{"id":814,"date":"2011-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=814"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:47:15","slug":"bass-of-the-week-xylem-5-string-black-limba-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-xylem-5-string-black-limba-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass Of the Week: Xylem 5-String Black Limba Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week we\u2019re featuring a beautiful custom Xylem 5-string bass. This particular bass is a neck-through design featuring a black limba body with a bookmatched macassar ebony top, accented with bocote and maple. The quartersawn neck is bird\u2019s eye maple and has an ebony fretboard and custom inlays of a tomoe and falling leaves. <\/p>\n

All the electronics are Bartolinis, including two BC5CBC humbuckers and a HR4.7 preamp. The hardware is rounded out by Hipshot Ultralite tuners and a Hipshot Triple Lockdown bridge, all finished in gold.<\/p>\n

Proprietor and builder Anthony Olinger creates completely unique basses as per customer orders, so no two basses are alike. His builds start at $1,500, though this particular commissioned bass was priced at $4,500. For more info, visit the Xylem website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Xylem 5-String Black Limba Bass Gallery:<\/h2>\n
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Xylem 5-String Black Limba Bass Video:<\/h2>\n
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This week we\u2019re featuring a beautiful custom Xylem 5-string bass. This particular bass is a neck-through design featuring a black limba body with a bookmatched macassar ebony top, accented with bocote and maple. The quartersawn\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2287,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-814","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/814","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\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}