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Guitar and Bass Magazine gave the Wyman Bass 84%
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The Bass Centre’s Barry Moorhouse originally approached bass legend Bill Wyman in 2010 reference the possibility of producing a Bill Wyman Signature guitar under the ‘Bass Centre’ brand label, part of the ‘British Bass Master’ series.
In 1961 Bill custom-made his own fretless bass and the brief was to produce a Bass ‘similar in spirit’ to the original instrument which he’d used to great effect during hundreds of live shows and recordings throughout his tenure in the Rolling Stones, including the ‘Exile On Main Street’ sessions.
With this initial reference, Barry and long-time Bass Centre guitar technician Chris Ward paid a visit to Bill’s ‘Sticky Fingers’ restaurant in Kensington, with tools and tapes abundant, to faithfully record the specifications and sizes of the original, which now resides in a glass case on the restaurant’s wall.
Fast forward and, after several prototypes and months of R&D, the new ‘Wyman’ Bass came into production in Spring 2011.
The new instrument boasts a lightweight, custom shaped Alder body, finished in black (a la Henry Ford) with one-piece crimson scratchplate. The tone is supplied by vintage ‘Baldwin’ style neck and contemporary soapbar bridge pick-ups, hooked up to a classic passive tone and volume circuit. The ‘Wyman Bass’ has a short-scale neck (30"), topped with a fretted rosewood fingerboard and features Bill’s own unique headstock design. Tuners are 2-a-side Hipshot and the bass is strung with Bass Centre Elites flatwounds which all contribute to a comfortable, compact feel with a fast, low action.
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Bass Collection Blues Bass - "Outstanding value for money,excellent workhorse.Many thanks" - Chris, Friday, 21 January 2011"
Elites Groundwound Strings - "These are the best low end grunt strings i have found not as dull as flat wounds so do not restrict your bass to jazz etc. great for fretless very loud strings great for shy B strings" - Magnus, Monday, 8 August 2011
"Just wanted to say a really BIG thank you for your time and kindness. It's really rare to find a company with such superb customer service. Once again, thank you!" - Julian Field
"Service second to none and staff excellent. I just cannot believe you still get nice people."
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