See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW that arrived in the featureme@bestbasgear.com inbox comes from YARAH Customs with some lovely hand-carved goodness. Scott writes: Scott Barritt here with YARAH Customs. Sending you pix and info of my custom designed & handbuilt EA5G 5 string bass. Birthed out of the necessity … Read more
We asked our Facebook audience last week what their favorite tonewood material was. The answers may surprise you (would you believe agathis was mentioned a few times?) What about you? What tonewoods (yes you can name more than one) have worked out best for you and why?
Any bass that has “sassafras” as a material used for the build must be good, right? Well, in this case, it is. Harry writes: This is a build project for a customer in Malaysia. Since this is budget build project, I’m using mostly local timbers from Australia. One of the purpose of this entry is … Read more
When building your own bass, math is involved and there’s no way around it. You’re going to be measuring things and that’s just the way it is. More often than not you’re going to have to deal with both statute (inches) and metric (millimeters) measurements when putting a bass together, so it’s good to know … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW that arrived in the featureme@bestbassgear.com is definitely what you would characterize as a “minimalist design”, but it works very nicely. The more you look at it, the more you want to play it. Do you agree? Robin writes: This is my personal custom … Read more
Recently, we posted an open question on Facebook asking what your favorite pickup is. Feel free to check that out. Do you agree with the comments on that discussion? There were a lot of EMG and Seymour Duncan fans out there. What’s your favorite brand of bass pickup (even if it’s one we don’t carry)?
This week’s BotW that arrived in the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox comes from Keith, who had his bass custom built by Stambaugh Musical Design in New Hampshire, USA. Keith (the buyer) was a part of the design process as Chris (the builder) constructed the instrument for him. Keith writes: Chris Stambaugh is a Luthier in Alton N.H. … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW that came into the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox comes from an individual who identifies his first name as just “R”. R writes: This is one of my production bass line model I call them the Panzer Commander. They’re 34″ scale with an 1.5″ nut width. … Read more
This week’s BotW that arrived in the featureme@bestbassgear.com inbox comes from Russia – I think. I say that because the author, Danny, did not state his location, although his email signature was in Russian. So we’ll take it on best guess that yes, what you’re seeing does come from Russia. 🙂 Want to show you … Read more
The image above may look like something that was computer generated, but it’s actually a piece of ebony, a wood commonly used for fretboard material. Hardness of wood does actually have test to determine how hard it is, and it’s called the Janka hardness test. The Janka number is pounds-force, as in how much force … Read more
