Cabinets, Electronics, and hardware for your custom bass guitar configurations.
You may have noticed on products such as the Seymour Duncan Antiquity Series that part of its selling point is this thing known as “scatter wind” manufacturing process. What is scatter winding? When wire is wound into coils on a pickup, the most basic definition of scatter-wound means “non-uniform.” Imagine a spool of thread that … Read more
First thought by most people upon seeing the title of this article: “Dear God, man… WHY would you do that?” Good question, and I have a good answer. Certain players have cheap bass guitars that they don’t feel like putting money into and want to do the “blackout” hardware thing, so they get the bright … Read more
(Quick shortcuts to bass compressors for those that don’t like to wait: See the MXR M87, Aguilar TLC and Pigtronix Bass Philosopher. More provided at the end of this article.) The compressor effect is something that’s been around a very long time and is a genuinely useful thing to have. Some consider using a compressor … Read more
I caught this article over at Guitar World about the Jenz replacement tuners for Fender Bass guitars. Sometimes a product comes along that totally makes sense, and the Jenz Precision Bass Machine Heads is one of them. Any product that is direct drop-in is good, and the Jenz tuners is one of them because they … Read more
American-made bass guitars, as all bass players are aware, are not cheap new or used… …but there are a few diamonds in the rough in the used American-made bass department that won’t run you too much money. With that said, in the mass-produced department concerning quality American-made used bass guitars, two companies usually stand out … Read more
It’s a safe assumption to say that pretty much any bass amplifier can accommodate a 4-string bass guitar without a problem. Big or small power, big driver or not, if the amp is marketed as a “bass amplifier,” it universally should project a 4-string bass with no issues. But can the same be said when … Read more
It goes without saying that you don’t need a stage-loud rig to use for band practice… …or do you? Well, let’s list a few truths first. Truth: It is better to have too much amplification than not enough Playing through a weak rig at rehearsal is not fun at all, because everyone can hear themselves … Read more
I’ll admit up front that the title of this article is a totally unfair question for the reason it’s actually very difficult to describe in words what a pickup sounds like; it’s kind of like trying to describe what an orange tastes like (yeah, think about that one). 🙂 That being said, I’m going on … Read more
This is a step-through process of installing a Taurus TM-2 preamp. You can read more about the TM-2 here for further information to get specifications – but let’s get to what you clicked on this for – a step-through on installing it! 🙂 Before we begin we need to source the tools required to complete … Read more
When going by the appearance of a pickup alone, one can get easily confused because there are pickups that have hum-canceling technology in them even though they look like a single-coil, and there are also humbuckers that look like humbuckers but are in fact tri-coil or even quad-coil. To answer the question of what counts … Read more
