The Teye – Bass
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The Teye™ Electric Gypsy™ bass
The sound of the Teye-bass is punchy, with lots of low end; lots of clarity; lots of growl; lots of sustain, and extremely versatile. (A sleepless year of Teye’s design has left bassists open-mouthed: a ‘mere guitarist’ who designs a bass that is impossible to put down?!…)
The bass has two Nordstrand humbucking pickups; each with their own volume; then a master tone knob, and the bass version of the MOOD-knob.
At one extreme of the bass Mood™ knob (MOOD™ on 10) it emulates the punch of the first MusicMan Stig Ray bass, in the other extreme (MOOD™ on zero), you access the smoothness of a Jazz Bass. To add low end to either position, you just roll it out of its extreme corner.
Why place the two humbuckers back-to-back? Spacing them further apart would yield a more extreme tonal variety… But Teye is not interested in getting as many tones as possible: his designs focus on having those coils exactly there where they will yield the BEST tones.
Available in 32- and 34-inch scale length, and in A-, E-, and R-series La India, La Perla, La Mora, El Torero, and La Gitana models. E-mail for price.
(an A-series La India Custom-Plus, 34-inch scale)
(E-series La India 32-inch scale)
(first-ever prototype: a 32-inch La India A-series)
Teye – bass specs:
- Body: select Mahogany (Korina available)
- Neck: Walnut
- Fingerboard: bound ebony, with the Teye mother-of-pearl inlays
- Pick-ups: two Nordstrand MM-type hum-buckers (these are crucial to the design, and for the time being no other pick-ups will be installed)
- Bridge and tailpiece: proprietary Teye
- Electronics: proprietary Teye: 2x volume, 1x Tone, 1x Mood knob
- Available in 32- and 34-inch scale
- Available in A-, E-, and R-series La India, La Perla, La Mora, El Torero, and La Gitana models
- Recommended strings: nickel-plated
