A Musicvox Spaceranger bass guitar makes an appearance on YouTube! Before you judge it, consider it’s “not just another Fender clone”. Sometimes when you want to go different, you have to go a bit wacky. And the Spaceranger is definitely a bit wacky. Musicvox’s angle is that vintage period of the 50s and 60s where … Read more
This week’s bass of the week was built for John Mackenzie by builder Frank Usher, who is located in the Scottish Borders, also lead guitarist for Fish, Marrilion, Border Boogie Band, and many others. John writes: Being a mainly fretless 4 string player (Fender Precision ), I wanted to expand to five strings and have … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW comes all the way from Nepal! And while bass builders go to great lengths to put together instruments, these guys built their own bandsaw to get it done, used whatever woods their could get their hands on to complete the job and even … Read more
Spotted on YouTube, a bass made by Little Crow Guitars out of Australia. What’s the model name? It doesn’t even have one yet; that’s how new it is. In fact, it’s the first they’ve made. Check out the video below to hear how it sounds. What do you think of it? Like it? Be sure … Read more
Greg Schroeder had this week’s BotW built by: G&B Art ul. Czarnowąska 10 45- 111 OpoleE-mail: guitarbassart@gmail.com Robert “Góral” Żurakowski 880-514-288 …and it’s a beauty. Greg writes: This bass draws its inspiration from the infamous Rickenbacker 4001 of course, but with a choice of woods never seen on one of their basses. The choice of … Read more
We asked our Facebook audience what type of pickup they prefer, be it single-coil straight, split-coil, dual-coil, rail design or something else… …and now it’s time to ask you. What’s your favorite bass pickup type, and why do you prefer it? Multiple answers are OK, because some players use specific pickups for specific applications. Post … Read more
This arguably could be called “the bass that almost isn’t there” because of its unique body styling. What do you think? Cool or dud?
See the business listing for this bass builder here A builder who is used to straight-fret builds experiments with fanned frets, and the result is amazing. Jack writes: I’ve always been interested by fan frets but never had the opportunity to test one for years. A few months ago, I finally tested one. That was … Read more
Bartolini has made a lot of stuff over the years, but this is something they made that you probably haven’t seen before – a bass pickup with adjustable sliding pole pieces. This bass guitar is in fact available for sale on an eBay auction right now at the time this is written. Here are the … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here It may have a “body like a Mousetrap”, but believe me, this BotW has wood that is far superior than any that was ever used to catch a mouse with. 🙂 Garin writes: So I went to a local show (Taproot) and the bassist’s bass (Phil … Read more
