Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok
Basse Apok

Basse Apok

Born of a collaboration with an architect, this APOK bass is the only De Leeuw whose shape was drawn outside the atelier: an entirely bespoke silhouette, which Quentin De Leeuw translated into wood. American walnut, purpleheart, olive, bubinga. Copper-plated hardware.

THE DESIGN
For the first time, the atelier carved a shape that came from elsewhere: an architect's, conceived as an object before an instrument. Every curve of the drawing was translated into the constraints of lutherie, then cut by hand.

THE COPPER HARDWARE
Custom tuners and bridge, copper-plated: a tone that answers the purpleheart and the olive, and that will take on its patina over the years.

COMMISSIONING A DE LEEUW

Commissioning a De Leeuw instrument means entering one of the few French ateliers specialised in lutherie, where every guitar is entirely carved by hand.

Every commission begins with an appointment: at our Paris showroom, or during a trunk show in Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York… Every detail is chosen together, through to delivery in person.

Four disciplines on a single instrument: lutherie, fine cabinetmaking, marquetry and ornamental sculpture, under the hand of Quentin De Leeuw, Maître Artisan d'Art (master craftsman of the French métiers d'art).

Discuss your project — showroom, 15 rue de Palestro, by appointment.

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