Encyclopedia of Latin American Basses
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Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AGERONIA Chile, custom guitars made by Pablo Munoz in Santiago. LATIN-AMERICAN ALEMAN LUTHIER BASSMAKERS Argentina, custom instruments made by Daniel Aleman. AG ALEXANDER LUTHIER Argentina, standard instruments made by Aristedes Argentina, custom instruments made by Alejandro Gracia in Buenos Aires. Large scale manufacturing ended "Alexander" Baccaglioni in Buenos Aires. in 1993. AG uses Korean parts made by Akkord (Hyup These active neckthrough basses are definitely Seung Co.). influenced by Warwick designs and often feature a AG basses are very much patterned after Warwick, distinct half open headstock. Fender and Höfner designs. http://www.alexanderguitars.com.ar/ ALFONSO ITURRA Standard/custom basses and guitars made by Alfonso Iturra. Basses are neck-through with laminated native woods, 34” scale, Aero or Rough Crystal pickups and active Noll or Aguilar electronics. Special feature is the construction of the upper cutaway in the singlecut design. Semi- acoustic basses have piezo or Schertler Bluestick pickups. Iturra also makes EUBs. http://www.graciaguitar.com.ar/ AGE Argentina, standard guitars and basses made by Andres Garay . Models are Rick-style laminated neck-through basses. http://www.ageluthier.com.ar http://www.alfonsoiturra.com/ 1 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl AMATISTA BASSES http://www.mauricioarcis.blogspot.com/ Argentina, EUBs made by Etcheverry Horacio in Los Hornillos, Córdoba. ARTE MARA Standard model features propriety piezo pickups and Argentina, modern shaped acoustic upright basses made active electronics (4 band graphic EQ). by Wallace Culver in Buenos Aires. Custom versions have an inlaid amethyst stone. http://www.artemara.com.ar ASH http://www.amatistabasses.com.ar/ Argentina, custom guitars and basses made by Jorge Eduardo Zeballos in Buenos Aires. ANDRES LOIACONO Argentina, guitars and basses made by Andres Loiacono. [email protected] No info or website available. ARCIS Chile, custom basses made by Mauricio Arcis. http://www.ashguitars.com.ar 2 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl AVALON Brazil, custom instruments made by Mauricio Moreira in the south of Brazil. AYS BEAUDOUX Chile, custom electric basses by José Ananías in Santiago Argentina, custom acoustic and electric basses and since 1992. guitars made by Daniel Eduardo 'Fanta' Beaudoux in http://www.aysbass.com Buenos Aires since the ‘80s. Beaudoux makes four- to sevenstring ABGs and modern BACH style solidbody basses. Several models are headless. Argentina, standard-custom basses made by Marcelo Bach. Pictured is the bolt-on Petrus. http://www.beaudouxguitarras.com.ar/ BEGHER Brazil, lower priced Rickenbacker ("Begher")-style guitars & basses and other models made between 1966-1972 by Romeu Benvenutti. BATAN Argentina, F-style guitars made by Pablo Batàn. Basses are J-style, sometimes with Sadowsky pickups and electronics. 3 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl Caravelli makes a violin-shaped acoustic EUB with BENVENUTI Fishman double bass pickups. Brazil, custom basses and guitars made by Roberto Benvenuti in Sao Paulo since 1996. CARBAJAL Luthier Benvenuti makes EUBs and solidbody basses. The Mexico, custom guitars and basses made since 1979 by pictured bass has a fretless jacaranda ‘board and an Carlos Carbajal in Mexico-City. He previously worked for EMG piezo pickup. Dobro in the US. Main bass is the Pet EUB with hollow pear-shaped body and a traditional scrolled doublebass neck. http://www.carloscarbajalguitars.cjb.net/ http://www.rbenvenuti.com/ CASA CARBIELl Mexico, acoustic instruments made by Carbieli in BULECEVICH LUTHIER Michoacán. Argentina, custom instruments made by Ivan Bulecevich Bassmodel is an ABG. in La Plata. http://www.bulecevichluthier.com.ar CARAVELLI Brazil, acoustic instruments made by Caravelli since 2005. 4 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl CHERUTI CAST (HIGH PERFORMANCE) Brazil, standard and custom basses made until 2007. Brazil, standard guitars and basses made by Josino Dos This company is now called Ledur. Santos Saraiva in Sao Paulo since 1993. He previously Models are the Mister, Power, Tuca and Picolo Bend, all worked with Giannini (from ’78) and others. made out of native woods. Cheruti has made EUBs too. CHARLES Brazil, standard and custom stringed instruments made by Jean Paul Charles in Salvador-Bahia. Charles is a French luthier and mandolin player who has settled in Brazil. He makes EUBs from native woods. 