{"id":164,"date":"2024-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=164"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:40","slug":"bass-of-the-week-leh-guitars-offset-5-string","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-leh-guitars-offset-5-string","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: LEH Guitars Offset 5-String"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LEH<\/p>\n

Luthier Ellis Hahn of LEH Guitars wrote in to share a killer bass made for a killer bassist. This LEH Offset 5-string was made for the inimitable Tim Lefebvre. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not every day that Tim Lefebvre<\/strong> hits you up to make him a custom bass, so this build was extra special to me,\u201d Hahn shares. \u201cI had a blast spec\u2019ing this one out and love how it came together. We were going for a punchy 70\u2019s Marcus-ish vibe but with a sound tailored for Tim and his playing style (or how Tim phrased it, a \u2018rude ass Jazz Bass\u2019). My favorite bit of tailoring is the Quartersawn 2-piece neck paired with an Okoume body. It gives you the immediacy and snap of a Maple board, but the Okoume rounds out the edges and puts a little bit of worn-in-bass-warmth underneath. Pair that with a set of single coil Jazz pickups in 70\u2019s location, and you can\u2019t go wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tim<\/p>\n

The Lollar pickups are complemented by LEH\u2019s super cool control layout. The knobs control Volume, Blend and Tone, with the latter also having a push\/pull function to toggle between active and passive operation. The three faders control EQ from a Darkglass Tone Capsule preamp: High Mids, Low Mids, and Bass. <\/p>\n

The bass also features a Hipshot Vintage Quick Release bridge, Hipshot Ultralight tuners, Dunlop Straplocks, and graphite neck reinforcements. <\/p>\n

Lefebvre just got a hold of the bass recently, but it\u2019s already become his go-to 5-string. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt records so well in the studio and the overarching thing about it is how usable it is,\u201d he says. \u201cI got it and used it at my performance that night and I\u2019ve been using it since. It\u2019s a workhorse. There\u2019s no question about it. When I need a Jazz Bass sound, there\u2019s no debating it, this is the one I\u2019m going to lean into. It\u2019s absolutely blown me away.\u201d <\/p>\n

If you want to hear the bass in action, Lefebvre recently posted a clip from the Blue Note in NYC with it on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luthier Ellis Hahn of LEH Guitars wrote in to share a killer bass made for a killer bassist. This LEH Offset 5-string was made for the inimitable Tim Lefebvre. \u201cIt\u2019s not every day that Tim\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1014,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-164","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}