The reason I started building basses is because each one of them sounds different. Boss Tone Blackie is closest to my ideal, if not my ideal. This one is my favorite, it has the perfect tone for anything. I was born in the 40s and there used to be this radio show which was a detective drama called Boston Blackie and Boston Blackberry was the name of the detective. I like word plays and remembered this show from when I was a kid, and that’s how Boss Tone Blackie got its name! It’s hard to say how old this bass is, because the body is a Fender Squire body. The neck I got from Warmoth. The neck was a fretted neck before. I don't remember exactly how or when I picked that body up. But I went through three necks before I got to that one. The final neck is a walnut back with an ebony fingerboard.