{"id":343,"date":"2020-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=343"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:45","slug":"bass-of-the-week-lecompte-electric-bass-jss-4-barefoot-cobbler","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-lecompte-electric-bass-jss-4-barefoot-cobbler","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: LeCompte Electric Bass JSS-4 \u201cBarefoot Cobbler\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ever since restarting his business<\/a> a few years ago, it\u2019s been a blast to see Bud LeCompte\u2019s new builds. One of his latest basses is a special JSS-4 he\u2019s keeping for himself. <\/p>\n

\u201c[It\u2019s] built from scraps and leftovers as my own personal bass,\u201d the luthier explains. \u201cAffectionately called the \u2018Barefoot Cobbler\u2019 bass, because I promised myself I would build a bass just for me and not be like the barefoot cobbler who made shoes for everyone else but had no time to make shoes for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sleek instrument is crafted with an alder and maple body that has Macassar ebony and walnut accent stripes. The bass\u2019s front displays a maple theme with a spalted maple top, maple neck, and maple fingerboard that are accented with a tortoise shell pickguard. Its LeCompte Triple Threat Split-Coil pickups are housed under olivewood covers and matched to passive controls. <\/p>\n

Although this is his personal instrument, LeCompte operates as a one-man shop and can build a similar bass to order.<\/p>\n

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Ever since restarting his business a few years ago, it\u2019s been a blast to see Bud LeCompte\u2019s new builds. One of his latest basses is a special JSS-4 he\u2019s keeping for himself. \u201c[It\u2019s] built from\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1415,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[75],"class_list":["post-343","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","builder-lecompte-electric-bass-jss-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/343","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\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}