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How bass guitars are made (for kids)

A nice follow-up from Slapping a bass in the jungle, kid’s TV show style, National Geographic very recently released How Bass Guitars Are Made from their MAKING STUFF video series. Yes, this video is for kids, but it’s very cool that National Geographic did this. It’s also very cool how they presented the information in … Read more

Slapping a bass in the jungle, kid’s TV show style

For those of you out there who ever thought there should be more bass guitar in children’s television programming, well, it actually happened. There is a BBC television program called ZingZillas on the “CBeebies” channel. And very recently, there was a show clip released on YouTube showing an entire segment dedicated to the bass guitar. … Read more

What does a bass with an aluminum neck sound like?

Note to those across the pond: In America and Canada, we spell this metal as aluminum, and in America pronounce it as in uh-loo-mih-numm. Yes, we know in other parts of the world it is spelled as aluminium and spoken as al-you-minn-ee-uhm or sometimes al-you-mih-neeyum. We don’t say or spell it that way. Deal with … Read more

How to weigh a bass the easy way

The weight of a bass guitar is something that’s a lot more important than most people realize. A bass that isn’t the right weight can make the playing experience miserable. If the instrument is too heavy, it will hurt your shoulder when playing standing and hurt your leg when playing seated. If the instrument is … Read more

Vintage Bass: 1971 Gibson SB300

No, it’s not an SG, it’s an SB. This particular bass was only manufactured for 2 model years, features single-coil pickup goodness, on/off toggle switches for both pickups and a bridge cover that’s difficult to locate these days (it’s a rare part). Does it sound good? As you’ll hear in the video below, yes it … Read more

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