Paul DeLano Extended Range Bassist

The Paul DeLano Signature Bass From Bee Basses
My ideas for the perfect bass, combined with innovative, experienced luthiery. Working for the first time with a luthier who is willing and able to set aside traditional bass designs and start completely from scratch. No limitations. New territory. Here Now! Paul DeLano Signature Bass From Bee Basses
Eight Strings Fanned Frets Wild Offset Body Specs: * Eight Strings tuned F#, B, E, A, D, G, C, F * Neck-through design * Mahogany body wings for light weight and focused tone * Jatoba fanned-fret fingerboard with 32 positions on the treble side * 9 piece laminated Flame Maple and Purpleheart through-neck with two dual-action trussrods and three graphite rods * Highly contoured heel for easy access all the way up to the 32nd position * Purpleheart and Bloodwood top * Offset singlecut design with the upper horn joining the neck at the 10th fret for a perfectly balanced instrument * Custom-wound DELANO MM style single eight-string humbucker * Bee Basses "Bee-Pre" pre-amp * Hipshot Ultralite Tuners * Hipshot Detuner (from F# to E) * Eight individual bridge saddles for tonal separation * Gold hardware * Neutrik locking jack
Signature Bass New fretless 8 string Signature bass Fretless 8 with a fretted 8 Paul DeLano Signature Bass Paul DeLano Signature Bass First coat of finish First photo of the complete assembly Got clamps? Gluing up the upper body laminations Cutting the fret slots All of the body parts together for the first time 9 piece neck lamination, alternating Flame Maple and Purpleheart Body shape and woods layout Close-up of neck laminations The 9 string version of the custom DeLano MM style pickup Body wings in position on the neck
DeLano Signature 5 string Work begins on a five string version of the DeLano Signature Bass The finished product, five string DeLano Signature Bass With a curly cherry top and and ash body, the 36 fret Delano 5 is smaller and lighter than the 8 string version Close up of the curly cherry body top and DeLano MM humbucking pickup Matching curly cherry headstock Here is a close shot of the DeLano Sub 5 bass. The tuning is C#, F#, B, E, A . The C# string is a .230 gauge LaBella.

Signature Bass

DeLano Signature 5 string