SPECIFICATIONS:
BODY WOOD - LIGHTWEIGHT ALDER
BODY FINISH - HIGH GLOSS POLY
NECK WOOD - MAPLE
FINGERBOARD WOOD – ROSEWOOD
NECK FINISH - OIL
FINGERBOARD RADIUS - 10
TRUSS ROD - 2 WAY - ALLEN ADJUSTMENT AT BODY
INLAYS - DOT AND OR BLOCKS WITH BINDING
FRET WIRE - BS-DHP-2295 (2.2mm x 0.9mm)
FRET WIRE - BS-DHP-2295 (2.2mm x 0.9mm)
NUT - BONE
NUT WIDTH - 38mm (1.49")
FRETS NO. - 20
SCALE - 30
PICKUPS - 2 -J STYLE SINGLE COIL
PICKGUARD - WHITE/BLACK/TORTOISE
CIRCUIT - NONE
CONTROLS – VOL/VOL/TONE
POTS - 3 - CTS STYLE 250K
KNOBS – JBASS STYLE
SWITCH – NONE
HARDWARE COLOUR - CHROME
BRIDGE - 4 STRING THROUGH BRIDGE STRINGING ONLY
TUNERS - HIPSHOT LICENSED - ULTRA-LTE CHROME
STRINGS - HIGH QUALITY - STAINLESS STEEL ROUNDWOUND .045-.105
STRING RETAINER - STRING TREE
STRAPS - DUAL DESIGN
WEIGHTS - 3.8KG - 8.3LBS
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - SOUTH KOREA
![Dan Lakin and Mark Gooday Dan Lakin and Mark Gooday](https://cdn.gethypervisual.com/images/shopify/d383b293-a833-40a9-b1ac-8b8e380462d3/w1200_c01b_Mark___Dan.jpg)
Dan Lakin Luthier/bass aficionado and Mark Gooday, friends for many years have pooled skills, resources and passion for Bass with a line of co-designed Dan Lakin and Ashdown Engineered manufactured Bass guitars, to start it was just going to be one bass but as you can imagine things got a little carried away and we opted to go all out with an impressive range of instruments.
![Close up of the white rosewood grail short scale body Close up of the white rosewood grail short scale body](https://cdn.gethypervisual.com/images/shopify/d383b293-a833-40a9-b1ac-8b8e380462d3/w1200_4dff_GRAIL_SHRT_Square_A.jpg)
Dan’s passion sees him making basses in Chicago to order and totally USA built. Basses built to order are one thing but getting a brand out there as he had in the past was not of interest to him.
![Silver rosewood grail short scale Silver rosewood grail short scale](https://cdn.gethypervisual.com/images/shopify/d383b293-a833-40a9-b1ac-8b8e380462d3/w1200_ec8_GRAIL_SHRT_Square_B.jpg)
So with Dan in tow Ashdown is taking up that mantra for him as having made basses before and always wishing to do so again, a Chance meeting in Chicago Music Exchange on a road trip for Mark saw the seeds of interest sown.
![Back of the red grail short scale Back of the red grail short scale](https://cdn.gethypervisual.com/images/shopify/d383b293-a833-40a9-b1ac-8b8e380462d3/w1200_191c_GRAIL_SHRT_Square_C.jpg)
Months later those seeds come to reality...
![Black maple grail with the red rosewood short scale grail Black maple grail with the red rosewood short scale grail](https://cdn.gethypervisual.com/images/shopify/d383b293-a833-40a9-b1ac-8b8e380462d3/w1200_cb20_GRAIL_SHRT_Square_D.jpg)
Originally our necks were going to be finished with polymerized low-sheen tung oil. This product became increasingly difficult to source. Birchwood-Casey Tru-Oil brand gun stock oil turned out to be the best substitute product to obtain the classic feel of our bass neck.
![Close up of the red grail head Close up of the red grail head](https://cdn.gethypervisual.com/images/shopify/d383b293-a833-40a9-b1ac-8b8e380462d3/w1200_e3ab_GRAILfive.jpg)
![Close up of the blue grail head Close up of the blue grail head](https://cdn.gethypervisual.com/images/shopify/d383b293-a833-40a9-b1ac-8b8e380462d3/w1200_afb9_GRAILqw.jpg)