GhostBass

In 2016–2017 I built an acoustic bass (at the excellent—and open-minded—Australian Guitar Making School). It looks like a ghost. The headstock is a crescent moon, with bats flying around it. So it's pretty spooky. Also it's free-standing; why isn't this more of a thing?

I love it. It's got a great tone. Well, two great tones, really, since there's a removable panel at the bottom that greatly alters the resonance. With the panel attached, it's louder than a bought one. (The usual complaint with factory-made acoustic basses is that they're too quiet; this is because, to make them sturdy enough while standardising manufacturing, they need to overbrace them, deadening the sound.)

I'm no bass star—these days, keyboard is my main instrument, but I'm unlikely to build a piano any time soon—and bass/voice is a challenging line-up, but I'll do my best to record a few tunes here so you can hear what this instrument sounds like. (I've also ended up putting a few other things on this channel.)