Recent content by Bojo

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    Pedulla truss rod

    I am very very curious to know what guided the manufacturer of such amazing instruments to chose this design of the trussrod nut that really does not make any sens at all...it seems.
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    Winter Build Off 2022: 5 String Fretless Neck Through

    Such a beautiful instrument, absolutely incredible work, stunning design. Thank you so much for posting all that !
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    Show Us Your Rob Allen Basses Part IV

    Can anybody tell me more about the Piezo system installed in the Rob Allen (Mouse 30) ? RA website says "Fishman piezo" and I read somewhere it's the Fishman Matrix but absolutely nowhere did I found any Fishman under saddle piezo made for bass... So what Fishman system is installed exactly ? Is...
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    Looking for: Neck Measurement on Ibanez TMB30 Short Scale

    Does anybody here own an Ibanez TMB30 Short Scale ? I'd like to get the neck width and depth at the nut and at the 12th fret. I keep reading good things about the neck of this bass and I want to compare to the neck of the Squier Jaguar Short Scale...
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    Fender Roscoe Beck V (pickup replacement Q)

    Ciubz, if you want to sell your Roscoe Beck V, let me know, I would be interested. Send me a MP or email. Thanks.
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    Bass String vibration captured in Slow Motion...

    I found that pretty cool... and I like the music :-) [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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    Ritter Basses - Plain Incredible Wood tops !!

    I just found this on the net, and thought I should share because those are definitely the most incredible tops I've ever seen !!! [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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    Best ways to learn the fretboard

    Hey, his question was "what you guys suggested as an effective and timely way to learn the notes on the fret boar" So I answer by telling the method I use, I never said it was the best, I said it works great for me after trying some other ones. That's it. Of course it's WAY better to take...
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    Best ways to learn the fretboard

    Hello, I tried using the crappy method of learning every note on one string then on the second string etc... that's a very inefficient method. I'm using the following method: I learn one note at a time: - I learn where is C everywhere on the neck, "everywhere on the neck" is the key. - then I...
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    floating thumb techniqe

    Thanks Man for the link that's AWESOME !
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    A Good tool to find a bass line by Hear...

    Maybe everybody know that but I just discovered a really cool tool to learn bass line or guitar part in a song. VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ You can lower the tempo quite a lot and tweak the equalizer to hear the bass line better. I find that really cool, anyway... :D
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    How to get this kind of sound ? (listen -> video)

    Hello, First of all I'm a beginner bass player... I always been impressed by this kind of sound: Ok here the guy play a fretless kind of upright-kind-of-sound bass but the first time I've heard that was with Dominique Di Piazza playing with John Mc Laughlin and some other times with random...
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    Warwick neck question

    Hello, When I bought my first Bass a few months ago, a used Warwick FNA jazzman I brought it to the US distributor (Dana B. Goods in Ventura, CA at that time) for a tune up. The neck had never been oiled certainly and the wood was not so smooth, like when you drop some water on unprotected...