While we rattled off 5 cool bass lines of the 90’s here, another band that had some great hits with great bass lines was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones with their song The Impression That I Get. The verse bass line is definitely one of the coolest out there. It’s involved-yet-not-too-involved, has a great groove to … Read more
I remember it as if it were a meal ago (that will make sense in a moment.) Fun fact: 1999 was 16 years ago. Yep. But don’t let that make you feel old, because every one of the songs below is still as cool and fresh today as they were when originally released back in … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week is 26 frets of Jazz style goodness. Builder Rob Vaughn writes: This is the third model bass I’ve made, It’s a neck through 34″ jazz style. The neck is solid flamed maple with mahogany veneers on the headstock cut … Read more
So you’ve upgraded your bass with some awesome Bartolini or Delano or Nordstrand or any other number of our great pickups, and now it’s time to upgrade your skills. One way to give your skills an upgrade is by learning what is known as the ghost note. This is a note that is nothing more … Read more
For those who follow Fender as the standard for what a bass guitar should be, the number of frets they use is 20. The number of frets is easy to spot on necks that have fret markers. After the 12th fret, there are 3 single-dot markers that mark where the 15th, 17th and 19th frets … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here For a first bass build, this is pretty darned good. (It is most likely true the builder has previous guitar building experience, and this is his first specific bass guitar instrument.) Builder John Fife writes: My brother commissioned me to build this bass for his son … Read more
At NAMM, we were able to talk with Carey Nordstrand who showed us the new stuff from Nordstrand Audio products, and it was demonstrated with a cool Fodera headless prototype. Will the Nordstrand Audio products become real? According to Carey’s personal blog, yes. According to Carey, NA products should be available later this year. Cool!
Classical music, that is. The description of the video states, “Fur Elise (Ludwig Van Beethoven) – solo arrangement for bass guitar. For instructional purposes.” Learning classical pieces on the bass guitar is actually a really good way to increase finger strength and getting to know your fretboard (as in where notes are) a lot better. … Read more
This week’s bass guitar of the week is an “aggressive” 5-string fretless. Buyer Mark Cook had Carrigan Designs custom bass guitars build his bass for him, and he writes: I was interested in having a custom 5 string fretless built. The goal was create a bass with an aggressive edge, but warm sound. The hard … Read more
Fresh from NAMM 2015, we present to you a video showing Roger Baer of Bear amplification showing how the VTI Tube Direct Box works. You’ll notice there is no serial number on the back. That’s because this thing is so new that it hasn’t had a serial assigned to it. This is not for sale … Read more
