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Dave MaizeAcoustic Bass Guitars: Dave Maize's acoustic basses feature black walnut necks, Sperzel black locking tuning machines, wood binding and purfling, high-gloss lacquer finishes, brass/black fingerboard edge markers, and intonated phenolic saddles. Standard models are the four string fretless bass with a walnut body and redwood top and the five string bass with high C string, which features a bigleaf maple body and red cedar top.Website: Dave MaizeAcoustic Bass Guitars

JT Hargreaves Acoustic Bass Guitars: J.T. Hargreaves basses come in two models: the Bluejay and the Jayhawk. The Bluejay features a Sitka spruce top and back, flame maple sides, maple neck, ebony fingerboard, oriental blue finish, body size of 24" x 18" x 5", and string length of 30.5". The Jayhawk features a redwood top, Indian rosewood back and sides, maple neck, ebony fingerboards, body size of 24" x 18" x 3.5", and string length of 32".Website: JT Hargreaves Acoustic Bass Guitars

Takamine Acoustic Basses: Takamine basses come in four models. The EG512C is a 4 string acoustic/electric bass that features a jumbo cutaway body shape, spruce top, nato back and sides, rosewood fingerboard, and chrome tuners. The EG512CB is a 4 string acoustic/electric bass that features a jumbo C/A body shape, spruce top, maple back and sides, rosewood fingerboard, and chrome tuners. The EG51CFG is a 4 string acoustic/electric bass that features a jumbo C/A body shape, spruce top, flame maple back and sides, rosewood fingerboard, and chrome tuners. The TB10 is a 4 string fretless bass featuring a spruce top, maple back and sides, ebony fingerboards, and gold tuners.Website: Takamine Acoustic Basses

Dean Acoustic Basses: Dean offers 5 models of acoustic basses. The Mamba features a solid spruce top, maple back, sides, neck, and fingerboard, and a gloss natural finish. The EQA bass features quilted ash top, back, and sides, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, mother of pearl dot inlays, and a glass natural finish. The EAB fretless features a mahogany body and neck, 34" scale, and rosewood fingerboard. The PlayEAB CBK features a select spruce top, magohany back, sides, and neck, rosewood fingerboard, and 34" length. The PBQM performer features quilt maple sides and back, 24 fret rosewood neck, and is available in cherry sunburst or natural designs.Website: Dean Acoustic Basses

Berkowitz Acoustic Basses: The Berkowitz acoustic bass features a 34" scale length, 5 1/2" body depth, 9 1/2" waist and 2 1/4" string spacing.Website: Berkowitz Acoustic Basses

Alien Stage Acoustic Bass: The Alien Stage acoustic bass freatures a laminate spruce top, laminated ovangkol back and sides, mahogany neck, wenge fingerboard, 32" scale length, 24 frets, natural satin finish, and ebony bridge with metal tailpiece.Website: Alien Stage Acoustic Bass

Fender Acoustic Basses: Fender offers three models of acoustic basses. The BG-29 features a cutaway dreadnought body with a rounded back and 30" scale length. The BG-31 features a 32" scale length and is available in candy apple red and metallic black. The BG32 features a 30" scale length and mini-jumbo body.Website: Fender Acoustic Basses

Michael Kelly Acoustic Basses: Michael Kelly offers several models of acoustic basses in 4 and 5 string varieties. The Firefly features a flam maple back and sides, spruce top, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboarding, and rosewood acoustic bridge. The Visionary AB4 features a figured maple back, sides, and top, mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard. The Club Custom features a burled ash back, sides, and top, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, and rosewood bridge. The Dragonly features a quilt maple back, sides, and top, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, and scalloped bracing. It is also available fretless. The Club Deluxe features a solid rosewood back, sides, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, and solid cedar top.Website: Michael Kelly Acoustic Basses

Washburn Acoustic Basses: Washburn offers their AB10 and AB40 acoustic basses. The AB40 features an arch top and back, cutaway body, select spruce top, maple sides and back, rosewood fingerboard, rosewood bridge, and gold die cast tuners. It is also available as a 5 string in the AB45. The AB10 features a Florentine cutaway style, select spruce top, mahogany sides, back, and neck, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, and chrome die cast tuners.Website: Wahburn Acoustic Basses

Ovation Acoustic Basses: Ovation's acoustic bass offering is the CC074. It features a deep cutaway body, spruce top, 34" scale length, rosewood fretboard, walnut bridge, and oakleaf rosette.Website: Ovation Acoustic Basses

Ibanez Acoustic Basses: Ibanez's acoustic bass is the AEB. This bass features a 32" scale length, mahogany neck, back, and sides, spruce top, abalone rosette, rosewood bridge and fretboard, and Ivorex II nut and saddle.Website: Ibanez Acoustic Basses

Greg Bennet Acoustic Basses: Greg Bennett offers the AB2 acoustic bass. It features a cutaway, nato body, spruce top, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, die cast tuners, and rosewood bridge.Website: Greg Bennet Acoustic Basses

Campbell Guitars: Campbell offers the SC acoustic/electric bass. This instrument features a resonant body and is available in short or long scale and four or five strings.Website: Campbell Guitars

Steve Wise Acoustic Bass Guitars: Stephen Wise Instruments makes acoustic bass guitar which are strictly acoustic. They are composed of Koa and Sitka. They have the familiar 34" scale. The bracing and neck are graphite reinforced. For more information including pricing, please contact Steve Wise.Website: Steve Wise Acoustic Bass Guitars

Turner Renaissance Guitars: Renaissance Ampli-Coustic basses have a cedar top with clear poly finish, .008" film thickness. Back and sides are walnut or cherry finished with oil-modified urethane. Full faux tortoise binding.All models feature Turner-designed piezo bridge pickup and an 18 volt Highlander pre-amp with low-noise volume and tone controls. Custom options, such as Wood upgrade for back and sides include quilted Western big leaf maple, tiger-striped Western big leaf maple, Indian rosewood and figured Hawaiin koa, are available. All wood upgrades include rope top purfling; abalone purfling (with matching headstock) is also available. Finish upgrades include vintage sunburst or solid black with white Corian bridge.Neck upgrades include bird's-eye maple and optional 5-layer contrasting veneer laminate on back of peghead. Left-handed construction available.
Website: Turner Renaissance Guitars

Specht Guitars: Specht Guitars manufacture the Custom Bass, the Flat-Top Bass, and the Big-G Bass.The Custom Bass features a cedar body with a beautiful and rare 1 piece figured walnut top. The neck is koa with a rosewood fingerboard. The head plate is figured walnut. The Flat-Top Bass has a Spruce top with Mahogany sides & back, Walnut binding, and Maple neckWalnut inlays. The Big 'G' Bass Koa has a wood body Koa neck, Ebony finger board with Koa binding, and Dimarzio ultrajazz 5 pickups.Website: Specht Guitars

Doolin Guitars: Doolin Acoustic Bass Guitars is available in fretted or fretless, 4-string or 5-string Hi C. The small offset soundhole tunes the body down into the bass register for a full bass sound. Website: Doolin Guitars