{"id":642,"date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=642"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","slug":"bass-of-the-week-franz-bass-guitars-danny-fox-merak-4","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-franz-bass-guitars-danny-fox-merak-4","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Franz Bass Guitars Danny Fox Merak 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bassist Danny Fox recently collaborated with luthier Xaver Tremel of Franz Bass Guitars to create a revamped version of the company\u2019s Merak bass. The fretless four-string brings together elements of the original model with some specific tailoring to Fox\u2019s style. <\/p>\n

The Franz Danny Fox Merak 4 is built with a walnut body that is chambered and curved for comfort. Its 3-piece maple neck is reinforced by carbon fiber and features a asymmetric profile, which pairs nicely with the fingerboard\u2019s compound radius. The phenolic fingerboard is lined and covered with an epoxy finish.<\/p>\n

An interesting twist to the bass is that each tuner is a Hipshot d-tuner, allowing for all four strings to be quickly retuned on the fly. Fox opted for a pair of Delano JC split-coils and an ebony ramp. The preamp is an active\/passive Delano 2-band EQ with Volume, Panorama, Bass, Treble, and passive tone controls.<\/p>\n

Check out this quick clip of a new song Fox is working on entitled \u201cMiyu\u201d:\n<\/p>\n

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Bassist Danny Fox recently collaborated with luthier Xaver Tremel of Franz Bass Guitars to create a revamped version of the company\u2019s Merak bass. The fretless four-string brings together elements of the original model with some\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1996,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-642","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/642","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\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}