This week, we’re featuring a jaw-dropping build from Rick Link of Beardly Customs. Completed on 1/29/26, the four-string features a walnut body sandwiched between book-matched ambrosia maple. It also features a Lacewood rear core with a maple veneer, delivering a rich tone and appearance to the back. Link continues the lacewood theme in the neck and fingerboard, which is inlaid with flamed maple blocks to mark its 24 frets.
Even more aspects of the bass are completed with exotic woods: the cavity cover is figured purpleheart, the nut is snakewood, and the walnut headstock is capped with koa.
For electronics, it’s fitted with a pair of Turner multi-coil pickups and a passive volume/volume/tone control set. Hardware includes a Hipshot Kickass bridge and Ultralite tuners.
Beardly Customs 1.29.26 Bass Photos:
