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Since the dawn of the modern electric guitar (which obviously includes the electric bass guitar), there have been more than a fair share of builders who have put together some pretty wacky builds. Some of the more-wacky include bodies made out of stone or concrete, and the modern variant is 3D printed guitar bodies of … Read more
On the heavier, grittier side of bass tone is stoner rock. Definitely not a mainstream rock sound, not exactly grunge, not exactly heavy metal, not exactly blues… it’s just a decidedly “dark” hard driving sound. Stoner rock isn’t necessarily slow or fast tempo and it goes all over the place. Early stoner tone Some say … Read more
Fender with its Squier line of guitars recently introduced some new color options, and above is one of them, “Metallic Red” with black pick guard and chromed (or at least looks like chromed) control knob treatment. Guitar companies like Fender choose their colors very carefully so they can sell the most guitars. You don’t have … Read more
GAS is an acronym (sort of) that doesn’t refer to fuel but is a word that every dedicated guitar owner eventually learns; it’s Guitar (or Gear) Acquisition Syndrome. You’ll note that I said guitar and not specifically bass guitar, because when you’ve got GAS, well then, you can’t just stop at bass guitars, can you? … Read more
Some bass players hate guitar players – with a passion. My first response to that is that you probably hate bad guitar players, as in ones that always play too loud or are way too flamboyant when playing, or have a poor sense of rhythm, etc. The unfortunate reality is that there are a ton … Read more
Tolex is the outer “skin” of your amplifier and cabinet; it’s a material that’s flexible vinyl and originally trademarked way back in 1945 by General Tire. Currently, it is registered as “a plastic sheet and film material for book binding and case covering for speakers and amplifiers”, although you can also commonly find Tolex used … Read more
Above is a Dingwall “Afterburner 2” bass guitar. Very pretty, very expensive and very awesome all the way around; you’re definitely getting something special when you buy a Dingwall. And as you can see from the photo, it has fanned frets on it, and that’s what this article is about. On a fanned fret layout, … Read more
Here’s some photos from NAMM 2013. There was tons of cool stuff there, including some fantastic bass guitars. Here’s a few of them: Backlund F Bass Booth Lakland Mayones Oscar Prat Pigtronix Reverend Aqualina Spector (and a lot of them!) Warwick Which is your favorite? Post a comment below and let everyone know!
Fret wire is something where you have a few choices concerning how the ends look and feel like. One of the more interesting fret end shapes is what’s affectionately known as the “hot dog”. Here is an example of this type of fret end (from Skjold Design Guitars): Notice above that the fret ends have … Read more
To “relic” an instrument basically means to make it purposely look old and very-well-used. There are varying degrees of “relic’ing” (pronounced “rell-ih-king”), and the Fender Jazz Bass above is one of the more extreme examples as the body was burned on purpose to give it its final look. Builders have come up with some fairly … Read more
