See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW is Beatles-inspired and “goes a mile deep” in a really good way. Builder Dave Jorgensen writes: I’m a luthier and huge Beatles fan. I decided to take on the project of building a tribute to each of the Beatles, not for sale, but … Read more
There’s no question that the Gibson Thunderbird bass has one of the coolest body shapes, but how does that translate when put into an Epiphone version? Pretty good, actually. As you’ll see from the video below, Epi’s version of the T-Bird IV has it where it counts. HOWEVER… does it have neck dive issues? That’s … Read more
You might have heard the term “bass ramp” before and not know what it means. This article will explain to you what it is and why you would want one. A bass ramp is a block of wood that is mounted under the strings, and is either mounted before the pickups (front-side mount,) between two … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The bass banjolele. It’s not something that happens often because it has a very quirky sound to it, but sometimes when a bass builder wants something really different, you can’t get much more different than this. Builder Jake Arnott writes: Some time ago, I woke up … Read more
Sei is a company that makes bass guitars, and it’s nice to see someone demonstrating what these guitars can do. From the video description: Just wanted to share the sound of my wonderful Sei Jazz bass with some Dunlop Super Bright Stainless Steel strings on – the just play and sound amazing -bass was recorded … Read more
The owner of this video himself admitted that his attempt at swirl paint didn’t work out the way he wanted. But it’s great he posted the video anyway because it shows how tough it is to get swirl paint to apply correctly. The video description states: I tried to swirl paint my bass. It didn’t … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week started off with just a ’66 Hagstrom neck, and ended up being something much different – and even has fret marker LEDs. Builder Mark Bombard writes: This is a custom 30.75″ short scale bass. I started with a 1966 … Read more
This video’s description: “Guitar Man” is a 1967 song written by Jerry Reed, Soon after Reed’s single appeared, Elvis Presley recorded the song with Reed playing the guitar part, and it became a country and pop hit. This is one of those songs that has a real simple groove to it, but at the same … Read more
You might have seen the Zero-Mod thumb rest as part of what we sell and wondered if that’s a method or a thing. It’s a thing, as in a product. Ordinarily, when one hears “zero mod,” the thought of, “Oh, this must be a method of doing something.” No. Zero-Mod is the actual brand name … Read more
This week’s BotW takes a classic design and reimagines it into something much more exotic and with more features. Kirill writes: I had a Japanese short scale copy of EB-3 for a long time and always wanted to add a bit of flavour to the classics, so after a few hours of brainstorming the idea … Read more
