Said up front: The first 2 minutes of this will be ridiculously easy (read: boring.) It’s after the first 2 minutes where the groove kicks in on the bass. The Who did have a few songs where you know what it is the moment you hear it, but the name of the song is difficult … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week comes from Switzerland! Builder David Emm writes: As a drummer/guitarist I have always wanted to play the bass as well but up until now, I’ve never had one. I’ve played on many friends basses but without owning one. It’s hard … Read more
A nice follow-up from Slapping a bass in the jungle, kid’s TV show style, National Geographic very recently released How Bass Guitars Are Made from their MAKING STUFF video series. Yes, this video is for kids, but it’s very cool that National Geographic did this. It’s also very cool how they presented the information in … Read more
For those of you out there who don’t think that a light 30-90 set of bass strings would work for slap, the video below proves otherwise! But hang on, the video gets better than just demonstrating lighter strings. The video presenter even went so far as to demonstrate old strings first, then a new set … Read more
The feature fretless bass for this week was just something built to “fill in the time,” according to the builder. Builder Pete Ryan writes: I am a contract worker. My latest contract was unexpectedly terminated in October, so to fill in the time while looking for my next contract I decided to build this beauty … Read more
For those of you out there who ever thought there should be more bass guitar in children’s television programming, well, it actually happened. There is a BBC television program called ZingZillas on the “CBeebies” channel. And very recently, there was a show clip released on YouTube showing an entire segment dedicated to the bass guitar. … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The feature bass for this week is a 35-inch scale beauty made of holly. Builder Evan Nichols from www.facebook.com/nicholsguitarco writes: I wanted to build a sleek streamlined Bass. I originally bought a Holly top and was blown away by it and it gave me the idea … Read more
Note to those across the pond: In America and Canada, we spell this metal as aluminum, and in America pronounce it as in uh-loo-mih-numm. Yes, we know in other parts of the world it is spelled as aluminium and spoken as al-you-minn-ee-uhm or sometimes al-you-mih-neeyum. We don’t say or spell it that way. Deal with … Read more
The weight of a bass guitar is something that’s a lot more important than most people realize. A bass that isn’t the right weight can make the playing experience miserable. If the instrument is too heavy, it will hurt your shoulder when playing standing and hurt your leg when playing seated. If the instrument is … Read more
No, it’s not an SG, it’s an SB. This particular bass was only manufactured for 2 model years, features single-coil pickup goodness, on/off toggle switches for both pickups and a bridge cover that’s difficult to locate these days (it’s a rare part). Does it sound good? As you’ll hear in the video below, yes it … Read more
