Completed Basses



  • Bolt Neck DC-2 Body built up as a neck through. I like it!



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  • Blue green dyed maple burl top for Melker in Sweden



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  • Another beautiful 6 string from my Custom Shop. This is the second bass of this design that I've built for Russ Hodges



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  • Black dyed maple burl top SC-1 for Dougal



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  • Beautiful 5 string from my Custom Shop



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  • A 6 string DC-1 for Jeff G.



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  • A great 4 string with a fantastic Celtic Knot Inlay on the fretboard for Dan, bassist with Denver based band Kilbox



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  • DC-1, 5 String - A 5 string for my friend Dana from my hometown, Buffalo!



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  • Fretless 6'er with a beautiful bookmatched wenge topset



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  • The first GW Basses DC-2 Bolt neck bass. Built for Slade, the owner and originator of the Ugly Bass Player website (www.uglybassplayer.com)


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


  • DC-1, 5 String for Dan B. - The first GW Basses Scholarship Award!



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  • DC-2 Bolt Body built as a neck through bass


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


  • UBP.com Model 5 String going to Melker in Sweden



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  • DC-1, 5 String for Dustin - bubinga, canary and paduak neck with bubinga body and figured bubinga topset



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  • DC-1, 5 String - for Inyeol L. - wenge, flamed maple and padauk neck with figured walnut body wings



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  • 4 String DC-1 for JT from Distant Warning



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  • DC-1, 5 String - For Jason in Colorado


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  • DC-1, 5 String - Zebrawood, purpleheart and flamed maple neck, solid zebrawood wings



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  • Full Custom, 4 string bass - designed by the customer, Russ



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  • The first UBP Edition Bass - This is the Ugly Bass Player Forum Special Edition bass, serial # UBP 0001 for Slade!



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  • DC-1, neck through 5 string bass - padauk, purpleheart & teak neck, walnut body wings, spalted maple top set



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  • SC-1, neck through 5 string bass - ebony, purpleheart & birdseye maple neck, alder body wings w/ buckeye burl top


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  • SC-1 5 String - A beautiful 5 string for Alton, bassist formerly with Staija


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  • DC-1 5 String - ebony, purpleheart & flamed maple neck, black limba body wings


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  • Lots of dark woods. Sold to Dan, the bassist with Denver based band Kilbox


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  • DC-1, neck through 5 string bass - wenge, purpleheart & bubinga neck, walnut body wings



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  • DC-1, neck through 5 string bass - coco bolo, canary & bubinga neck, swamp ash body w/ figured spalted maple top


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    Previous Repairs, Modifications and Restorations

  • Yamaha BB300 "Rubbermaid" - Restoration and Customization


  • Face lift for an Elrick, a new flamed walnut top! - I really like how this one came out


  • Ibanez RG270 DX broken neck/headstock repair


  • New Black Limba body for an old Kramer Bass


  • Warmoth 6 String Restoration - "Barney"!


  • "Les Paul" bass built from pawn shop parts - Erik always wanted this one, so it is his bass now!


  • Modification / Setup on Gledura Infinity Serial #0001! - coming soon

  • New nut, setup, and minor repairs on a Hondo II Les Paul copy - hey, it's for a friend and it has sentimental value...

  • Restoration on a 1961 Gretsch Corvette - coming soon