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Hipshot vintage tuner diagrams

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

Calculating String Spacing for Bridges

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

How to calculate string spacing for pickups

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

[Bass of the week] Meagher Sandman

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

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