{"id":463,"date":"2018-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=463"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:50","slug":"bass-of-the-week-pittman-p-style-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-pittman-p-style-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Pittman P-Style Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Love them or hate them, some \u201creplica\u201d basses really hit the mark, and reader Scott Hayes sent us a perfect example of how it should be done. \u201cThe bass is a \u201965 inspired p bass with a light relic (closet queen) built by Paul Slagle of Pittman Guitars,\u201d Hayes shares. \u201cThe photos are taken by Victor Vega. The Neck was hard to capture but it\u2019s amazing \u2013 it starts off as a soft v from 1 to 5th fret and morphs to a flatter C shape. It\u2019s lovely and it\u2019s a very comfy 8 lbs.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no wonder Slagle\u2019s creation hits all the right notes; he\u2019s been in the music business his entire professional life. \u201cAs a player, I have filled the slot in bands as a guitarist, singer, bassist, doubled on keyboards, and yes, even as a drummer,\u201d the luthier writes. \u201cToured as a pro player, and also a pro touring FOH Mixer with gold and platinum selling artists. All the while, in between all that, I would be working on instruments, be it on my own doing work for others, or have a job at some boutique guitar company. I have worked for several respected builders, such as Michael Tobias and James Tyler and many others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slagle, who is also noted as one of the top finishing and restoration luthiers in the Southern California area, built the bass\u2019s gorgeous neck out of a highly figured piece of maple. Its alder body is finished in an aged nitrocellulose Dakota Red, which makes a nice contrast to the cocobolo fingerboard. The custom aluminum filled side markers also continue the red motif. The builder opted for a vintage-voiced split-coil built by Pacific Northwest Guitar Pickups as well as Hipshot tuners and a Fender vintage bridge. <\/p>\n

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Love them or hate them, some \u201creplica\u201d basses really hit the mark, and reader Scott Hayes sent us a perfect example of how it should be done. \u201cThe bass is a \u201965 inspired p bass\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1671,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-463","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/463","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\/1671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}