See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s Bass of the Week comes from the The Pine Tree State, better known as the State of Maine, USA. And this bass has a very interesting “canyon wall” style neck heel treatment. Builder James Cook writes: All non wood components of this instrument are … Read more
Continuing on from where we left off. The neck pocket has been routed, the body cut and initially prepared with 40 grit, & then 80 grit sandpaper on the edges, our centerline still remains and the body is now in fine shape to route for the roundover. The reason the edges were prepared and leveled … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This week’s bass guitar of the week has great looks, great function and a very interesting take on headstock design. Builder Paul Kincaid writes: For quite awhile I have wanted a bass with a tremolo, but I also like Drop D tuning; this is what I … Read more
New from PRS is the SE Kingfisher. This bass guitar has 2 dual-coil pickups, and a video is below so you can hear what it sounds like. Do you think this bass sounds any good, or would there be things you would upgrade immediately after getting it? We’re interested to hear your opinion on PRS’s … Read more
This project’s original inception occurred after working here at Best Bass Gear for the past year and a half and seeing Max’s ThunderCaster that Chris Stambaugh built for him. The lines and Gibson esque Thunderbird styling along with the Hammon Dark Star Pickups is what caught my eye so I started out to build my … Read more
Below may be the best 3 minutes and 17 seconds of video you ever watch. Clyde Clark, President of Bartolini, explains in plain English (which is the best way to explain anything), how pickups work. The most important thing to take from the video is that a pickup is part of an electrical circuit. Not … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here This was a BotW that we could not feature before, but only for the reason a complete photo set of the instrument was not submitted the first time around. For this second time, we do have a complete photo set, and we very much thank the … Read more
Note up front: Technically, calling a pitch-bending bridge device a “tremolo” system is wrong; it is properly called a vibrato system. However, most players know these things as tremolo systems or “trem” for short. Yes, we know it should be called vibrato instead of tremolo, but that’s a bit difficult to do since many companies … Read more
See the business listing for this bass builder here Many builders take inspiration from Fender design and then improve upon it to meet their needs, and that’s exactly what this week’s BotW is all about. Builder Sven Are Ellingseter writes: I wanted a 4-string fretted bass with a maple neck but did not fancy a … Read more
Little known fact: BBG does sell a looper. One of the best available, in fact. What would a bass player need a looper for? There are actually several good reasons for a bass player having a looper. But before we talk about that, here’s a video of one in action used by a bass player: … Read more
