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[Bass of the Week] BassBird Rick

The feature bass for this week is a unique build that has interesting string options. Otto from www.bassbird.nl writes: I built a Rick-style bass with a 4 normal strings setting and a extra A,D,G strings with octave strings. The bass is built of mahogany body and maple neck. I used WCS pickups that can’t be … Read more

[Bass of the Week] AR 1404

See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week comes all the way from Finland! Builder of the bass, Alarik Repo, writes: This is the first electric bass I have built. I never had a fretless bass and everyone I have tried were not so good as I wished. … Read more

The 5 “secrets” to good bass tone clarity

Bass tone is very subjective, obviously. What sounds good to one player will sound awful to another. However, something that is generally agreed upon is that notes must sound clear… …and what is clear? These are, unofficially, the 5 “secrets” to good bass tone clarity: No unwanted fret buzz No unintentional muffled/muted notes No open … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Roy Epps 2015

See the business listing for this bass builder here The builder of this bass was given the instructions to make it look like a Rickenbacker, and this is what he came up with. The end result? Something pretty darned good. Builder Roy Epps writes: I have been a wood worker for many years and I … Read more

"Christmas Wrapping" (The Waitresses) Bass Cover

While This Christmas by Donny Hathaway has smooth bass lines in it that everyone likes, Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses is one of those love-it-or-hate-it modern (as in “not traditional”) Christmas songs. But even if you hate it, the bass line is pretty good. The good bass line doesn’t start until 24 seconds in as … Read more

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