See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW is in the style of a Fender Starcaster – but with the full 34-inch scale length. Roger Cowan of Dog Tired Guitars writes: One of the bass players in our church worship band asked me to build this after having seen the guitars … Read more
(Tokai Hard Puncher bass shown because we hardly see these things anymore. Got one? Submit it for bass of the week if it’s in good shape. Trust us, they sound pretty darned good.) Installing a new set of bass strings is not an exact science, however it is amazing how many players do not know … Read more
It’s common knowledge that a lot of bass players take offense to those who use a pick when playing, claiming that it’s the “wrong way” to play a bass (even though the “right way” is whatever way you feel comfortable with.) The standard complaint from the No-Plectrums-Allowed Club is that use of a pick does … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s BotW, according to the instrument’s buyer, Bryant, was made by John Carruthers whose shop is in Camarillo, CA, but he was in Venice Beach, CA at the time this instrument was built. Bryant writes: I asked master guitar luthier, John Carruthers to build me … Read more
This bass is from one of our competitors, but hey, it’s a cool instrument that you don’t see too often on video. Above is a Gretsch White Falcon bass guitar. It’s a full hollow-body instrument, made of maple. It also has “Thundertron” dual-coil pickups in it, and typical to Gretsch has their way of doing … Read more
The short scale bass is an interesting animal because there are times you have to take certain things into consideration to solve issues with them. On a bass BBG worked on recently, an inexpensive Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Special SS (the SS meaning short scale), there was a peculiar issue where fretted notes played on … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Pat Beasley of Dolmen Custom Guitars put together a 24-fret 5-string beauty. Pat writes: The body core is walnut with a burr elm top. The neck is laminated walnut and maple with carbon fibre bars. Headstock is faced with burr elm on the front and back. … Read more
(Tip before beginning: It is typical that on most bass guitars, a properly intonated bass that does not have octave strings will have string saddles that look like a small flight of stairs as seen above, with the thickest string being the first “lowest stair.” This means that when shopping around for bass guitars in … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here We added in a field for YouTube video demonstration to our Bass of the Week web form, and this submission was the first to use it – and use it well! Builder Cor Broekhuizen of Suprema Guitars writes: For a long time i dreamed to build … Read more
In 1979, the song Rise was released by Herb Alpert. This is a great song for bass players just getting into slap bass because the song is slower, and the bass guitar can be heard very well. You’ve probably heard this song before but never knew the title or who wrote it. Now you know!
