BeBop 70’s can be a real slapmonster (the shape of the pickguard should give you a not-so-subtle hint) but not just that. It was summer 2010 when Marcus bought my first BeBop. Over the past 6 years I’ve found ways to make many small improvements that turned BeBop into a better bass still. This is where BeBop 70’s starts. It starts as a great passive bass that has already had a history of constantly finetuning the specs. And on top of that there’s an amazing newly developed preamp onboard.

So what’s different from a normal BeBop? It is mainly about pickup location, pickup type and preamp + controls. Then there are some cosmetic details like pickguard and batterybox. Wood and finish options remain the same.

On 70’s jazzbasses the bridge pickup was closer to the bridge than on 60’s basses, and the pickups were a little underwound. These 2 factors give a 70’s bass it’s distinctive sound compared to a 60’s bass. We added our own preamp to it, which is a story in itself.

Many players picture an ash body with maple neck and fingerboard (with binding and blockinlays) as the typical 70’s specs. If you need a slapbass, then ash bodywood with maple fingerboardwood would be your best choice indeed. However there are tons of 70’s basses that were made from alder and/or rosewood. If you need a little more core to your tone, perhaps alder or rosewood would be better for you. I’d be happy to advise you in finding the ideal specs for your dreambass.

Contrary to basses from the 70’s our finish options are endless. You can have solids, bursts, transparents, metallics, clean or reliced. You can have dots, inlays, binding in any combination. There’s a lot of cool coloured pickguard materials. There’s different pickups to choose from. I am really looking forward to filling a gallery with cool basses and hopefully one will be yours.

-Sander de Gier