Cabinets, Electronics, and hardware for your custom bass guitar configurations.
Measure from the center of the lowest string to the center of the highest string over the center of the pickup. In the example shown, starting at 100mm and ending at 151.5mm, the string spacing is about 51.5mm total. This measurement is most commonly done in millimeters. Calculating string spacing is often important in ordering … Read more
Periodically we get questions asking what certain areas of a guitar body are called, so we put together a quick set of photos as a reference. Below: Top body overall view Below: Top view, forearm contour. Below: Top view, lower bout. Below: Top view, upper bout. Below: Top view, treble side lower bout. Below: Top … Read more
One particular set of RotoSound brand strings BBG carries is the Tru Bass 88, available in 4, 5 or 6 string in scale lengths of short, medium, long and extra long in a variety of thicknesses. What makes the 88 set stand out is the fact the string is black nylon flatwound. What is the … Read more
One of the best options of the NP4 pickup is that it is available with alnico III magnets. Alnico is not a company but rather a combination of three words that make up the magnet materials, ALuminum, NIckel, CObalt. For modern bass tones, many players prefer the alnico V. But for “warmer” bass tones where … Read more
The Lindy Fralin P 4 pickup you will hear below is intended to be a replacement for a Fender Precision Bass style pickup, with a few advantages. Namely, a very loud and clear tone thanks to its alnico 5 magnets and heavy 42 gauge formvar wire. These pickups are hand wound to vintage specs (10 … Read more
We constantly get asked what the tone of a pickup sounds like, so we’ve recorded a few videos demonstrating some sounds. This is the first one. VERY IMPORTANT NOTES What you hear in the video below is obviously not going to be exactly what you hear in person. Your bass, your amplifier, your speakers, how … Read more
Max Kay’s nephew Jeremy Kay makes an appearance in a Reverb video (seen below) describing how to get that beloved Motown bass tone played by bass great James Jamerson. Something very important to note in the video is that Motown did not use amplifiers for studio recordings. What they used was their version of a … Read more
The Fender Jazz Bass was originally introduced in 1960 as the “Deluxe” model, and shortly afterward renamed to “Jazz Bass”. From ’60 to ’62, this bass featured stacked knob controls. The chrome upper portion is the volume control and the black lower is the tone control. What came after the stacked knob controls is what’s … Read more
We are often asked (especially for Bass of the Week feature basses) to hear what specific bass gear sounds like. Below is a video demo of something we carry, the Bartolini 9CBJD. This particular pickup set is designed to have an extended and more resonant frequency range. They’re also designed to have more definition without … Read more
While BBG does carry plenty of upgrade options for Fender bass instruments such as the Precision Bass and Jazz Bass, we also receive questions as to whether there are any upgrades that will fit into a Jackson bass. Answer: Yes. Pickups Generally speaking, the pickup size that will fit most 4-string Jackson basses is EMG35, … Read more
