{"id":220,"date":"2023-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=220"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","slug":"bass-of-the-week-carillion-guitars-callisto","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-carillion-guitars-callisto","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Carillion Guitars Callisto"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Carillion<\/p>\n

Carillion Guitars recently introduced a new model called the Callisto, which grew from a collaboration with bassist Arran McSporran<\/strong>. Luthier Chris Delia gave a rundown of the instrument\u2019s creation on the Carillion Facebook page. <\/p>\n

\u201cArran needed a slightly more traditionally styled bass for work outside of his tech-death band commitments, and his remit was something along the lines of \u2018between a P and J bass in shape and style,\u2019 but obviously done the Carillion way,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBizarrely, I had wanted to design the exact same thing for a few years, but needed someone to commission it to justify the time on R&D. The stars aligned (pun definitely intended) on the whole thing for the both of us!\u201d<\/p>\n

The bass features set-neck construction and is crafted with a swamp ash body and a nine-piece flamed maple and bog oak neck. It has a Birdseye maple fingerboard that\u2019s bound in ebony and inlaid with ebony blocks for its fret markers. <\/p>\n

Other features include Bartolini pickups, Gotoh tuners, an ABM bridge system, and Luminlay side dots. <\/p>\n

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Carillion Guitars recently introduced a new model called the Callisto, which grew from a collaboration with bassist Arran McSporran. Luthier Chris Delia gave a rundown of the instrument\u2019s creation on the Carillion Facebook page. \u201cArran\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1154,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-220","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/220","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\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}