{"id":597,"date":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=597"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:54","slug":"bass-of-the-week-lea-bass-guitars-dumpster-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-lea-bass-guitars-dumpster-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Lea Bass Guitars Dumpster Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As they say, one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure. That\u2019s why luthier Scott Sterling of Lea Bass Guitars decided to create the Dumpster bass. Although the bass has a fine fit and finish, the components didn\u2019t start out that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bass started out as an \u2018upcycled\u2019 experiment in tonality \u2013 all the wood is from dumpsters in my local area,\u201d he wrote on the Lea Bass Guitars Facebook page. \u201cThe top is oriented strand board (OSB), the tone \u2018wood\u2019 is Masonite, and the body is made from a clear pine 2X10. The neck is oak from a discarded bannister, and the fretboard is maple from an old kitchen drawer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even the headstock logo (made by Aulson Inlay) is cut from a corian countertop sample from Lowes. Sterling didn\u2019t skimp on the bass\u2019s fittings, opting for a pair of Norstrand Fat Stacks pickups, a Bartolini preamp, and a Hipshot A-Style bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bass sounds great \u2013 way better than I ever expected,\u201d Sterling adds. \u201cVery clean and clear tone. I also expected the wood to move a lot and that the bass would have trouble staying in tune \u2013 turns out that\u2019s not the case at all. What started out as an experiment has ended up as one of my two main gigging basses!\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more information, check out the Lea Bass Guitars Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As they say, one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure. That\u2019s why luthier Scott Sterling of Lea Bass Guitars decided to create the Dumpster bass. Although the bass has a fine fit and finish, the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1918,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-597","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/597","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\/1918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}