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How do you fix a bass tuner that rattles?

(Note: See comments below this article for several helpful comments on how to fix tuner rattles, and please feel free to add your own.) A common upgrade many bass players do either for reducing neck weight, tuning stability, tuner smoothness or all of that is changing out the tuners. A popular model is the Hipshot … Read more

Does boiling bass guitar strings really work?

You may have heard there’s a way to freshen roundwound bass strings just by boiling them. Does it work? Before answering that, it’s helpful to explain what boiling strings actually does for them. Over time, bass strings get grime pushed into them. And no matter how often you clean your strings, once grime gets in … Read more

An argument for the 6-string bass

Below is a video by Janek Gwizdala published a few months back on what it’s like to pick up and play a proper 6-string bass. And “proper” means one that has been set up correctly with an appropriate string set of the correct thicknesses, string saddles with correctly set height, a neck that has had … Read more

Taylor GS Mini-e Bass

Below is a demo of the new acoustic-electric bass from Taylor, the GS Mini-e. It is a very small bass as it has a smaller-than-short-scale 23.5″ scale. To put that in perspective, many bass ukuleles have a 20″ scale length, and a short scale 6-string guitar such as the Fender Jaguar has a 24″ scale … Read more

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