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  • Guitar Of The Month - July 2024

    Salamandra

    A short scale bass modeled after a St. Vincent signature guitar.

    See build thread here:

    Build thread

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    30" scale, basswood body. Uses a short-scale neck with paddle headstock from Amazon. Built in the shed. This time I milled the body from rough lumber. That saves a lot of money, so I'll do that again.

    The pickups are Artec Mudbuckers, coupled to a discrete preamp (no ICs/opamps) of my own design. It uses a buffer per pickup and a summing amp on the end. 18v, so two 9v batteries.

    Fire salamander on the headstock :D

    The Amazon neck seems pretty good, they have this exact one also as a baritone neck (just has a different nut) -  Recommended if anyone is looking for a simple baritone build.

    Quick and very dirty sound sample - bridge solo, neck solo, both - into a Caline Wine Cellar for a bit of dirt

    https://whyp.it/tracks/186564/stvincent-esque-shortscale-bass-two-mudbuckers?token=uSiMH


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