Off to the UK!!!


This beauty is headed off to merry ol' England, to a customer named Robert Copeland. We met Rob through Myspace, and I knew he was going to be a champ when his picture was Boba Fett. In the high-end bass world crazy wood is king. Woods with insane figure, unpronounceable names are always the norm. So you might think a bass with a flamed maple top to be on the tame side, not so with this bass. The top on this bass is so perfectly figured, and snow white in color. The Mahogany back adds a refined elegance. The other thing the bass has going for it is the wonderful snarl of a set of EMG DC humbuckers. I really like these pickups when coupled with the 3-band EMG eq with sweepable mid control. This bass is a real punisher.

Custom Basses

One of the major parts of Sage Guitars is custom basses. We take building customs extremely serious, because when someone puts a great deal of faith into us to build the bass of their dreams we want to deliver 100%. I often find myself bringing in-progress basses home at the end of the day. At night while I'm relaxing with my wife I'll place the instrument across from us so I can take it all in. I find this exercise helps me see the next step, and give me some introspection on how the build is progressing. The latest piece to grace the shop is a Long Horn 4 belonging to Cliff Davies. The bass features a killer piece of Mineral Stained Flamed Maple that presents itself on the top, peghead, and truss-rod cover. The other player in this picture is a piece of figured Macassar Ebony used for the fingerboard and pickup ramp/cover, both parts came from the same piece of wood. This bass has a sense of continuity and elegance. We're really privileged to build Cliff his dream bass. Now that all the basic fabrication is done it's on to final sanding and lacquer. More on that to follow.