See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is a 35-inch scale beauty made of holly. Builder Evan Nichols from www.facebook.com/nicholsguitarco writes: I wanted to build a sleek streamlined Bass. I originally bought a Holly top and was blown away by it and it gave me the idea … Read more
Note to those across the pond: In America and Canada, we spell this metal as aluminum, and in America pronounce it as in uh-loo-mih-numm. Yes, we know in other parts of the world it is spelled as aluminium and spoken as al-you-minn-ee-uhm or sometimes al-you-mih-neeyum. We don’t say or spell it that way. Deal with … Read more
The weight of a bass guitar is something that’s a lot more important than most people realize. A bass that isn’t the right weight can make the playing experience miserable. If the instrument is too heavy, it will hurt your shoulder when playing standing and hurt your leg when playing seated. If the instrument is … Read more
No, it’s not an SG, it’s an SB. This particular bass was only manufactured for 2 model years, features single-coil pickup goodness, on/off toggle switches for both pickups and a bridge cover that’s difficult to locate these days (it’s a rare part). Does it sound good? As you’ll hear in the video below, yes it … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week looks like a chess board, but in a really nice way. Builder Anthony Mcdonald from www.anthonycustombass.com writes (in the original way he wrote it): Wood on this bass a variety of ten native wood from Jamaica including mahogany on top … Read more
Below: While the neck is clamped securely in place, the neck itself is used as a template guide, and at this point we stick the template physically to the body using double-sided tape. The tape being used is carpet tape. 3M brand carpet tape is recommended, but if that particular brand is not available where … Read more
…says the man who bought a Cort B4 Artisan with Bartolini MK1 pickups in it in the video below. And yes, we do carry this particular shape along with several others. Describing a pickup’s tone as “bright” does make sense as that describes the treble side of things. Describing a sound as “accurate” could mean … Read more
The feature bass for this week is a combination of old style and modern electronics. Owner Marc writes: I wanted a retro looking bass with a jazz bass neck feel. The body is one piece swamp ash with a one piece quarter sawn maple neck comprised of a dual action truss rod and carbon fiber … Read more
In this part of our build-a-bass series, an example of how to route a neck pocket into body is done using a 5-string layout with a short neck. Even though this is atypical compared to a standard 4-string body with long scale 34-inch neck, the process is still the same when it comes to getting … Read more
(Apologies that there is not a photo showing the full instrument, the builder did not include one in his photo set, unfortunately.) The feature build this week started with a Hofner neck and went from there. Builder Dan writes: I started with an older Hofner neck, circa 1970. The fingerboard had been removed and the … Read more
