Bass of the Week: Kelvin Daly Musical Instruments 7-String Subcontra Bass
Kelvin Daly has been building instruments since 1992, always with an artistic bent. “My original training in visual arts and sculpture migrated into building functional musical objects as I became more seriously involved in playing…
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Kelvin Daly has been building instruments since 1992, always with an artistic bent. “My original training in visual arts and sculpture migrated into building functional musical objects as I became more seriously involved in playing music,” he writes on his website. It doesn’t hurt that he has apprenticed with the legendary Carl Thompson since 1998. This week we’re featuring a gut-rumbling bass Daly custom-designed for a player. The 7-string Subcontra Bass has…
Specs
Body
Kaya and Padouk
Top
Ebony and Hand-dyed Flame Maple
Neck
7-piece sapele, ipe, cocobola, and pau ferro
Fingerboard
Ebony
Scale
38″
Pickups
Kent Armstrong Custom-Wound Soapbars
Electronics
Kent Armstrong 3-Band EQ
Bridge
hipshot
Tuners
Hipshot
