See the business listing for this bass builder here Our first double neck feature! Builder Karl Thorkildsen from www.facebook.com/KarlThorkildsen writes: My first doubleneck, 24 fret guitar + fretless 5-string bass. Nordstrand dual coils, bubinga front and back on mahogany core. Hipshot hardware, Nordstrand preamp, Dunlop flushmount strap locks, Grain-matched controls cover. Pickups selectable, guitar, bass, … Read more
With our last wood hardness chart, several noted that there were certain woods missing that should be in the list, so we’ve expanded the list to 224 different species. Is this list complete? That’s where you come in. We’ve tried in our best effort to get this list as complete as possible, but of course … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass has wood that was air-dried for more than 40 years! Builder Peter Carlson writes: Body and neck from a single plank of cerisier (cherry) given me by my dear (and sadly recently deceased) neighbor, M,Andre Castin: from a tree planted by his … Read more
New on the upper-end of the Aria line is the IGB-RC. A bit smaller, has a thin neck and has good balancing, according to the video below. The street price of this bass is about $2,000. Do you think it’s worth it? Does this bass recapture the great upper-end Aria Pro II basses of the … Read more
Many bass builders are very particular about the wood used for the body. Some choose specific woods for considerations such as weight, certain tonal qualities, how easy or not it is to carve, color, grain style, and so on. Wood hardness is determined using something called the Janka Hardness Scale. This scale (and the chart … Read more
This week’s feature bass was built in The Sunshine State! Owner George Halcomb writes: This is a CB Bass from Cliff Bordwell at cbbasses.com in Florida. This is an absolute work of art you can play with. At lot of magic in this one. Have been playing over 40 years and this is the finest … Read more
Ibanez has come out with an affordable 24-fret P/J 4-string. Comes with Nordstrand pickups (yes, really!) and has a bubinga body and neck. It also has active electronics. Watch the video below and you tell us – did Ibanez score with a winner here, or is it still lacking in some respects?
There are many instruction guides out there on playing bass using a pick, and this video is one of them. Why was this particular video chosen for this article? Mainly because the bass guitar being used is a low-cost Squier bass. It’s one thing to instruct using an expensive multi-thousand-dollar instrument. But to really show … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass was built with a little help from his friends, which fortunately included a luthier. 🙂 Simon writes: Bass Spec – 5 String 34″ scale 3 piece Maple Neck Through Walnut Body Walnut Headstock veneer Spalted Maple fingerboard Bartolini 57j1 Pickups Passive circuitry … Read more
It is a treat to see a guitar this old and this good in such excellent condition. Below is a video of an all-original 1973 Guild Starfire bass guitar. For those that don’t want to do the math, that makes this instrument over 40 years old, and it’s still in incredible condition. What’s even more … Read more
