Have you ever looked at a coffee table and thought, “That could be a bass?” That thought occurred to Jacques Legault, who shared this wild bass he built.
“It started as a prototype when a friend gave me a bass neck,” he said. “The frets had been removed so I filled the slots with gold enamel paint and kept it as a fretless. I cut into a coffee table and built the frame.”
Aside from the unique body, it has some more unique aspects.
“I built a side saddle bridge of my own design and wound two passive pickups arranged in hum-cancelling mode,” Legault explains. “The end result is outstanding. It has a pleasant timbre to the strings due to the bridge and the pickups (8 in total). It has a wide range to suit any playing style. While I still love my 64 Fender Precision bass this new bass is really fun to play.”
Jacques Legault’s Coffee Table Bass Photos:
