Tim

I need to switch-clean my Tone knob again and it got me thinking, every note ever played on this bass has gone through this little sucker. As posted elsewhere, I want replace my P-ups but are tone pots something people ‘upgrade’ I assume, like any electrical component, quality can vary but I was wondering if […]

I really want to get out the power-drill and fit a strap button to my acoustic bass behind the neck joint bit and need disuading, would my local luthier type guy laugh at this as a request? should I just do it myself? I can’t afford to huck this up! But I’ve tried the ‘boot

Just won an auction on Fleeb (well my other half did, on her insistance, using her account…but that doesn’t sound as manly) for a Vintage (‘Vintage’ not vintage) acoustic £122, deep wood body (non of the shallow resin jobs) Black (of course) laquer over flame. Piezo, preamp etc, All sounds reasonable entry level stuff, will

Yet another newb question (I’ll compile a book one day!): If I play my bass through a guitar overdrive pedal could it actually damage it (the pedal that is, i assume the bass and amp would be ok) or would I just lose all my bottom end? Just a little idea I’m toying with, I

…but I don’t do electronics. 🙁 So was wondering if anyone could make sense of this for me…please… I have two pick-ups with a volume control each, no selector switch or master volume and the electrics are passive. If I turn one pick-up up the output goes from nothing to full volume, however, I can

I’ve been to several forums and review sites but all I can find are reviews of the more high-tech equipment. Basically, I’ve got some b’day money and decided I need all the essential bits; leads, straps and the like but I have no idea what I’m looking for. Should I just buy the most expensive

Do any bassists here use many pedals? I use a Boss LMB-3 Limiter/Enhancer (the guy I played for bought it me for Christmas…when I get excited/drunk I forget everything I know about dynamics! it allowed him to ‘cap’ me) Very good pedal, nice to be able to forget about levels when your rocking out, but

I think my neck has too much curve in it but when I checked it using the ‘rule of thumb’ in a book I’ve got it seemed ok, my bridge is very low though so I was thinking maybe my neck needs straightening and my bridge raising? Anyhoo, this added to the fact I’ve never

I would really appreciate any advice… I was given an old arch top f-holed acoustic, the stradle and machine heads were missing and the nut is split. The guitar has a ‘Framus’ transfer under the lower f-hole and the headstock seems to be the right shape for Framus. My problem is I’ve been chopping and