{"id":404,"date":"2019-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=404"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:48","slug":"bass-of-the-week-eastwood-guitars-airline-pocket-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-eastwood-guitars-airline-pocket-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Eastwood Guitars Airline Pocket Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eastwood-Guitars-Airline-Pocket-Bass.jpg?resize=1090%2C613&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eastwood Guitars Airline Pocket Bass\" width=\"1090\" height=\"613\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63328 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>Eastwood Guitars has a knack for recreating vintage basses in a modern format while retaining all their glorious mojo. That\u2019s evident in their take on the Airline Pocket Bass, which was introduced two years ago through their crowd-funding platform. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cVintage gear collector and ex-Bob Dylan sideman and Saturday Night Live bandleader GE Smith called the original Pocket Bass \u2018the best recording basses around.\u2019 The Airline Pocket Bass is one of those odd instruments that a lot of people asked us to reissue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eastwood made a few upgrades to the original design from the \u201960s. The scale length is a bit longer, although it is still a minuscule 26.5 inches. They also updated the bridge, which houses a more powerful piezo pickup. The bass forgoes a tone knob, instead opting for a knob that blends between the piezo pickup and the meaty humbucker. Other features include a mahogany body fitted with a finger rest and \u201ctug bar,\u201d a pao ferro fingerboard, and Gotoh style hardware. <\/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\/2019\/08\/Eastwood-Guitars-Airline-Pocket-Bass-Body-1000x613.jpg\" 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\/2019\/08\/Eastwood-Guitars-Airline-Pocket-Bass-Strings-1000x613.jpg\" 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\/2019\/08\/Eastwood-Guitars-Airline-Pocket-Bass-Bridge-1-1000x613.jpg\" 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\/2019\/08\/Eastwood-Guitars-Airline-Pocket-Bass-Headstock-1000x613.jpg\" 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 -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-nav -->  <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-wrap --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .section --><\/p>\n<p>You can hear the bass in this detailed demo by Premier Guitar\u2019s Steve Cook:\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channelid=\"UCuHKXHw5P891LFZOmrpFWEw\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastwood Guitars has a knack for recreating vintage basses in a modern format while retaining all their glorious mojo. 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