{"id":543,"date":"2016-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=543"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:53","slug":"bass-of-the-week-scopel-p-board-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-scopel-p-board-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Scopel P-Board Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scopel<\/p>\n

I love it when luthiers think outside the box with the woods they use for their instruments. A recent trend has been to recycle old skateboards to create instant mojo, and Brazilian bass builder Antonio Cesar Scopel nailed it with his P-Board bass. <\/p>\n

Inspired by the Fender Precisions from 1951 to 1957, the P-Board\u2019s body is made entirely from used skateboards joined by nuts and bolts. Its maple neck is on the slim side with 20 frets and a compound radius of 7.5 inches to 10 inches. <\/p>\n

For electronics, Scopel went with a Hot Rails humbucker that can be switched into series and parallel operation. An acrylic thumb rest allow for anchoring and comfort. Hardware includes a string-thru stainless steel bridge made by Scopel himself with wooden saddles.<\/p>\n

Check out this demo of bassist Tofik Ferdinian playing through The Police\u2019s \u201cMessage In A Bottle\u201d:\n<\/p>\n

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I love it when luthiers think outside the box with the woods they use for their instruments. A recent trend has been to recycle old skateboards to create instant mojo, and Brazilian bass builder Antonio\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1828,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-543","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/543","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\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}