Watson Guitars
Idyllwild
California, USA

BASSES AVAILABLE or UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Below you will find a listing of our completed bass guitars which are available for sale, and those which are in progress in the shop. Click on the image for more information on each instrument. If you see something here you like or want us to quote you on your 'ultimate' bass guitar, please contact us for discounted pricing information.

Serial Number 08B020
5-string headless. Bolt-on neck.

This bass is available for sale:

MSRP $5995
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5-string active headless bass. Local Idyllwild Cedar body, curly Myrtle top and 5-piece neck/ body core. Watson 3-band active/passive EQ and Watson tapped single-coil pickups. 34.5 inch scale, ABM hardware. More..

Serial Number 08B019
5-string 33" scale neck-thru bass

This bass is available for sale:

MSRP $5910
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5-string active single-cut neck-through bass. Mahogany body, flamed Koa top and 5-piece Iroko/Maple neck. Electronics will be Watson 3-band active/passive and pickups will be Watson high-output dual-coils. 33 inch scale, Hipshot hardware. More..

Serial Number 07B010
FOR SALE - Pre-Owned by one very careful owner.

FOR SALE $2400

2007 MSRP $4250

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One of our customers is selling both these basses in order to buy a new one from us. 5-String HEADLESS active bolt-on bass. Padauk and Pernambuco neck and body center. Chakte-Kok bookmatched top and back. Nordstrand Big Singles pickups with David McKeen active electronics. 34 inch scale. ABM Hardware (Black), Graph Tech nut More..

Serial Number 06B002
FOR SALE - Pre-Owned by one very careful owner.

FOR SALE $3400

2007 MSRP $5850
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One of our customers is selling both these basses in order to buy a new one from us. 7-string active bass. Woods: Ziricote and Flamed Maple with Purpleheart veneers. 17mm string spacing. 34 inch scale. Carey Nordstrand Dual Coil pickups with ebony/purpleheart custom covers. McKeen 3-band electronics with midrange selector switch. ABM Bridge. Gotoh 35 gram GT350 tuners. Graph Tech Nut. High Gloss Polyester Resin finish. More...

Serial Number 09B032
Recession-Busting Single Cut Bass (bolt-on)
MSRP $TBA

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I had this very unusual book-matched ash top in the shop, and I thought it would make a really nice single-cut instrument. We are planning for this bass to the the first in our new line of lower priced, quality basses. In the current marketplace, single-cut basses are very expensive and this will be our effort to make an instrument of this type available at a slightly lower price point than our high-end products. If anyone is interested in it, let me know and we'll get this one started for you!

Serial Number 09B029
7-string Chambered Fretless bass
MSRP $TBA

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Custom 7-string Fretless Chambered Bass - currently under design and development. Combination of piezo and wound pickups. More details coming soon! More...

Serial Number 09B028
5-string neck-through bass

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MSRP $TBA

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5-string active bass incorporating a NEW WATSON body design. Curly Bubinga top, neck Curly Maple with Brazilian Cherry and East Indian Rosewood stringers. Fitted with our own hot Dual Coil pickups and Watson 3-band EQ. . More...

Serial Number 09B027
4-string 31" scale neck-through bass

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MSRP $TBA

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4 string active bass designed specifically for WOMEN bass players.Smaller guy bassists not excluded! Maple, Bloodwood and Padauk core, Tulipwood top. Smaller. lighter,and more comfortable without compromising performance. . More...

Thee Ram Jam Ace Bass - Serial Number 09B026


Watson Guitars was recently visited by a Funky extra-terrestrial being from a way-out part of the universe. This particular out-of-this-world being is from the planet Rama-Jam.
We understand that Rama-Jamians.are mellow, fun luvin’ freekatures that live off nuttin’ but music. Thee Ram Jam and many of his peeps walk around like Zombies until we they Funky music. Then they immediately forget what they are doing and break into AZZ shakin’ frenzies! This is a phenomenon they call Jamnesia

Upon his visit to our planet he was so inspired by the Earthlings' ability to embrace the Funk, he decided he needed to channel his music through a Funky Stick. This is a specially crafted device that translates the Rama Jamming thoughts through Thee Ram Jam's hands, into pure Funkalicious grooves.
Thee Ram Jam has been searching the Universe and finally found ''The Chosen Ones" with the talent and abilities to forge Thee Ram Jam's "Funky Stick". They are "Wood Wizards" that live deep in the forest filled mountains of California where they use magic to form exotic woods into beautiful Funky Sticks (Basses and Guitars). They call themselves Watson Guitars. Thee Ram Jam is honored to have Watson Guitars create the Funkiest Bass every made on earth, the "Thee Ram Jam Ace Bass" aka "Tha Funky Stick"!!!

Serial Number 09B024
(6-string neck-thru Headless fanned-fret Bass)

This bass is available for sale:

MSRP $TBA
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We are just getting started on this bass. It will be a super-compact 6-string designed for just one thing...PERFORMANCE!!! Top and back will be Goncola Alves. Fanned frets! More..

Serial Number 08B023
(6-string Fretless Acoustic Bass)

This bass is available for sale:

MSRP $TBA

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Since there are very few of them on the marketplace, we decided to build a 6-string fretless acoustic bass. If all goes well it will be a truly unique instrument. More..
Last update June 20, 2009