Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Cunningham Bass & Guitarz RLJ-5 Splendour Jazz Bass

Originally featured November 21, 2016

Jamaica-born, Australia-based luthier Dwight Cunningham creates some stunning basses, including this gorgeous RLJ-5 Splendour Jazz Bass. The semi-hollow bass features a myrtle and alder body loaded with a Nordstrand Bigman pickup in the bridge position with a split coil in the neck position.

Its seven-piece neck is crafted from Myrtle, Indian Rosewood, Maple and Mahogany. The lined fretless fingerboard is ebony with 28 fret lines. Other features include a Nordstrand 3B-45 preamp, a Hipshot Chrome D-style bridge, and Hipshot chrome tuning heads.

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