Richard Bona

I saw him last month in Utrecht, what an incredible musician and composer! He plays a Fodera with a sound that's just wonderfull. It looks like one big pickup on that guitar but it is a thumbsupport or fingerramp between both dual coils. My bass will have one to as I am missing it on my Tune.

The photo shows you what I mean. Richard, tu est formidable, merci pour le plaisir que tu donne les gens!

Baby needs a name!

Alea iacta est! Reading my blog i was thinking about a name for my bass. It will be: 'Inspiration'
because that is how it came about and what it is supposed to give me once finished.

Single bridge autotuner

How nice would it be to have an auto tuning bridge. An underbridge piezo pickup combined with tuning electronics and a servo spindle motor. So I made this concept...

Inspiration

My inspiration comes from all over the place. As far as bassguitar design goes it is Jens Ritter who combines stunning aestethics with great design aspects. I post a photo of one of his creations here. Note the peculiar ange of the pickups, he did this to optimize balance and sound. This method is working according to some builders I spoke to. Apparently most guitarists do not 'dig' this and that's why you do not see it on mainstream production guitars. I'll be installing my Fatstacks the same way..by sorting out their ideal position on an inverted jig above the strings first.