See Don Campbell’s business listing here BBG: How did you get interested in developing passive electronics for electric guitars and basses? DC: I grew up in the sixties playing drums and studying music. When I decided not to go to college anymore (which I did eventually go back and finish,) I started working for a … Read more
What is a passive tone control? A Passive Tone control is a low pass filter comprised of a three-way variable resistor (potentiometer), and a capacitor. How does a passive tone control work? The passive tone control on your electric bass guitar is a subtractive device. The capacitor allows high frequencies to pass or be bled … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here We don’t see many lefty basses get submitted for Bass of the Week, so it was nice to see a mean, green (literally) lefty machine pop in the inbox. Builder James Kefalas writes: A close friend has been playing bass for years and asked me to … Read more
Bless the modern internet for being able to provide us stuff like this. If you ever wanted to hear the raw sound of Geddy’s bass on YYZ, just watch the video below and check it out. A common point of debate is whether Geddy used both a Fender Jazz and a Rickenbacker on this song. … Read more
What is coil tapping? Most of the time when someone says “coil tap,” they are actually referring a coil split. Actual coil tapping is remarkably rare these days. The idea with a coil tap is when winding a single coil pickup, you stop the winder part way through the winding process, attach a new lead … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here The beauty of this bass is skin deep. Literally. Builder Aaron Oya writes, My first bass was a MIM Precision, which I bought when I started taking lessons. My instructor got a Squire P, swapped in Bartolini’s and added in a J at the bridge. I … Read more
We left off at the pickup routes being handled. There is very little work left to do to complete the body. With the pickups being routed already, we needed room to run the wiring so a 3/16” drill bit was used to handle the wiring channels for the pickups, and the bridge ground. Before the … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass of the week answers the age old question of, what to do with a nice piece of quartersawn wenge? Builder David Stelter writes: I wanted to try building a one-piece neck and I had some nice quartersawn wenge and a chunk of prima … Read more
This is something that was randomly stumbled upon whilst browsing the YouTubes. It makes absolutely no sense at all, but the Fender Jazz Bass with block inlays looks cool. Also, any bass player who is named Dave when given a solo moment is now “Bass with Dave.” Enjoy.
See Carey Nordstrand’s business listing here BBG: What was the thought behind the design of the Big Single pickup model, why did you design it and what does it do? Nordstrand: The thought was related to getting soap bar covers in and having a dual coil that could fill them up and then thinking what … Read more
