FBB A La Carte Bass Menu

à la Carte Bass Menu

The following table reflects the inventory for FBB's à la carte bass design process as of 3/10/2007. The à la carte process represents the most economical way to buy a handmade bass from FBB. You select from the existing inventoried body, neck, and fingerboard blanks, and choose the yet-unspecified features (body shape, hardware & electronics, scale length, etc). FBB makes you the bass. Please email or call for an estimate and ordering instructions on your à la carte bass recipe.
Individual body and neck blanks are not for sale as-is. Requests to buy lumber or blanks will not be answered.

BODY BLANKS  
ID images woods width dims shape upcharge
NECK BLANKS  
ID images woods pieces length strings upcharge
FINGERBOARDS  
ID images wood slotted scale width upcharge
FB03
none
gaboon ebony
yes
35"
3.75"
$50
FB03 -- black ebony
FB04
none
granadillo
yes
34"
4.25"
none
FB05
none
macassar ebony
yes
34"
4.12"
$50
FB05 -- quartersawn with good figure
FB06
none
pau ferro
yes
34"
3.25"
none
FB07
none
cocobolo
yes
34"
3.75"
none
FB07 -- great color and figure
FB08
none
persimmon
yes
35"
3.5"
none
FB08 -- american ebony!
FB09
none
gaboon ebony
yes
34"
2.75
$50
FB09 -- compound radius 7"x20"
$$$$
none
marblewood
no
none
3.5"
$50
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
tulipwood
no
none
3"
$25
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
bird's eye bocote
no
none
4"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
kogi ebony
no
none
4"
$50
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
macassar ebony
no
none
4"
$50
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
pau ferro
no
none
4"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
gaboon ebony
no
none
4"
$75
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
rock maple
no
none
4"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
bubinga
no
none
3"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
wenge
no
none
4"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
purpleheart
no
none
4"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
granadillo
no
none
4"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
chechen
no
none
4"
none
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
brazilian ebony
no
none
5"
$100
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
$$$$
none
verawood
no
none
3.5"
$50
$$$$ -- currently rough; slotting charge of $25 for fretted use
IN-PROGRESS INSTRUMENTS  
ID images woods shape strings scale price
j113
none
goncalo top/maple neck/ebony fb
nu Jive
5
34"
$1600
j113 -- unlined fretless with sweet goncalo crotch