Back to list of projects... VINTAGE JUNIPER BASS  The unique design of the Vintage Juniper Bass was developed by Ryan Beck and is based on six criteria: The juniper wood must be over 500-years-old No book-matching on the front and back of the body Black hardware Passive pickups Neck-through construction Simple body design Rocky Mountain juniper wood was collected in the Beartooth Mountains, MT using a U.S. Forest Service permit. Approximately 1,000 trees were inspected before finding the deadwood snag shown below. A 120 lb. trunk section was cut and hauled three miles. This wood was used for the front and back of the guitar body. Additional juniper wood was found for use in the neck and headstock. The precise calendar year of each growth ring in this wood was determined by the owner, a dendrochronologist. Vintage Wood Body Top and Back: 851-year-old Rocky Mountain juniper, innermost growth ring = AD 1158 Neck Center: 748-year-old Rocky Mountain juniper, innermost growth ring = AD 1261 Headstock Face: 2,240-year-old Rocky Mountain juniper, innermost growth ring = 232 BC Body Rocky Mountain juniper top and back, hard maple core, black walnut trim Neck Five-piece neck-through construction with double 2-way truss rods Rocky Mountain juniper center, hard maple sides, black walnut trim Fingerboard Rosewood, 22 frets, 20” fingerboard radius, 34” scale length Pickups Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Bridge Standard Vintage-style in Black Strings D'Addario roundwound/ medium gauge Nut Graphite Tuning Machines Standard Vintage-style in Black Side Inlay Dots Mother-of-pearl Finish Variably-thinned polyurethane with distressed treatment