured Crotch Walnut Topset with Bloodwood Accent Layer over Swamp Ash body
  • Birdseye, Bloodwood and Flame Maple Neck, Macassar Ebony Fingerboard with block inlays
  • Matching wooden pickup covers and knobs
DC-1, 6 String, Signature Series and more!
  • Flamed Koa top, Spalted Silver Maple back and more
  • 9 piece neck, Flame Maple, Bubinga, Wenge, and Birdseye Maple
  • Stabilized Macassar Ebony fingerboard with Joels Signature inlayed at 12th fret in Flame Maple
DC-1, 4 String, Signature Series with Custom Celtic Knot Inlay in fingerboard
  • Spalted eastern rock maple topset over black limba body
  • Celtic Knot inlay in fingerboard on 9 piece neck
  • Dual Bartolini P-bass style pickups with stereo outputs
DC-1, 5 String, Standard Series
  • Wenge, Maple and Paduak neck with Stabilized Macassar Ebony fingerboard
  • Walnut body, requested a "more flowing grain pattern"
  • No inlays on fingerboard, side dots only
DC-1, 5 string, Signature Series
  • Figured Bubinga Top over Bubinga body
  • Coco bolo, Canary Wood and Padauk neck
  • Stacked Bass & Treble controls, Hipshot Extender on the low B string


SC-1 Neck Through Basses

SC-1, 6 String, Signature Series
  • Rare Lacewood Burl topset over Walnut body with thin Maple accent layer
  • 5 piece neck of Zebrawood, Wenge and Imbuya with Stabilized Macassar Ebony fingerboard
  • Gold Hipshot hardware
SC-1, 6 String, Signature Series)
  • Amboyna Burl top with sapwood around edges over swamp ash body
  • 7 piece neck of ebony, flame maple, bloodwood and birdseye maple
  • Stabilized birdseye maple fingerboard with custom Inlay
SC-1, 5 String, Signature Series
  • Black Dyed Stabilized Maple Burl topset
  • Stabilized Purpleheart Fingerboard
  • Matching wooden pickup covers and wooden knobs
SC-1, 5 String, Signature Series
  • Buckeye Burl top, Purpleheart accent layer, Alder body
  • Ebony, Purpleheart and Flame Maple Neck
  • Stabilized Birdseye Maple fingerboard, Abalone dot inlays
SC-1, 5 String Fretless, Signature Series
  • Flame Maple top, Purpleheart Accent layer over Black Limba
  • Wenge neck with Purpleheart Stringers
  • Custom "Alton" inlay at 12th fret and "Monkey Grip" cutout


DC-2B HRV "Hot Rod Vintage" Bolt Neck Basses

DC-2B HRV, 4 String, Signature Series
  • Bookmatched Crotch Walnut top
  • Matching Crotch Walnut Fingerboard
  • Bloodwood accent layers over Alder body
DC-2B, 4 string, Custom Series
  • The first GW Basses Bolt Neck Bass, built for Slade, owner and founder of the UglyBassPlayer.com website and forum
  • Claro Walnut topset over Alder
  • Rosewood fingerboard with White Mother of Pearl Block Inlays
DC-2B HRV, 5 String, Custom Series
  • Rare Birdseye Zebrawood topset
  • Stabilized Macassar Ebony Fingerboard
  • 3 piece neck of heavily flamed maple and wenge


UBP Special Edition Basses

UBP.com Special Edition, 5 String, Signature Series - The VERY first UBP.com Bass!
  • VERY rare one piece Amboyna Burl topset
  • Wenge neck with Australian Blackwood stringers
  • Stabilized Leopardwood fingerboard with White Mother of Pearl Block Inlays
UBP.com Special Edition, 5 String, Signature Series
  • Blue-Green dyed Maple Burl topset
  • Custom Cresent Moon 12th fret inlay
  • Stabilized Macassar Ebony fingerboard



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