Pierre Lewin

Crafting and playing bass

Welcome to my page! You'll find here some stuff about me... What I do and what I have done.
I started to play the guitar at the age of 11. It was a hobby untill my college mates asked me to bring my electric guitar and play to entertain the other students as we were on strike. I was extremely surprise by the success I got!!! I was invited to play in a couple of bands right away and played a few paid gigs the very same year.
A couple of years later, I invited to play bass with a professional band. I bought an old Precision Bass for the occasion, and bass became my main instrument after this experience.
I had an old "law suit copy" of an EB3 Guibson, and took off the frets. I imediately loved to play fretless! It was not easy, but as I was studying acoustic bass at the same time, I was motivated.
From my first electric guitar, customising instrument never scared me. Shortly after the successful experience with the EB3 copy, I built entirely a fretless bass that I used for 15 years on tours. It had active electronic.

Pierre Lewin

Crafting basses

I had customised my instruments since my first electric guitar. Building one from scratch was a big step in 1980!
Since, whenever I have space and my tools, it's time for fun!
Many instruments I've made are not in this list.


1986 -5 strings / scale 34'	2014 - ADGC bass / scale 23'	2016 - ADGC bass / scale 24.5'	custom body for JB / scale 34'


2017 - ADGC bass / scale 24.5'	2018 - ADGC bass / scale 24.5'	2019 - ADGC bass / scale 25'	2021 - short scale bass / scale 32'


2019 - ADGCF bass / scale 24.5'	2020 - Precision bass / scale 34'	2020 - Jazz bass / scale 34'	2023 - Telecaster bass / scale 33.5'


2023 - FireBass / scale 34'	2023 - Mustang / scale 32'	2024 - Blondy / scale 34'	2024 - Deep blue / scale 34'

Pierre Lewin

Playing bass

I did play in many bands, mainly: jazz, acid jazz, rock, funk, soul, salsa, african music, drum and bass, and house.
My main instruments are fretless tenor and bass guitars (ADGC and EADG tunnings). I stated by playing guitar, and for quite some time upright bass (3/4 acoustic and electric). I studied alto saxophone and congas for a few years too.
In 1980 I realised then that fretless electric bass was much more the sound I was looking for and took off the frets of a copy of Gibson EB3. A year later I made entirely my first fretless bass, that I used at evry gig for more than 15 years.
My sound was influenced first by bass players like Patrick O'Hearn (F. Zappa) and Pino Paladino.

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