See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week comes from Millar Guitars. Builder Benjamin Millar writes: Custom built for a client who wanted to replicate the feel of his first fretless bass. Taking the old bass as a reference, measurements of all the key body contact points … Read more
This bass comes from Rangkaguitars Shop in Bangkok Thailand, and it’s got gold. A lot of gold. Owner TerZ Vannasetta writes: This is my first custom bass with Rangkaguitars in Thailand (www.rangkaguitars.com). My job is gold shop, and my hobby is being a bass player, so I wanted to built this beautiful Bass. Thank you … Read more
Short answer: Yes (see video below.) Long answer: It is possible for a bass player to play most guitar parts on his own without any guitarist present, however there are a few drawbacks to this. 1. You need the right pedals to do it This can get expensive real quick, and in addition you need … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week has a lot of nice grain lines and a pick guard that matches the headstock. Builder Adil Sabit writes: Naturally, the inspiration for this was the legendary Fender Jazz Bass. The body composed of 4 pieces. In the center … Read more
In the depths of YouTube, something was found called the Kuznetsov.masterbuild Precision Bass Guitar. We know it’s probably from Russia. And that’s all we know. On a search for the instrument, we found this link for one that had a maple fingerboard on it. On translation of the page, the maple neck is AAA and … Read more
The #1 request we get from fans of our Bass of the Week series is that they want a demo of the instruments featured. To those who make this request, there are a few things to bear in mind: 1. Guys and gals who build bass guitars aren’t recording engineers These people are guitar builders … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW is Beatles-inspired and “goes a mile deep” in a really good way. Builder Dave Jorgensen writes: I’m a luthier and huge Beatles fan. I decided to take on the project of building a tribute to each of the Beatles, not for sale, but … Read more
There’s no question that the Gibson Thunderbird bass has one of the coolest body shapes, but how does that translate when put into an Epiphone version? Pretty good, actually. As you’ll see from the video below, Epi’s version of the T-Bird IV has it where it counts. HOWEVER… does it have neck dive issues? That’s … Read more
You might have heard the term “bass ramp” before and not know what it means. This article will explain to you what it is and why you would want one. A bass ramp is a block of wood that is mounted under the strings, and is either mounted before the pickups (front-side mount,) between two … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The bass banjolele. It’s not something that happens often because it has a very quirky sound to it, but sometimes when a bass builder wants something really different, you can’t get much more different than this. Builder Jake Arnott writes: Some time ago, I woke up … Read more
