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Blue
January 19, 2011

One of the great parts of being a truly custom-ready shop:sometimes we get to build things that we never would have done otherwise, and always end up very happy and charmed with the result.

 Veillette Paris Bass Lake Placid Blue

In this case, a gorgeous Paris bass done in a classic '60s recipie: Lake Placid Blue, with natural maple headpiece and chrome hardware.

A WaveLength preamp and undersaddle pickup give this bass the full and thick acoustic sound that has become our signature.

This bass is a personal instrument for our UK distributor, Phil Ward.

Thanks Phil - this is a great-looking piece!

 

We also got this great video from one of Phil's UK clients, Gareth Morgan.

He's the proud owner of an Archtop 5-string bass, and he'd love to tell you about it: