{"id":214,"date":"2023-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=214"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","slug":"bass-of-the-week-gildaxe-juniper","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-gildaxe-juniper","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Gildaxe Juniper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two years ago, we checked out a Gildaxe bass<\/a> that combined a vintage Ovation neck with a custom body to make something brand new. Now designer Geo Kitta has shared the Gildaxe Juniper, a 32-inch scale bass that is all custom designed and built. The bass oozes with vintage vibes as it takes its cues from the \u201960s Italian Meazzi Hollywood Jupiter. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe body is of a single slab sliced in two of Honduran mahogany which was extensively chambered, coupled to a flamed torrified maple neck with an ebony fingerboard with 22 frets, which was Plek\u2019d. The neck was built to my specs by master luthier Dan Ransom\/SF. I fabricated and polished the aluminum pick-guard\/control plates\/pu surrounds and scored securing an actual \u201963 Jupiter string-stop\/cover.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kitta fit the bass with two \u201cVox\u201d-like single coil pickups with a custom ebony five-way selector switch. The settings offer the neck pickup, the bridge pickup, both pickups, series\/parallel mode, and a kill switch. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe tone control is a Stellartone ToneStyler Bass Six offering great tonal options,\u201d Kitta adds. \u201cThe outstanding finish was executed by master finisher Pat Wilkins\/SoCal. As a real bonus \u2013 I acquired a rare \u201960s Meazzi [hard shell case] in mint condition that this bass fits like a glove.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Two years ago, we checked out a Gildaxe bass that combined a vintage Ovation neck with a custom body to make something brand new. Now designer Geo Kitta has shared the Gildaxe Juniper, a 32-inch\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1139,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-214","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/214","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\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}