Salamandra
A short scale bass modeled after a St. Vincent signature guitar.
See build thread here:
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
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