Level 5JJ. Caramel sunburst over quilted maple. Dimarzio ultra jazz pickups with Aguilar opb-1. Lucky Rich got this as a gift from his wife. This makes two for Rich.

Level 6 with the hybrid neck. Bart pus and electronics. Thats a nice top for only $200! Finding quilted maple that is 24" long is not easy. Shipped to CA.

Level 5 Neck Thru!. Quilt top over ash and mahogany. Bart pus and bart 3-band. This bass shipped to Atlantic City. This guy plays with some big time acts in A.C. so look for him when you get tired of losing your money.

Level 6. Rare one-piece flame bubinga top over wenge and mahogany. Hybrid neck with pau ferro fingerboard. Basslines pus with custom MPG Aguilar 3-band. This bass shipped to NY,NY.

Level 5. Amber Burl Maple over Alder. Wenge neck/fingerboard. Bart dual coils and 3 band. This guy wanted an MTD vibe with the MPG shape. This bass shipped to Maryland.

Level 4JJ. Black with matching headstock. Aero pickups. As "retro" as they get. Great feel and sound. This bass shipped to Ohio.

Level 5JJ. Lake Placid Blue with matching headstock. Dimarzio pus with Aguilar pre-amp. As American as apple pie. Great combination of color, pickguard and fingerboard wood. As Bob from Bass Palace would say, "this ones got the vibe". This bass shipped to Tampa.

Level 5. Burl top with matching headstock. Logo inlay at the 12th. Bart x-4s with Demeter pre-amp. This bass shipped to Chilliwack, B.C. ."..gone gone gone, she's been gone so long"

This color and finish were hard to photograph. It looked reddish in the photo so I cut down the red in Photoshop. Its a blackburst over quilt maple with a matching headstock. Fretted ebony f/b. Bart pus and pre-amp. This bass shipped to Atlanta.

Here's a 6-string piccolo bass! Well no, its a one-off guitar I built for my Dad's birthday. Its a Tele shape with Strat contours and a Les Paul scale length. (24.625") This baby feels like a strat and sounds exactly like a Les Paul. I don't have a name for it yet but tell your guitar player friends I have templates to make more of these. (update 11/03! Look for the new MPG guitar in January!)

Level 5. Amber Quilt maple over ash with ebony semi-fretless f/b. Aero J pickups. All passive system. This bass shipped to Portugal.

Level 6. Natural Ash body with oil finish and maple fingerboard. Basslines soapbars with a Demeter pre-amp. This bass shipped to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Level 4JJ. Trans White Ash body with Pau Ferro F/B. All passive with Aero Pickups. This bass sounds and feels convincingly like a pre-CBS jazz. Powerful and punchy. This bass stayed locally here in PA. The owner is the newest member of the 3 MPG club.

Level 5. Tobacco Sunburst. Quilt maple over ash body. Bart P-2 pickups with the Bart 3-band EQ. This bass shipped to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Level 6. Tobacco Sunburst. Alder body. Bart X-6 pickups with the Bart 3-band EQ. Custom Abalone 12th fret inlay. This bass shipped to IL.

Level 4JJ. Amber. Quilt maple top. Bart J pickups with the Bart 3-band EQ. This bass shipped to GA.

Level 6. Tobacco Sunburst. Quilt maple top with matching headstock. Bart P-4 pickups with the Bart 3-band EQ. This bass shipped to CA.

Level 6 fretless. Amber Ash body with unlined fretless fingerboard. Bart P-4 pickups with the Bart 3-band EQ. This bass was one of the lightest 6-strings I'd ever felt. This bass shipped to England.

Whooooooa, my worst photo yet. I was trying to show off the heavily quilted maple top but I failed. Anyway, this is what Im calling my Gerry Antonelli Model. EMG PJ pickups moved toward the bridge and the Demeter Pre-amp. Oh, and clover keys. Tons of different tones can be had in this one bass. And, its all active so its super quiet. Slappers, this is your bass. Gerry is also a member of the 3 MPGs club.

