In this build step, we begin finish sanding the neck. Below: Two Super Jet brand glues (medium/red and thin/blue), furniture powder (used as a filler material, rosewood dust could have also been used), 150-grit adhesive-backed sandpaper, a hard block and the neck itself. Below: A view of the visible gaps beneath the frets. Below: Furniture … Read more
Periodically we get questions asking what certain areas of a guitar body are called, so we put together a quick set of photos as a reference. Below: Top body overall view Below: Top view, forearm contour. Below: Top view, lower bout. Below: Top view, upper bout. Below: Top view, treble side lower bout. Below: Top … Read more
The feature bass this week is a modified Modulus Flea 5. Owner Bruce Jacobs writes: The bass started as a stock but damaged Flea 5. I repaired a lot of damage to the finish on the back of the neck, and then decided that although the bass sounded pretty good, with the great tone and … Read more
One particular set of RotoSound brand strings BBG carries is the Tru Bass 88, available in 4, 5 or 6 string in scale lengths of short, medium, long and extra long in a variety of thicknesses. What makes the 88 set stand out is the fact the string is black nylon flatwound. What is the … Read more
Those who know Lynyrd Skynyrd obviously know Freebird, but most bassists get lazy when playing this particular bass line. And by lazy I mean not playing it how it’s heard on the album as it’s not something one would call easy. The player who played the studio track was Ed King. He started out as … Read more
The feature bass this week has been modded to the extreme with parts contributed by several people. Owner/modder Tom Buckman writes: Since buying the stock sunburst ’66 in 1969, I have modded it all along its journey. I invented the Bass Brace so in 1985 I had it majorly rebuilt to attract attention visually. Mike … Read more
Below: The items used in this build step. A vice, five gauged nut slotting files, and the nut itself. Below: The nut secured in the vice. Below: A .130″ file was used for the 5-string B, seen at left of nut. Note that this is not filed to final depth; this will not be done … Read more
This was possibly going to be the most awesomest bass video ever. The bass player is seen with cool red striped shirt and snazzy rainbow strap… until Barbara walks in and ruins everything. No, Barbara!
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass this week has a neck made of 13 different parts (wow!) Clément from D’ARCO Basses & Guitars writes: I’m a new french luthier and I come to present one of my model, the D’ARCO Shakti 5 string bass. It’s a 35″ with 26 … Read more
This is a continuation from part 1. Below: At this point, the B string (the 5 string) is 3mm wide, the E string (the 4 string) is 2.5mm wide and the A string (the 3 string) is 2mm wide, with each string having a 7mm distance from each other. The remaining 2 lines seen for … Read more
