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The owner of this video himself admitted that his attempt at swirl paint didn’t work out the way he wanted. But it’s great he posted the video anyway because it shows how tough it is to get swirl paint to apply correctly. The video description states: I tried to swirl paint my bass. It didn’t … Read more
You might have seen the Zero-Mod thumb rest as part of what we sell and wondered if that’s a method or a thing. It’s a thing, as in a product. Ordinarily, when one hears “zero mod,” the thought of, “Oh, this must be a method of doing something.” No. Zero-Mod is the actual brand name … Read more
Last year, we donated some parts to Nauset Regional High School in North Eastham, Massachusetts, and the end result was some pretty cool bass guitars. Instructor Karl Hoyt writes: Here is a picture of Brian. His bass was ash with a wenge face. Your pickups and hardware, passively wired. What was even cooler about Brian’s … Read more
Best Bass Gear receives a lot of communication from first-time builders asking for advice on how they should go about building a bass guitar properly. One of the first things asked is one simple question: Do you have a plan? 1. It’s all about having a goal A plan does not necessarily mean a blueprint … Read more
We left off at the pickup routes being handled. There is very little work left to do to complete the body. With the pickups being routed already, we needed room to run the wiring so a 3/16” drill bit was used to handle the wiring channels for the pickups, and the bridge ground. Before the … Read more
Continuing on from where we left off. The neck pocket has been routed, the body cut and initially prepared with 40 grit, & then 80 grit sandpaper on the edges, our centerline still remains and the body is now in fine shape to route for the roundover. The reason the edges were prepared and leveled … Read more
This project’s original inception occurred after working here at Best Bass Gear for the past year and a half and seeing Max’s ThunderCaster that Chris Stambaugh built for him. The lines and Gibson esque Thunderbird styling along with the Hammon Dark Star Pickups is what caught my eye so I started out to build my … Read more
The image above may look like something that was computer generated, but it’s actually a piece of ebony, a wood commonly used for fretboard material. Hardness of wood does actually have test to determine how hard it is, and it’s called the Janka hardness test. The Janka number is pounds-force, as in how much force … Read more
There’s a “B” word that when mentioned puts the thought of “Eww!” into many bass player’s heads, and that word is basswood. Why the “Eww”? Mainly because it’s such a common wood material used for guitar body building these days. And, of course, that means that it’s everywhere, including the cheap bass guitars as well … Read more
A situation that every player runs into is that you come up with The Best Bass Line Ever, scramble to find some way to record so you can show it to your band-mates later (or refer back to it for yourself to record in your own home studio), and by the time you find something … Read more
