{"id":306,"date":"2021-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=306"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:44","slug":"bass-of-the-week-karel-fosumpaur-flame-1","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-karel-fosumpaur-flame-1","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Karel Fo\u0161umpaur Flame 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Karel-Fosumpaur-Flame-1-Bass.jpeg?resize=1200%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Karel Fosumpaur Flame 1 Bass\" width=\"1200\" height=\"513\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82390 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite pages on Facebook is the group \u201cSupport Small Bass Builders.\u201d There are plenty of independent luthiers posting there that you\u2019ve heard of, but there are also plenty you may not know. Karel Fo\u0161umpaur posted his latest five-string build there and it stopped me in my tracks. <\/p>\n<p>The handcrafted original design is called the Flame 1. Fo\u0161umpaur built it with a pear wood body that\u2019s exploded into three pieces for an elegant flow. Each piece is held in place by shaped steel. \u201cThe lowest part has an inner narrow tunnel for cables, which runs to the housing,\u201d the builder adds.  <\/p>\n<p>Its maple neck is fitted with a mahogany fretboard. He used oak for the knobs and pickup covers, which house a pair of EMG J5\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>Fo\u0161umpaur describes himself as an amateur luthier, but we may be seeing more from him soon. \u201cI was aiming for a geometrical but also organic look, which resembles flames \u2013 therefore [the name] Flame,\u201d he tells us. \u201cThe number 1 stands for it being a pilot, prototype bass of my future patent look of my brand.\u201d<\/p>\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\/2021\/06\/Karel-Fosumpaur-Flame-1-Bass-Body-2-1000x667.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\/2021\/06\/Karel-Fosumpaur-Flame-1-Bass-Body-3-1000x667.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\/2021\/06\/Karel-Fosumpaur-Flame-1-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\/2021\/06\/Karel-Fosumpaur-Flame-1-Bass-Angle-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\/2021\/06\/Karel-Fosumpaur-Flame-1-Bass-Back-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\/2021\/06\/Karel-Fosumpaur-Flame-1-Bass-Body-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 --><\/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>One of my favorite pages on Facebook is the group \u201cSupport Small Bass Builders.\u201d There are plenty of independent luthiers posting there that you\u2019ve heard of, but there are also plenty you may not know.\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1336,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-306","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/306","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\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}