ELE CUSTOM BASSES is not your typical electric bass guitar factory. It is the work of a single person, a musician, artist and technician who builds individual and unique instruments for discerning musicians looking for something they cannot find in the big brands.

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ELE is actually the spanish name of the letter L, the initial of my name, Leo Mordini. Being the son of a couple of choir singers, I have been interested in music since I can remember. When I was a teenager I started dabbling with guitar before studying piano and flute, this time seriously. Some years later I took up the bass guitar, and fell in love with the instrument. I even took a stance against the undeserved place this instrument has in most musical styles, where people say they only notice it when it is missing; I wanted it to be present all the time.

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Besides music, I inherited the interest in woodworking from my father. For several years I enjoyed the possibilities of wood as a sculpting material, since it is both beautIful and easy to work with, considering its remarkable mechanical properties. The abstract shapes I created during those years migrated naturally to the design of my instruments.

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Eventually, I decided to combine this interests and learn the art of bass guitar making. After many years of customizing basses and building them in my spare time, I decided to dedicate myself professionally to this complex and fascinating activity. Finally, I set up my workshop in Gilet, Valencia, not far from the mediterranean coast of Spain, where I build each bass guitar, one by one, almost entirely by hand.