Ash body. Bart soapbars with a Bart 3-band pre-amp. Black hardware. The Atlanta man who ordered this Level 6 is in the 3 MPGs club.

Quilted Maple over Ash. Basslines soapbars with a Demeter pre-amp. Gold hardware. This bass went to Colorado.

Seafoam green Level 4. EMGs w/3-band. Yeah, I still make these sometimes but I don't advertise them. This one is for a friend that also has a very early Level 4 that he loves.

Aquaburst. Quilt maple over ash. Basslines pickups and Demeter pre-amp. This bass is in California.

Cocobolo over ash. Basslines pickups and pre-amp. This bass is in Florda.

Ash body with Trans white w/matching Aero single coil pickups. All passive. This bass isn't really sold. It was built specially for me. Its staying here.

Quilt Maple over ash. Pau Ferro f/b. Basslines pickups with Basslines pre-amp. This bass shipped to Atlanta.

Quilt Maple over ash. Birdseye f/b. Aero SHB pickups with Bart pre-amp. This bass shipped to Yonkers, NY

Quilt Maple over ash. Birdseye f/b. Bart MM and J pickups with Bart pre-amp. This bass shipped to Atlanta, GA

Amboyna Burl over ash. Bolivian Rosewood f/b. Amboyna headstock face. Bart P-4 pickups with Aguilar pre-amp. This bass went to Venice, CA

Tobacco Quilt maple over ash. Maple f/b. Bart X-6 pickups with Aguilar pre-amp. This bass went to New Orleans, LA

Amber Spalted Maple over Alder. Fretted ebony fingerboard. Headstock matches the body. Aero pickups (all passive) This bass is in Jersey somewhere.

Pearl white alder body. Cocobolo fingerboard. Bart X-5 pickups and pre-amp. This bass is going to Montana.

Cherry sunburst swamp ash body. Basslines MM pickup and pre-amp. Lev 5 #2 for Gerry Antonelli, bassist for Philly dance band "Jellyroll".

Tobacco sunburst swamp ash body. Aero pickups and Bart pre-amp. Built for Steve Beskrone, prominent philly jazz player and bassist for the 76ers house band.

Blueburst swamp ash body. Bart pickups and pre-amp. Semi-Fretless

"Shoreline" gold alder body. Bart pickups and pre-amp.     This bass shipped to Chicago.

A real interesting fretless. It was done in the style of the Alain Caron bass built by F Basses. Bart pickups and pre-amp.     This bass is in LasVegas somewhere.

Figured Walnut over Swamp Ash with Flamed maple center and morado feature stripes. A 7-piece body. Pau ferro fingerboard. Basslines series 1 pickups and pre-amp.     This bass is in Sacramento somewhere.

Flamed Koa over Swamp Ash Birdseye Fingerboard with my logo inlayed at the 12th fret Bartolini X-5 pickups with Bart pre-amp     I made this special bass for MYSELF but when Bob from Bass Palace saw it, he had to have it for his store. Its now in Korea somewhere.

Quilted Maple over Swamp Ash Ebony Fingerboard Bartolini X-5 pickups with Bart pre-amp Matching Quilt Maple on the headstock   This bass belongs to Gerry Antonelli, bassist for the legendary Philly dance band "Jellyroll". Check them out if you're in town.

Amboyna Burl over Swamp Ash Ebony Fingerboard Bartolini X-5 pickups with Aguilar pre-amp

Bubinga over Swamp Ash Pau Ferro Fingerboard Aero pickups (all passive)

Solid Bubinga body Pau Ferro Fingerboard Lightwave bridge

Solid Black Korina Body Pau Ferro Fingerboard Bartolini J-style pickups with 3-band eq. Lefty

Quilted Maple over an Alder back Pau Ferro Fingerboard EMG J-style pickups with EMG 3-band eq.

Swamp Ash Body Birdeye Maple Fingerboard EMG 40DC pickups with 3-band eq

 

 

 

 

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