Every bassist needs a hobby. Mine just happens to be building basses. My latest release is ready just in time for some of our summer out of town shows. I started down this path several years ago when I was thinking there must be a better way to get myself and the bass from point A to point B. So I built the original “Suit Bass” from a vintage plywood suitcase. This was a great idea because I could remove the neck and put it inside the body. The trouble was that it had a flat fingerboard and no clearance for a bow. That’s when I came up with this Summers “Howitzer Shell Bass” The neck is still removable and it has a shaped bridge and fingerboard that lets me play with a bow.