Above is a Squier Classic Vibe Precision Bass ’50s, and it’s being shown for a reason. It has a neck that is chunkier than most low-cost basses in the same price range. Incidentally, we do have a pickup that would be a significant upgrade for that particular instrument. What is wide? A wide-neck bass typically … Read more
This week’s feature bass comes from Elash Cisse at Aash Bass Guitars, with a video demo! For more information other than what is shown here, you can visit their web site at www.aashbass.com. (The video demo of the instrument is after the photos below.) Elash writes: Aash basses guitars are made by choosing the appropriate … Read more
Younger players like doing bass covers of video games, and there’s nothing wrong with that, especially considering it’s an excellent way to get technically precise on the bass guitar. This cover is of a game released in the late 1990s from Namco called Ace Combat 2 from a track within the game called “Aim High.” … Read more
Cleaning P-Bass bass guitar electronics is an easy process when you know how to do it. The video below shows exactly how it’s done, and once you see how easy it is, you’ll be able to do it yourself. What helps more than anything else in lubricating and cleaning your P-Bass potentiometers is a contact … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass is a Rickenbacker inspired 5-string. Builder Steven Baxter writes: This Tiberius-5 bass was built by Steven Baxter the founder of Dudacus Custom Basses located in Cambridge, MA. Steven has been involved in the greater Boston music scene and making his own instruments … Read more
The newer version of a V-4B is a very good modern interpretation of this model. It’s 100 watts of all-tube goodness, but has nice newer features like integrated DI, among other things. Looks-wise, the modern V-4B totally nails it. But how does it sound? See (and hear) the video below and decide for yourself.
When it comes to 1950s and 1960s design, that’s something pretty easy to figure out. If you do an image search for googie architecture, you will see many, many examples of that “swoopy” style that began in the 1940s and lasted all the way into the mid-1960s. Everything from houses to furniture to cars and … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass is an acoustic archtop. Builder Daniel Whitt writes: 17 inch arch top acoustic bass. 32 inch scale fret less. Sapele body and neck. Ebony fretboard, binding and trim.humbucking neck mount pickup with volume and tone knobs under pick guard. Hipshot tuners.3 inch … Read more
Ordinarily, we keep clear of any video game references, but this is an exception just because it sounds cool. Team Fortress 2 is a video game, but it’s main theme is Peter Gunn inspired, which of course has great bass tone to it. The video below shows how to play along with the TF2 main … Read more
One of the more rare electric bass guitars from the 1960s is the Moni Bassus, made in Hungary. Reported only to have been constructed in the 1960s and having a low production number, coming across one isn’t exactly easy. Made as good as a Fender or Gibson of that era? No. Designed well? That’s debatable. … Read more
