One of my better COVID-era bass projects: Aluminati aluminum and graphite neck jazz-style bass

[BCRich58]

Assembled this bass during the quarantine era: Aluminati aluminum bass neck, patterned graphite fretboard, Sperzel locking tuners, stainless frets, 34" scale. Custom jazz bass style body, two passive EMG Jazz Bass pickups. I found the wooden knobs and the control panel cover via a luthier's liquidation site. Aluminati is based in North Carolina, USA, and makes aluminum necks and full instruments.

[PinkMohawk]

Ooohh that's pretty slick. Not a huge fan of their headstock design but that's just personal preference. How do you find the Sperzels? Rare to see them on a bass. 

[BCRich58]

On 08/01/2025 at 00:51, PinkMohawk said:

Ooohh that's pretty slick. Not a huge fan of their headstock design but that's just personal preference. How do you find the Sperzels? Rare to see them on a bass. 

To be honest, Sperzels are neat, although I really don't think that you need locking tuners on a bass, nor stainless steel frets for that matter, but Sperzels are excellent.

 

[PinkMohawk]

14 minutes ago, BCRich58 said:

To be honest, Sperzels are neat, although I really don't think that you need locking tuners on a bass, nor stainless steel frets for that matter, but Sperzels are excellent.

 

I agree that locking tuners are unnecessary, I mostly just like the design of the buttons instead of the usual clovers or Y-keys haha.