{"id":324,"date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=324"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:45","slug":"bass-of-the-week-nishgaki-guitars-tempesta-5-indigo-blue","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-nishgaki-guitars-tempesta-5-indigo-blue","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Nishgaki Guitars Tempesta 5 Indigo Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luthier Yuki Nishgaki of Nishgaki Guitars draws his inspiration from nature. That\u2019s clear on this gorgeous semi-hollow Tempesta bass, which summons visions of huge waves of sound. <\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Tempesta\u2019 means \u2018storm\u2019 in Italy,\u201d Nishgaki explains. \u201cIts top and back wood curve are shaped by hand. Semi-solid structure with an original designed center block. Tempesta blends two opposite directions of sounds: acoustic like a vintage cello with electric bass overtones. A player can express its various sound just by his\/her sensitive touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

This particular bass, made with bassist Ryo Miyachi, has a body crafted with an alder center, exotic maple back, and a Tochi top. (Nishgaki calls Tochi a \u201cJapanese Horse Chestnut.) Its set neck is made from both flame maple and hard maple, while its fretboard is African Blackwood. The head plate is Kaede Tamamoku, a Japanese exotic maple. <\/p>\n

The bass has a dazzling blue Indigo blue finish that Nishgaki creates from a rare traditional Japanese method. \u201cI use \u2018Awa Ai\u2019 from Tokushima prefecture for indigo dyeing,\u201d the builder shares. \u201cHighly-pure precipitated Indigo can mix with the natural color of the wood well, and it makes unique color and a good feel. This special material of Indigo is from Leki Nagahara who is a producer of \u2018Awa Ai.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Other features include a set of Nordstrand Big Single pickups, a Hipshot bridge, and Gotoh tuners. You can hear this incredible piece of work in the capable hands of Miyachi on the bassists\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Luthier Yuki Nishgaki of Nishgaki Guitars draws his inspiration from nature. That\u2019s clear on this gorgeous semi-hollow Tempesta bass, which summons visions of huge waves of sound. \u201c\u2018Tempesta\u2019 means \u2018storm\u2019 in Italy,\u201d Nishgaki explains. \u201cIts\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1377,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-324","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/324","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\/1377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}