The feature bass player for this week proves that sometimes you can get along with a bone stock Ibanez just fine (seen in video below.) In the video below where you can see Alden playing with his band Radio Phoenix, he’s using a stock Ibanez 206B, and it sounds great. We asked Alden about that … Read more
The feature bass for this week comes from the Czech Republic. Jiri, owner of the bass, writes: My name is Jiri and I live in the Czech Republic in the middle of the Europe. Some four years ago, I was thinking about buying another bass and Gibson Thunderbird used to attract me a lot. But … Read more
This is a continuation from part 1. Below: Neck is inserted in place. Since this particular build has a very snug fit, no clamp is needed. If the fit was not snug, a clamp would be used. Below: Using the same 1/8″ drill bit in the hand drill, the rotation is purposely run backwards to … Read more
In this particular installation, a bolt plate will not be used as would typically be seen on a Fender P or J bass. Instead, the mounting screws will be inside ferrules. Note: This step is split into two parts. This is part 1. Below: Tools needed: Drill, mounting screws, neck ferrules, bar of soap, 15mm … Read more
The feature bass for this week is a Rickenbacker inspired build made from century-old salvaged barn wood! Builder Ronald Brandt writes: After a couple of DIY mods and bass-body builds, I decided to jump into building my first neck with a fully neck-through bass! I’d previously owned a couple of RIC basses, and I only … Read more
This feature bass player this week is Bill Alexander from Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA. He was chosen because in the feature video below you’ll see he is playing a Danelectro Longhorn. We rarely get to see these, so it was nice to see one in action. Here’s the interview with Bill: How much of a challenge … Read more
See Sheldon Dingwall’s business listing here (Edit: This is actually part 8 and not part 7, sorry for the confusion) 🙂 In this last video of the interview with Sheldon Dingwall of Dingwall Guitars, Sheldon talks about the future of Dingwall. There are new designs that are in the works, but at the same time … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week was made with the goal of using nothing but Puerto Rican woods. Builder Ramil Rodriguez writes: I built this bass with two purposes. I wanted to design my own kind of imperial body and I wanted a bass with 100% … Read more
See Sheldon Dingwall’s business listing here At times we will ask the interview question of “What is your favorite grit of sandpaper?” as a joke, just because it’s a question that’s really not meant to have an answer. Sheldon Dingwall, however, not only answered the question really fast, but knew exactly how to answer and … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week has plenty of thump to it. Builder Mark Bombard writes: I call this bass “60’s White”. I’ve always liked basses built in the 60’s. Like many of those this bass’s body is poplar. Because poplar is know for its lack … Read more
