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This week’s build is the Yanofsky Guitars SBV5-SR bass, built by the man himself, Steven Yanofsky. Here is a bit about the build in his own words: Hi, this bass was a special order from a Mexican Rock star, he wanted a bass in black and white, the rest was up to me. This bass … Read more
From our friends over at Darkglass. “This is Halloween” cover by Poison Garden.
Shopping for used basses is fun. Upgrading it is also fun. Of course, we have all the pickups, preamps, bridges, tuners and so on you could ever want. We also have open-box gear too for you bargain hunters out there. But there’s one thing we can’t sell you, and that’s basic fret repair skills. Many … Read more
One of our more popular items we sell are bass tuning machines. Oftentimes, owners of older basses will replace the machines on their vintage instruments. While the originals still work, the gears are long past their prime simply due to wear, so replacements are necessary. Once the replacements are installed, it’s common the owner will … Read more
There are many bassists who would immediately say “WHY would you do this?”, especially considering there is a zero-modification option where the thumb rest is concerned. The answer is that adding on bridge and pickup covers and a thumb rest to a Fender bass is done mostly for appearance. True, there are some bassists who … Read more
If you want to talk about custom basses, the one that John Entwistle played in his later career (as in from 1985 until his passing) is pretty much as custom as it gets. For simplicity’s sake, the bass John played as shown above is a Buzzard bass. That’s not a company but rather a model … Read more
The SansAmp Bass Driver DI (which we carry) is considered by many bassists to be an indispensable tool when it comes to tone shaping… …but can it recreate famous bass tones all on its own? This video below shows some of what this little black box is capable of doing: Yes, the bassist does use … Read more
Steve Harris is considered one of those most influential heavy metal bass players of all time, and the simple answer to the question of “What is Steve Harris bass tone?” is P bass. Lots and lots of P bass. Typical to many hard rock/metal recordings of years past, the bass is usually placed squarely in … Read more
A rather large complaint by bassists that are fans of Metallica is that in the original studio recordings for the album …And Justice For All, Jason Newsted’s bass can barely be heard. The response to this by Metallica fans who wanted to hear the best was to literally remix the entire album using the tools … Read more
Many bass players find the delay effect to not be all that useful only because they haven’t been shown an example of where it can not only be used but used well. For one of the best examples of bass with delay added in that worked phenomenally well, we have to go all the way … Read more
