Murray Kuun is a South African luthier who admits he came to the profession relatively late in life, but his passion is in creating fresh designs.
“I am not keen on making copies of instruments that have been copied ad nauseam,” he shared. “All my instruments are original designs.”
His first bass model is the Elemental, a neck-thru bass with unique body wings.
The Elemental is built with African woods including a sapele mahogany body and neck with a figured imbuia fretboard and matching “pods” to fill out the body shape. The bass is fitted with a Bare Knuckle split coil pickup with volume and tone knobs nestled in the lower pod.
Kuun builds each of his basses by hand, so the Elemental can be ordered with a variety of options for hardware, pickups, and woods. Check out Kuun’s website for more.
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