See Sheldon Dingwall’s business listing here Sheldon discusses what it’s like to design basses. He notes that while it is preferable for the builder to use his own design, that’s usually not what the player (who ultimately buys the instrument) wants. In addition, Sheldon discusses the importance of connecting past designs to present technologies, and … Read more
We received this as a Bass of the Week entry recently, but instead of having it as a feature instrument, it was actually more appropriate to build a separate article around this to see if anyone out there schooled in vintage Ampeg history can help positively identify it. Owner of this instrument, Tony, writes: This … Read more
The feature bass instrument for this week is a Stambaugh Designs bass in an Alembic-inspired design, requested to be built as such by the owner of the instrument. Owner J. Gold writes: I was always in awe of John Paul Jones Triple Omega bass, and knew I wanted one that emulated its style. I had … Read more
The week’s feature player is Edo Castro from Mill Valley, California USA. Edo has an extensive range of gear, so we asked him about it. There are also videos below showing him with his custom built instrument. Describe the bass seen in your video (scroll down for video). Who made it? What are the specifications? … Read more
See Sheldon Dingwall’s business listing here In this installment, Sheldon from Dingwall Guitars talked about the history of fanned frets, the challenge getting it to work with a 5-string bass guitar (the low B, specifically,) and how taking a look at how pianos are made helped greatly in getting a low B to sound right. … Read more
If you hadn’t heard, Prince passed away recently. Most people knew Prince as a singer and guitar player. However, he also knew how to play bass… …and he was darned good at it, too. Prince was the type of guy who in the studio could literally put entire songs together himself, seemingly with ease. Check … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is a Fender-inspired 35-inch scale with some nice select woods to it. Builder Vern Green writes: This five string Fender Jazz inspired bass was the second guitar I ever built. This bass is inspired by two Fender instruments. The Fender … Read more
See Sheldon Dingwall’s business listing here For anyone that has ever sold basses they built themselves, you may have had a customer that, without playing a single note, refused delivery of the freshly crafted instrument just received and sent it back. Reasons can vary for why the return happened, and in Sheldon’s story as described … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Last week on Facebook, we informed the audience that we’ve never seen an acrylic-bodied instrument submitted for Bass of the Week, and that if someone submitted one they might be featured. Matt Brocking delivered with a modified Galveston bass. Matt writes (this is short, but it … Read more
The feature bass player of the week is Evan Veenstra from Canada, www.evanveenstra.com We interviewed Evan where we asked about his basses, gear and influences, which is below. After the interview is a video of Evan playing using piccolo strings (a very cool sound!) What is the main bass guitar you play, and why do … Read more
