Cabinets, Electronics, and hardware for your custom bass guitar configurations.
(*Note: More recent versions of the Quarter Pound no longer show the “Basslines” logo, but it is still the same great pickup it always was.) Is Quarter Pound just a name? Quarter Pound is not just name-only. The pole pieces used in a Quarter Pound are 1/4-inch in diameter, expanding the magnetic field of the … Read more
You definitely don’t see one of these come along every day, the 1968 Sidewinder bass from VOX. Some may be put off by that large hunk of wood for the headstock complemented by the gigantic VOX logo there, but this is a bass that absolutely screams “I have the sound of the 1960s” to it, … Read more
New on the upper-end of the Aria line is the IGB-RC. A bit smaller, has a thin neck and has good balancing, according to the video below. The street price of this bass is about $2,000. Do you think it’s worth it? Does this bass recapture the great upper-end Aria Pro II basses of the … Read more
Ibanez has come out with an affordable 24-fret P/J 4-string. Comes with Nordstrand pickups (yes, really!) and has a bubinga body and neck. It also has active electronics. Watch the video below and you tell us – did Ibanez score with a winner here, or is it still lacking in some respects?
It is a treat to see a guitar this old and this good in such excellent condition. Below is a video of an all-original 1973 Guild Starfire bass guitar. For those that don’t want to do the math, that makes this instrument over 40 years old, and it’s still in incredible condition. What’s even more … Read more
Above is a Squier Classic Vibe Precision Bass ’50s, and it’s being shown for a reason. It has a neck that is chunkier than most low-cost basses in the same price range. Incidentally, we do have a pickup that would be a significant upgrade for that particular instrument. What is wide? A wide-neck bass typically … Read more
Cleaning P-Bass bass guitar electronics is an easy process when you know how to do it. The video below shows exactly how it’s done, and once you see how easy it is, you’ll be able to do it yourself. What helps more than anything else in lubricating and cleaning your P-Bass potentiometers is a contact … Read more
The newer version of a V-4B is a very good modern interpretation of this model. It’s 100 watts of all-tube goodness, but has nice newer features like integrated DI, among other things. Looks-wise, the modern V-4B totally nails it. But how does it sound? See (and hear) the video below and decide for yourself.
When it comes to 1950s and 1960s design, that’s something pretty easy to figure out. If you do an image search for googie architecture, you will see many, many examples of that “swoopy” style that began in the 1940s and lasted all the way into the mid-1960s. Everything from houses to furniture to cars and … Read more
One of the more rare electric bass guitars from the 1960s is the Moni Bassus, made in Hungary. Reported only to have been constructed in the 1960s and having a low production number, coming across one isn’t exactly easy. Made as good as a Fender or Gibson of that era? No. Designed well? That’s debatable. … Read more
