{"id":102,"date":"2025-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=102"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:37","slug":"michael-spalts-blue-deluxe-bass-turns-found-objects-into-playable-art","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=michael-spalts-blue-deluxe-bass-turns-found-objects-into-playable-art","title":{"rendered":"Michael Spalt\u2019s Blue Deluxe Bass Turns Found Objects into Playable Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Spalt-Blue-Deluxe-Body-2-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C887&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Michael Spalt Blue Deluxe Body 2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"887\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108522 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael Spalt is one of the most creative and inventive luthiers in the world. I was perusing his online gallery of over 700 instruments and found this cool \u201cBlue Deluxe\u201d bass in the Totemguitars series. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve worked with resin from 1997 on, and the original line of guitars and basses came to be known as \u2018Totemguitars,&#8217;\u201d the bass and guitar maker explains. \u201cTo date more than 400+ instruments have been built using this process, each a unique handcrafted piece. I utilise found objects and wood, repurposing them and giving them a new life as playable art.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><\/div>\n<p>The Spalt Instruments Blue Deluxe was crafted with a mahogany body, a maple neck, and a rosewood fingerboard. Spalt made the top a piece of art out of a variety of objects: a domino piece, a gear, a piece of car, a radio serial plate, and more. The longer you look at it, the more you find. Even the pickup covers were spruced up. <\/p>\n<p>As cool as it looks, the bass has to sound good, too. Spalt fitted it with a set of Lollar PJ pickups with independent volume knobs and a master tone control. Other features include a vintage brass bridge, Hipshot Y tuners, and Dunlop Straplocks. <\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-wrap\">\n<div class=\"carousel-gallery carousel-sync-main\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Spalt-Blue-Deluxe-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Spalt-Blue-Deluxe-Body-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Spalt-Blue-Deluxe-Detail-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Spalt-Blue-Deluxe-Detail-2-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Michael-Spalt-Blue-Deluxe-Back-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-main -->    <\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-nav\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-nav -->  <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-wrap --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .section --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Spalt is one of the most creative and inventive luthiers in the world. 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