{"id":64,"date":"2008-08-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitaldin.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2008-08-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T09:00:00","slug":"my-hoyt-6-string-fretless-mark-gollihur-signature-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.digitaldin.com\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"My Hoyt 6-string Fretless (Mark Gollihur Signature Model)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yeah, you read that right – the gorgeous work of art in my hands to the right is my “signature model” bass – made entirely to my specifications by Karl Hoyt, luthier and family friend (he’s also made 3 basses for my dad). I even sent him a sketch of the body design – I wanted the extra long upper horn for balance (that’s a looooong neck with lotsa tuners on it) and a short lower horn for easy access to the upper range.<\/p>\n

I love<\/em> my bass; it has a through-body maple neck with an ebony fingerboard, and amazing side wings that are a “hippie sandwich” of wenge (an African wood with the color of chocolate-y goodness) surrounding a gooey center of mahogany. It even features an amazing hand-made bridge of solid ebony – and matching ebony knobs! The bass is truly a work of art.<\/p>\n

The electronics are also custom-tailored for this axe; a Bartolini preamp blends the undersaddle piezo pickup for natural “acoustic” sound, while the (now quite rare) active Lane Poor magnetic soapbar pickup sits in the “sweet spot.”<\/p>\n

This bass, which I’ve strung with LaBella Deep-Talkin’ Black Tapewound strings, sounds amazingly<\/em> woody and warm – it just has this wonderful singing tone with no hint of nasal ugliness. And with its low action, the mwah that you can produce with this thing is just unstoppable.<\/p>\n

This was the first 6-er that Karl had made, and it was also his first neck-thru, if I remember correctly. He has made quite a few very cool basses, including an acoustic-electric and a couple of electric 5-ers for my dad (1 fretted, one fretless). In fact, if you look back into my July posting archive, you’ll see a mock ad (from a “Wordless Wednesday” post) that my Dad and I did up just to break his stones. Karl’s a funny guy with a goofy sense of humor – and he makes cool basses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yeah, you read that right – the gorgeous work of art in my hands to the right is my “signature model” bass – made entirely to my specifications by Karl Hoyt, luthier and family friend…<\/p>\n

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