Use this tip sheet if you need to figure out how to wire a long threaded barrel jack into your bass. This sheet covers the long threaded barrel jacks from Switchcraft that we sell, but may be relevant to your bass as well if it has this style of jack. Chrome and gold jacks: The … Read more
Use this tip sheet if you need to need to figure out whether your Ultralights are the version known as 3/8” or 1/2”. There are a couple methods: Remove a tuner and measure the hole that was drilled in the headstock. a 3/8” tuner will have a hole that is 9/16” in diameter a 1/2” … Read more
The following tuners; HB1, HB2, HB3, and HB7 cover several of the harder to identify vintage style tuners found on many of the world’s basses. Whether you are trying to replace the regular tuners or need to identify which detuner to get for your bass, these diagrams will be of help. Typically, just checking the … Read more
I have an older Marcus Miller Signature bass, and it used to be highly susceptible to noise picked up through the vintage single-coil pups (unless they were exactly balanced in volume, and also light buzzing (that would go away when I touched the strings). That’s all gone now. It’s absolutely silent until I thunder a … Read more
Measure from the center of the highest string to the center of the lowest string over the saddles. In the example shown, starting at 100mm and ending at 157mm, the string spacing is about 57mm total. Most commonly, the measurement is given in the string-to-string spacing by bridge manufacturers. It is most accurate to take … Read more
Measure from the center of the lowest string to the center of the highest string over the center of the pickup. In the example shown, starting at 100mm and ending at 151.5mm, the string spacing is about 51.5mm total. This measurement is most commonly done in millimeters. Calculating string spacing is often important in ordering … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here When you give your bass away and you need one, what do you do? Build another one! Builder James Tonguet writes: Having given my bass to my son, I needed to build one for myself. Neck 24 fret, Black Walnut, Medium Jumbo frets, Ebony fretboard m … Read more
This is a continuation from part 1. Important note: Throughout this article, please bear in mind that all sanding was done in the direction of the grain for the cleanest possible finish. Below: The other side of the neck. It is slightly oxidized from being in the shop for a while, but still very usable. … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass this week is a cool 2-string slide bass. Bass builder Colin Meagher writes: This bass build was inspired by the Mark Sandman bass that I saw him play when he came to Melbourne Australia. Its a Two String Slide Bass. Its a Beast … Read more
Probably the most surprising thing about Highway Star by Deep Purple is the lack of lower notes on the bass. Roger Glover stuck to the higher notes when playing this track, and it’s a good thing he did because on the original studio release the bass cuts right through and is heard loud and proud. … Read more
