{"id":369,"date":"2020-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=369"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:46","slug":"bass-of-the-week-bite-guitars-stairway-to-heaven-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-bite-guitars-stairway-to-heaven-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: BITE Guitars Stairway-to-Heaven Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BITE-Guitars-Stairway-to-Heaven-Bass.jpg?resize=1200%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"BITE Guitars Stairway-to-Heaven Bass\" width=\"1200\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68446 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>BITE Guitars recently launched the One-Song series, which creates one-off showcase instruments based on a single iconic song. This week we\u2019re checking out the \u201cStairway-to-Heaven\u201d Bass. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach bass pays tribute to one particular song which made its mark in rock history,\u201d BITE explains. \u201cThis bass is dedicated to Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bass takes its inspiration quite literally and features an image of an MC Escher-styled staircase among clouds. BITE built the bass with an alder body in a Candy Apple Red finish, a hard maple neck, and a maple fingerboard fitted with block inlays. Other features include their passive 1000 mV split-coil pickup, black clover tuners, and a Gotoh black brass bridge. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BITE-Guitars-Stairway-to-Heaven-Bass-Body.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"BITE Guitars Stairway-to-Heaven Bass Body\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-large wp-image-68447 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BITE Guitars recently launched the One-Song series, which creates one-off showcase instruments based on a single iconic song. This week we\u2019re checking out the \u201cStairway-to-Heaven\u201d Bass. \u201cEach bass pays tribute to one particular song which\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1481,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-369","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/369","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\/1481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}