{"id":527,"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=527"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","slug":"bass-of-the-week-ajr-guitarmods-piccolo-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-ajr-guitarmods-piccolo-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: AJR Guitarmods Piccolo Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last year we featured a gorgeous singlecut bass<\/a> from AJR Guitarmods that wowed readers. Now, builder Andy Rogers has finished a new instrument in a different direction: a semi-hollow piccolo bass. The elegant model was built for his band\u2019s bassist, Pete. <\/p>\n

\u201cPete wanted a bass that he could practice with, and sort new riffs out, on the settee without risking the life or limbs of his wife, family or friends with a flailing 34\u201d neck and headstock! So he asked me to build him a piccolo bass,\u201d Rogers states. \u201cI confess that, at that time, I didn\u2019t know what a piccolo bass was. And nor did Pete, really! I then found out that there were a number of different views what one was: a full-scale bass tuned up an octave; an ultra-short scale bass tuned to bass pitch; a short-scale bass tuned up an octave. The latter of the options was what Pete was after and what I have built for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bass features short multi-scale with at 26 inches for the E-string and 25 inches for the G-string. It\u2019s built with a mahogany back, black walnut top, a three-piece maple\/mahogany neck, and a snakewood fretboard. The pickups are a pair of Seymour Duncan Cool Rails that are wired \u201958 style, which Rogers says gives full interaction between tone and volume. The whole bass weighs in at just 5 pounds and 14 ounces. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe scalloped back gives two advantages \u2013 tangible weight reduction and a much slimmer neck heel to body transition,\u201d the luthier says. \u201cThe same satin finish has been applied on body and neck, and the result is a silky-smooth organic feel. It really is a delight to handle and play. The tone, although tuned to 6-string electric pitch, is warm and clear with excellent balance across the strings.\u201d<\/p>\n

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