Sei is a company that makes bass guitars, and it’s nice to see someone demonstrating what these guitars can do. From the video description: Just wanted to share the sound of my wonderful Sei Jazz bass with some Dunlop Super Bright Stainless Steel strings on – the just play and sound amazing -bass was recorded … Read more
The owner of this video himself admitted that his attempt at swirl paint didn’t work out the way he wanted. But it’s great he posted the video anyway because it shows how tough it is to get swirl paint to apply correctly. The video description states: I tried to swirl paint my bass. It didn’t … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week started off with just a ’66 Hagstrom neck, and ended up being something much different – and even has fret marker LEDs. Builder Mark Bombard writes: This is a custom 30.75″ short scale bass. I started with a 1966 … Read more
This video’s description: “Guitar Man” is a 1967 song written by Jerry Reed, Soon after Reed’s single appeared, Elvis Presley recorded the song with Reed playing the guitar part, and it became a country and pop hit. This is one of those songs that has a real simple groove to it, but at the same … Read more
You might have seen the Zero-Mod thumb rest as part of what we sell and wondered if that’s a method or a thing. It’s a thing, as in a product. Ordinarily, when one hears “zero mod,” the thought of, “Oh, this must be a method of doing something.” No. Zero-Mod is the actual brand name … Read more
This week’s BotW takes a classic design and reimagines it into something much more exotic and with more features. Kirill writes: I had a Japanese short scale copy of EB-3 for a long time and always wanted to add a bit of flavour to the classics, so after a few hours of brainstorming the idea … Read more
Or maybe the more appropriate question is, have you ever heard a slide bass guitar at all? Thumb picks and slides. Two things not ordinarily associated with the electric bass guitar… …but this is some seriously good stuff. According to the video description: Here is just a sample of my Slide Bass Guitar. This instrument … Read more
A big reason why so many bass players are fond of the Fender Precision Bass and Fender Jazz Bass designs (even when not made by Fender) is because those models do not have what’s known as “neck dive.” Neck dive happens when you strap on a bass guitar, and the headstock immediately leans toward the … Read more
This week’s BotW is a build that involved quite a lot of different people and companies to get finished. The end result is an awesome 4-string (no, not a 2-string, if you look close, 2 of the strings are black and “hide” themselves a little bit.) Our latest project (SN 5), a Navy Aircraft Carrier … Read more
This is a video from one of our competitors, but hey, it’s a cool instrument and it’s explained well. New for this year, as is explained in the video below, is a Full Contact chrome bridge along with new fret sanding and buffing process in the build. What do you think of Gibson’s SG bass … Read more