5 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl CLAUDIO PALAZZOLO Bolivia, custom guitars and basses made by Claudio D'ALEGRIA Palazzolo in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Brazil, standard/custom guitars and basses made by Daniel Alegria and Rodrigo Werneck since 2003. Standard are native Brazilian woods, EMG pickups and D’Alegria’s propriety active electronic made by Tonechaser. The Defender JB and PJ are F-style basses, the Dragster is MM-copy. The Dart is an original design also made as a doubleneck ( Double Dart) or semi-acoustic (A-Dart). The Dynamo and Dragon are original models too. The Discovery is an EUB. http://www.myspace.com/gclaudiopalazzolo1 CONDOR China/Brazil/US, Condor (since 1991)is the trading name of brazilian distributor Carlos Cesar Medeiros. Most http://www.dalegria.com/ instruments are made in China, but there’s also an US made “Condor by Fodera” and a Brazilian bass made by D'LARA D’Lara. Brazil, basses made by Standard basses include modern and F-style basses, Eliezer Lara in Rio de Janeiro, also for Condor. four- and fivestring ABGs, a semi-acoustic model and the D’Lara makes Fodera-style electric basses as well as top-of-the-range SC5000 with Wilkinson hardware, Kent EUBs. Armstrong pickups and active electronics. http://www.condormusic.com.br/ CRUZOUND Puerto-Rico, traditional Puertorican stringed instruments made by Cruz in Morovis. The CL is Baby Bass EUB-style with wooden body and an additional magnetic pickup. The WRJ has a smaller/slimmer and more violinesque body. The AN 01C has a pear-shaped body. All basses feature a metal diafraghm pickup. http://www.eliezerlaraguitars.com/ 6 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl DANIEL FERNÁNDEZ DE CASTELLI’S Argentina, standard and custom electric and (semi-) Brazil, standard/custom instruments made by Hilton acoustic basses made by Daniel Fernandez.. Castelli and son Tom in Churitiba since 1987. Fernandez makes ABGs like the fourstring La Montana, Models are four- to sixstring. fivestring El Lago and sixstring Yin Yang and also several electrics with an exclusive model for US bass shop The DEMONTE Low End. Argentina, custom guitars, basses and other instruments made by Jorge and Juan Demonte. http://www.guitarrasdemonte.com.ar/ DICARMO Brazilië, standard EUBs made by Roberte Dicarmo since 1986. There are two versions: Professional and Estudio http://www.fernandezbasses.com.ar/ DANIELS Argentina, standard and custom guitars and basses made by Daniels. DIGIACOMI &YAVICOLI see: Coatepec Violins. DICKINS TOMA http://www.danielsguitars.net/ Mexico, lower quality instruments made in the mid ‘90s. 7 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl DJS Argentina, standard/custom guitars and basses made by DOLPHIN DJS in Córdoba. Brazil, instruments made in the ‘80s – ‘90s by Carlos DJS makes a distinctly (pear)shaped EUB. Electric basses Assale, later working for Giannini. Dolphin guitars and are P- & J-style, a modern original design and a copy of basses were the best-selling instruments in Brazil during Gene Simmons’ Punisher. Bodies are made of cedar or the ‘80s. oak. The King has a pointy headstock, P-style body and one soapbar pickup. The BX1020 has two pickups and one was presented to Paul McCartney in ’90. DREAMER GUITARWORKS Brazil, custom guitars and basses made by Celso Freire since the ‘90s. http://www.djs-luthier.com.ar DMS GUITARS & BASSES Colombia, custom guitars and basses made by Cesar Bohorquez in Medellin. DOH SERIES http://www.luthier.com.br/ Argentina, standard & custom guitars and basses made by Daniel O. Hunko. ELROI Models include Rick and J-style basses and originals like Brazil, custom instruments made by Marcus Vinicius this Big Dragon. The Arlequin has a chequered wood inlayed body. http://www.dohseries.com . 8 Encyclopedia of bassmakers – Latin America. Copyright 2006-2009 Jan Berendsen http://www.aardigsnarig.nl ENRIQUE CRIVELLARI FAIM Argentina, acoustic and electric guitars and basses made Argentina/Korea, standard instruments made since the by Enrique ”Lex” Crivellari. ‘80s by FAIM in Buenos Aires, also imports from Korea. Older model is the headless Tomahawk, current models ESTEBAN ECHEVERRIA are budget quality P- & J-basses and four- and fivestring Argentina, custom instruments made by Esteban basses in Warwick/Ibanez Soundgear-style. Echeverria. http://estebanecheverria.olx.com.ar/ ESTRADA & BEVERIDO Mexico, David Estrada and Lorena Beverido are Ïtalian school” violinmakers from Coatepec. They make traditional bowed instruments and have made a compact acoustic bass too. http://www.faim-instrumentos.com.ar FDC Panama,