Many bass builders are very particular about the wood used for the body. Some choose specific woods for considerations such as weight, certain tonal qualities, how easy or not it is to carve, color, grain style, and so on. Wood hardness is determined using something called the Janka Hardness Scale. This scale (and the chart … Read more
This week’s feature bass was built in The Sunshine State! Owner George Halcomb writes: This is a CB Bass from Cliff Bordwell at cbbasses.com in Florida. This is an absolute work of art you can play with. At lot of magic in this one. Have been playing over 40 years and this is the finest … 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?
There are many instruction guides out there on playing bass using a pick, and this video is one of them. Why was this particular video chosen for this article? Mainly because the bass guitar being used is a low-cost Squier bass. It’s one thing to instruct using an expensive multi-thousand-dollar instrument. But to really show … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s feature bass was built with a little help from his friends, which fortunately included a luthier. 🙂 Simon writes: Bass Spec – 5 String 34″ scale 3 piece Maple Neck Through Walnut Body Walnut Headstock veneer Spalted Maple fingerboard Bartolini 57j1 Pickups Passive circuitry … Read more
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
This week’s feature bass comes from Elash Cisse at Aash Bass Guitars, with a video demo! For more information other than what is shown here, you can visit their web site at www.aashbass.com. (The video demo of the instrument is after the photos below.) Elash writes: Aash basses guitars are made by choosing the appropriate … Read more
Younger players like doing bass covers of video games, and there’s nothing wrong with that, especially considering it’s an excellent way to get technically precise on the bass guitar. This cover is of a game released in the late 1990s from Namco called Ace Combat 2 from a track within the game called “Aim High.” … 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
