{"id":703,"date":"2013-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=703"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:58","slug":"bass-of-the-week-bunker-guitars-ny-charlie-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-bunker-guitars-ny-charlie-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Bunker Guitars NY Charlie Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BunkerThis week we check out the NY Charlie by Bunker Guitars. A signature instrument for New York City bassist Charlie Contreras, the bass\u2019s design centers around the company\u2019s Sustanium Tension Free Neck, which uses a resonant cold roll steel bar to handle the stress on the neck. The neck is then fitted with aluminum dowels to to bolt onto the body to create a tight bond for increased sustain. <\/p>\n

The NY Charlie\u2019s neck is a five-piece laminate neck made of maple and walnut topped with a figured maple fretboard. Its spalted maple body is finished in a translucent red with a mother of pearl logo inlay between the end of the fretboard and the neck pickup. The pickups are a P\/J configuration set up in humbucker shells. Electronics include Bunker\u2019s active preamp with a stacked treble and bass control, blend, master volume, mid control, and passive\/active switch.<\/p>\n

Bunker Guitars NY Charlie Bass Photos:<\/h2>\n
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For more info, check out the Bunker Guitars website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week we check out the NY Charlie by Bunker Guitars. A signature instrument for New York City bassist Charlie Contreras, the bass\u2019s design centers around the company\u2019s Sustanium Tension Free Neck, which uses a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2089,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-703","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/703","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\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}