{"id":552,"date":"2016-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=552"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:54","slug":"bass-of-the-week-bassart-guitars-phonix","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-bassart-guitars-phonix","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Bassart Guitars Ph\u00f6nix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bassart-Guitars-Phonix-Blue-Bass.jpg?resize=1024%2C338\" alt=\"Bassart Guitars Ph\u00f6nix Blue Bass\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46309 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>The Bassart Guitars Ph\u00f6nix is a handmade bass from Braunschweig, Germany created by master luthier Matthias Meyer. This week we\u2019re checking out a Ph\u00f6nix (German for Phoenix) in a dazzling blue sparkle finish. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s built with a curly maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and an alder body, although the model can also be built with a swamp ash or mahogany body. The bright blue motif is continued on the back of the neck as well as the fingerboard with blue sparkle block inlays. It even has blue LED fret markers on the side of the neck.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer opts to fit the Ph\u00f6nix with a mighty H\u00e4ussel Triplebucker matched to an active\/passive Noll 2-band EQ. Check out this demo for a taste of what that sounds like:<\/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<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\/2016\/10\/Bassart-Guitars-Phonix-Blue-Bass-Body.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" 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\/2016\/10\/Bassart-Guitars-Phonix-Blue-Bass-with-amp-678x667.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\/2016\/10\/Bassart-Guitars-Phonix-Bass-Blue-Cutaway-1000x667.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\/2016\/10\/Bassart-Guitars-Phonix-Blue-Bass-Neck-Pocket-1000x667.png\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bassart Guitars Ph\u00f6nix is a handmade bass from Braunschweig, Germany created by master luthier Matthias Meyer. This week we\u2019re checking out a Ph\u00f6nix (German for Phoenix) in a dazzling blue sparkle finish. It\u2019s built\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1263,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-552","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/552","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\/1263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}