LOWLANDER

Controls

The controls are Volume, Volume and Tone. It is very interesting how these interact with the hum buckers. If you have volume halfway, the sound becomes smoother and the tone seems to affect the midrange instead of just treble.

Hidden fretslots

I use a fairly unique method for creating fretslots. You can learn more in this video. In short: I found a way to make use of the inner strenght of the wood instead of cutting it away. That enhances stability, it also prevents fretends from sticking out over time. It’s also quite elegant.

Tuners & Headstock

Lightweight tuners help to eliminate the neckdive caused by heavy tuners.  

Another interesting and unique feature of this bass is that there are 2 carbon rods that run through the neck into the headstock. This makes the neck very rigid, and it strengthens the headstock joint (no head cracks on Lowlander).

Wood

The neck is a neck through construction. The neck is 9 pieces of cedar and walnut. The body wings are cedar. Cedar looks a lit like mahogany (tradition T-bird wood) but is much lighter. The sound is a little different, with a bit wider bandwidth of frequencies.

Fingerboard radius

Lowlander features a compound fingerboard radius of 7.25” to 10”.  The advantage of a compound radius is that it allows for a lower setup than a constant radius. If you don’t like low action, I can always set it up any way you like.

Medium frets

Most of our basses have vintage small frets. We felt that Lowlander should have medium frets.

Balance

Although not visible on this front view, we have a unique strap holder placement, that gives it perfect balance. No longer do you have to worry about neck dive. 

Bridge

The bridge is our own redesign of the original. It is made from solid steel, for good low end. The tailpiece has a flat bottom and 5 screws. This will not tilt forward like with old T-birds. The bridge has extra travel for perfect intonation.

Dipswitches

Dipswitches in the pickguard are optional. They allow for series/parallel switching per pickup.