{"id":615,"date":"2015-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=615"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","slug":"bass-of-the-week-nick-lloyd-basses-3-4-lloyd-standard-model","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-nick-lloyd-basses-3-4-lloyd-standard-model","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Nick Lloyd Basses 3\/4 Lloyd Standard Model"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NickThere\u2019s something uniquely beautiful about the double bass, and Nick Lloyd knows how to accentuate it. This week we check out his 3\/4 Lloyd Standard Model featuring gorgeous woods and interesting twist. <\/p>\n

The bass\u2019s design includes walnut back and sides with a classic flatback. \u201cPreviously I came across some beautiful, centuries-old Italian basses made from Walnut,\u201d the luthier explains. \u201cI found them to be in fine health and producing a strong tone without being \u201cwolfy\u201d and uneven. My first Walnut basses were roundback construction. As an experiment I tried flatback construction and immediately observed a quicker response and punch from the low end of the instrument.\u201d<\/p>\n

The twist is its detachable maple neck, which Lloyd says serves two purposes: to make flying easier and to keep the bridge as one piece of wood as opposed to having adjusters. \u201cThe height of the strings or \u2018action\u2019 is adjusted by a machine screw located on the back of the bass,\u201d he states. \u201cA 3\/16-inch Allen wrench is used to move the entire neck forward or backward, and this smooth adjustment is done under full tension after the instrument is setup. Inside the bass neck is a L-shaped carbon fiber bracket. This bracket runs down the entire length of the neck, turns inside the heel, and continues through to the end of the neck foot. Having this carbon fiber bracket not only reinforces the wood grain of the neck, but insures that the pressure points are carbon fiber to aluminum. A 3\/16? Allen wrench is used to assemble\/disassemble the neck from the body. Removing the neck and packing up can be done in just 15 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many players have asked how the sound is affected by this different neck design,\u201d Lloyd continues. \u201cI did a neck-retrofit on Adam Ben Ezra\u2019s Lloyd #19 bass. He observed no tonal difference and was very satisfied with the results. This video clip highlights Adam\u2019s amazing techniques as well as the natural unprocessed sound of my bass\u2026 with a Travel Neck.\u201d <\/p>\n

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For more, check out the Nick Lloyd Basses website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s something uniquely beautiful about the double bass, and Nick Lloyd knows how to accentuate it. This week we check out his 3\/4 Lloyd Standard Model featuring gorgeous woods and interesting twist. The bass\u2019s design\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1946,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-615","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/615","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\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}