{"id":593,"date":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=593"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:54","slug":"bass-of-the-week-mana-basso-glade-6-string","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-mana-basso-glade-6-string","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Mana Basso Glade 6-String"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we\u2019re checking out a six-string Glade model from Mana Basso custom basses. The gorgeous singlecut bass features a Padouk, Wenge and Swamp Ash body matched to a Wenge, Padouk and Flamed Maple neck for a rich textural palette.<\/p>\n

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Its Birdseye maple fretboard leads your eye to the bass\u2019s carved headstock, which is made as part of the neck blank to eliminate the need for a scarf joint. The headstock also has a steep drop angle that luthier Tony Walters says allows for lower action and improved ease of movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe through-body neck construction consists of tapered laminates for superior strength and sound transmission,\u201d he explains, \u201cand features my signature headstock, designed for the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Glade is fitted with a pair of Nordstrand Fatstack pickups and a Nordstrand 3-band active EQ. \u201cI installed an active\/passive switch with a single coil setting, which is a nice feature of these pickups for added gain,\u201d Walters adds. \u201cThe Glade is carefully designed to resonate with thick wet lows, punchy mids, and crystalline highs. This bass offers full tone shaping capabilities to dial in on that perfect sound, whether its a throaty yet melodic Jaco\u2019esque sound, or that deep grind you want when you\u2019re digging in on an ultra-funky groove.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more information, check out the Mana Basso website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This week we\u2019re checking out a six-string Glade model from Mana Basso custom basses. The gorgeous singlecut bass features a Padouk, Wenge and Swamp Ash body matched to a Wenge, Padouk and Flamed Maple neck\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1912,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-593","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/593","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\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}