{"id":226,"date":"2023-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=226"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:41","slug":"bass-of-the-week-nick-lloyd-basses-55","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-nick-lloyd-basses-55","title":{"rendered":"Bass Of The Week: Nick Lloyd Basses #55"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Edgar Meyer<\/strong>\u2019s double bass, made by Giovanni Battista Gabrielli in 1769, is an amazing instrument with a natural clarity and projection that helps it have a singing quality. He has used the bass extensively throughout his career, including his album Uncommon Ritual<\/em>, which planted a seed in luthier Nick Lloyd\u2019s brain over two decades ago. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat album changed everything for a lot of people in the industry. I would listen to it every day for weeks and months. That\u2019s when I decided that if I ever got a chance to understand his double bass and his playing\u2026 I would love to copy this instrument.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even back then, Lloyd knew he would need to get more experience under his belt before such an undertaking. Just a few years ago, the stars aligned when Punch Brothers and Hawktail bassist Paul Kowert commissioned him to make a copy of the Gabrielli bass. The two borrowed Meyer\u2019s bass to take measurements and spend time with it. <\/p>\n

Lloyd was interviewed about the bass\u2019s creation on a recent episode of the Bluegrass Jam Along podcast. It\u2019s a fascinating talk on how it all came together, including some interesting details on double bass making in general. <\/p>\n

The luthier crafted it with a spruce top and maple for its back and sides. It has a 41-inch string length with a C-extension to reach extra low notes. Lloyd notes that the recreation is a bench copy and not a museum copy, as he made a few adjustments, such as a removable travel neck.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bass was immediately singing, and I have always enjoyed playing it in a room, alone or in an ensemble,\u201d Kowert says. \u201cFor years, I searched for a viable instrument with this clarity and focus, and now I have one because Nick made it.\u201d <\/p>\n

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You can hear it on the track \u201cUpdraft\u201d from Hawktail\u2019s latest album, Place of Growth<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n

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