{"id":121,"date":"2005-07-24T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-24T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/post\/2005\/07\/24\/Wendler-Electrocoustic-Bass"},"modified":"2021-06-03T19:27:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:27:50","slug":"wendler-electrocoustic-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/24\/wendler-electrocoustic-bass\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendler Electrocoustic Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Serial# 107<\/p>\n

I saw a press release from Wendler on the Harmony Central<\/a> web site and curiously followed the manufacturer’s link<\/a>, and got very intrigued by the bass guitars.<\/p>\n

I emailed Dave Wendler with some questions about price and finish options, and he replied promptly. He explained that he used a variety of woods and could shape the neck profile to fit my specifications, which pleased me. I measured up the neck on my trusty Ibanez Roadster which has great playability.<\/p>\n

We settled on a tung-oiled mahogany neck, with pao ferro fingerboard. Dave kept me informed of construction progress, with photographs of the instrument in various stages.<\/p>\n

You can read more about Wendler’s passive Magnetic\/Piezo pickup system on their web site. In tone, it tends to be very dark and deep. I find that plucking the strings with my right hand up the fingerboard – just like a real upright – gives the best results.<\/p>\n

Technically this was my 40th birthday present, but experts disagree as to whether it was this or the VK-8.<\/p>\n

You can hear it in action on the track A Sample Of One:<\/p>\n\n\n