The HOT WIRE BASS TEAM can help!
We can build the perfect bass for you!
Hello, I am Bert Gerecht, the man behind the Hot Wire Bass. In 1980 I started "Mr. Bassman“, the world´s first bass shop in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1986 I published „German Bass Magazine“. I wrote countless articles and stories in various music magazines and became a label manager and record producer in 1989, releasing “Bass Talk!“ and some 45 bass-heavy CDs by Percy Jones, Jimmie Earl, Jay Tee, Carol Kaye, and many more, on my own label “Hot Wire Records”.
I had become a bass addict in 1968, when I blasted the first low notes on a Höfner bass into the audience. I played countless gigs with various bands, studied music and English. For ten years I butchered my trusty 1969 Fender Precision and eventually founded "Mr. Bassman“ in Frankfurt. Selling basses, doing repairs and building around one hundred "Mr. Bassman" basses from kit parts according to customer requirements.
With Hot Wire Bass, I have realized my idea of the perfect instrument, which I can individually adapt to every customer. Meanwhile, I have reviewed, repaired, played and sold so many different basses of all brands that I often already know what the customer wants during the consultation before it is clear to him. But I would be nothing without my great team!