{"id":166,"date":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=166"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:40","slug":"bass-of-the-week-jacques-legaults-coffee-table-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-jacques-legaults-coffee-table-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Jacques Legault\u2019s Coffee Table Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jacques-Legault-Coffee-Table-Bass.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jacques Legault Coffee Table Bass\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-100742 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever looked at a coffee table and thought, \u201cThat could be a bass?\u201d That thought occurred to Jacques Legault, who shared this wild bass he built. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt started as a prototype when a friend gave me a bass neck,\u201d he said. \u201cThe frets had been removed so I filled the slots with gold enamel paint and kept it as a fretless. I cut into a coffee table and built the frame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the unique body, it has some more unique aspects. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI built a side saddle bridge of my own design and wound two passive pickups arranged in hum-cancelling mode,\u201d Legault explains. \u201cThe end result is outstanding. It has a pleasant timbre to the strings due to the bridge and the pickups (8 in total). It has a wide range to suit any playing style.  While I still love my 64 Fender Precision bass this new bass is really fun to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Jacques Legault\u2019s Coffee Table Bass Photos:<\/h2>\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\/2024\/03\/Jacques-Legault-Coffee-Table-Bass-Body-1000x667.jpeg\" 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\/2024\/03\/Jacques-Legault-Coffee-Table-Bass-Bridge-1000x667.jpeg\" 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\/2024\/03\/Jacques-Legault-Coffee-Table-Bass-Profile-1000x667.jpeg\" 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\/2024\/03\/Jacques-Legault-Coffee-Table-Bass-Back-1000x667.jpeg\" 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 -->\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>Have you ever looked at a coffee table and thought, \u201cThat could be a bass?\u201d That thought occurred to Jacques Legault, who shared this wild bass he built. \u201cIt started as a prototype when a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1019,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[53],"class_list":["post-166","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","builder-jacques-legault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/166","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\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}