A beautiful bass modelled on the 70’s P-Basses’ made by Guitar Repairers lurker Will Beckwith. A pur nitrocellulose walnut finish over a beautifully figured ash body. A lovely maple neck with a light flame through it and all high quality chrome hardware, it supports Wilkinson high output ceramic pickups voiced for a vintage tone.

It has a bright chiming top end with a sweet midrange and should appeal to all P-Bass lovers out there

Another addition to our Roadkill series, proffesionally distressed by master-basser William Beckwith. This bass was made in the image of a 62′ style P-Bass and brings all the character and tone of the real deal.

A nice barky midrange with a tight top end thanks to a maple neck with rosewood fingerboard gives this a true worn in vintage sound.

“William, William it was really nothing” these lyrics are my catch cry greeting whenever I see Mr. William Beckwith. For seven years now Will has worked with us as a part time member of our stag. The unseen force that creates some of the finest work we produce. For seven years he has also put up with me singing that Smith’s song to him as well. I doubt whether he’ll ever listen to that song again in his life Time. What can I tell you about Will?… Well, for one. He has an ear which is so tuned in to bass tones it has become an obsession with him. When Will and I listen to music together, it becomes quickly apparent that we are not “really” listening to the music so much as the bass lines. Above you will see some of the basses selected, built, restored and modified by Will. So here is a quick lowdown on Each.

• 90’s Yamaha BB. Will sourced this bass on our behalf. The modifications easily outweigh the selling price of this bass, however as I said earlier, Will is a perfectionist. The mods read like this: Completely refinished, 70’s Dimarzio J bass pick up fitted, Fret dressed and set up $695.00

• ‘51 style P Style bass, built with super resonant re-cycled timbers of unknown origin. Sorry to say she sold immediately.

• 70’s Canora (made by Ibanez) fretless conversion. The neck through body design was irresistible to William, it just had to be fretless! The tone is woody and sustains “bloom” upon the initial touch making it hard to believe that she is a passive bass.

• 60’s Voxtron. Rebuilt, re-fretted, re-wired and anything else that needed to be done. The light weight body and short/medium scale length makes this instrument the perfect thing for those with smaller hand and/or stature. OH! and she sounds big and woody just like you’d expect.

Custom built from the Masterbasser Will Beckworth. blurb coming soon

RRP $695

Inspired by a 1951 Fender P Bass this little beaut was crafted from scratch using a body made from wood found on the side of the road in council cleanup. Sporting all handmade brass hardware to the exact specifications of the original, it has a maple neck, Pao Ferro fretboard, vintage style machine heads and a Seymour Duncan 51′ Reissue pickup. Absolutely awesome recording bass, manages to really accentuate the midrange register giving a nice bright sound but with a deep boomy undercurrent. Made by bass extrodinare and perfectionist Will Beckwith of the band Liechardt

Not for sale

Seyomour Duncan 51′ Reissue pickup, handmade brass hardware, Pao Ferro fertboard, maple neck, body unknown, timbre found in council cleanup. Suspect mahogany. makes for very incredible sound.

We decided to give you a selection of various custom basses made to the needs and desires of our customers. These basses all feature 2 piece light swamp ash bodies with Canadian maple necks with the option of Maple fingerboard or East Indian Rosewood fingerboards. Ebony is a further option. The choice of pick ups is up to the individual. Prices for these basses range from 1500.00 up to 3000.00 depending on finish, electronics etc.

More coming soon

We’ve seen lots and lots of fretless basses over the years and we’ve also de fretted a lot of basses too. That said, we’ve never heard anything like this guy. You have to hear it to believe it……Example. You pluck the string, the strings sounds and then fades right? Not on this bad boy…. Pluck the string and it actually increases in volume before slowly fading! It’s a bit like having a natural compressor/limiter built in to the bass. Oh! Before I forget, this is a passive bass. No tricks just pure tone. Built in 1980 by the same folks that bought you Ibanez, it sports maple laminate neck thru construction with mahogany wings. All set up and ready to go.

This piece of Japanese Kitsch is so playable that it is hard to put her down. The tone is what you would expect from this style of bass. Big fat woody low end with lovely upper mids. The kind of bass that will be perfect for dub reggae or acid fueled prog.The neck has a cozy 32” scale. We have completely re furbished her and that included a re fret. The strings are Black nylon “tape wounds” or as we like to call them “Disco Strings” …don’t ask me why that is, it just is OK!

this is our custom shop Red and White GT Stripe J-Bass. This has an awesome vintage jazz bass sound and suits any playing style.