Hot Wire Basses took a page out of the old school with their Blues Bass. Modeled after the early fifties Kay Electric Bass, the Blues Bass is a vintage-style hollowbody, which the company notes was often played by four-stringers backing up Blues legends like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf.
While the design imitates an old Kay, Hot Wire made some adjustments. “The Blues Bass neck has a truss-rod and a dovetail-joint, both of which the original does not have,” they write. “Instead of plywood we use solid maple for the top. The original pickup is microphonic, we silenced it a bit to avoid finger noises and the like and also eliminate feedback. The bass has a trapeze string holder and Hipshot tuners.”
Hot Wire builds the Blues Bass by hand in Germany with a maple body, medium scale maple neck, and rosewood fingerboard. Its Bassculture pickup is controlled with Volume and Tone knobs. The bass is quite light, weighing in at approximately 5.5 pounds.
