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Do You Call It A Fingerboard Or A Fretboard?

There are a lot of terms thrown out there when it comes to the parts of a guitar be it a bass guitar or not. For example, Fender calls the portion after the nut the pegboard, while in Gibson vernacular it’s called a headstock. Personally, I call it a headstock. The distinction between fingerboard and … Read more

“Relic’ing” a Bass Guitar – Cool Or Just Plain Stupid?

To “relic” an instrument basically means to make it purposely look old and very-well-used. There are varying degrees of “relic’ing” (pronounced “rell-ih-king”), and the Fender Jazz Bass above is one of the more extreme examples as the body was burned on purpose to give it its final look. Builders have come up with some fairly … Read more

Should You Go Digital With Your Bass Amplification?

If one were to state the generations of bass amplification, this is what they are in a nutshell: Tube-type amplification: First generation Solid-state amplification: Second generation Digital amplification: Third generation To be even more specific, tube-type was the dominant amplification method up until the 1970s, solid-state was and still is the dominant amplification type, and … Read more

Do You Prefer Fret Buzz?

An interesting part of bass tone is that some players actually prefer having fret buzz. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot, but there are certain instances where buzz actually makes the tone sound better. Here are a few examples: 1960s Overdriven Tone Certain acid rock and psychedelic rock songs of the 1960s featured bass players … Read more

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