Bass of the Week: KD Basses Picasso
Andy Irvine of The Daily Funk Club shared some pictures of this bass on Facebook and it made me stop scrolling. The Picasso by KD Basses is a colorful, artistic take on the instrument made…
The Story
Andy Irvine of The Daily Funk Club shared some pictures of this bass on Facebook and it made me stop scrolling. The Picasso by KD Basses is a colorful, artistic take on the instrument made in Bulgaria. The bass’s body is built with an Elm core, but luthier Kostadin Dimitrov covered it with an irregularly-shaped piece of maple burl in 10 different colors. The mosaic also extends up the fingerboard and headstock.…
Specs
Neck
7-piece Flamed Maple, Ebony Stripes, Purple Heart Core and Maple Veneer Lamination
Fingerboard
Burl MapLe Wooden Mosaic
Scale
34″
Pickups
KD Hand-Made Humbuckers with Series/Parallel Switches
Bridge
Hipshot
Tuners
Gotoh
Finish
Oil
