Recent content by Matthew Frazer

https://www.cbgitty.com/kits-guitar-kits-amp-kits-more/the-g-bass-electric-bass-guitar-kit-choose-of-strings-and-fretted-options/ Has anyone built one of these? What do you think (for fun at home)?

Thanks all for your insights and encouragement!

As a newer bassist I’m a little confused by all this. Because I have plenty of PA gear, I currently practice through a small mixer channel high Z input through a powered speaker. Sounds great to me. My bass has passive and active pickups. The active pickups have a high, fixed mid, and low EQ...

Playing drums for 50+ years, Bass for 2+ years... I've discovered I can create a cool tapping/clacking/bongo/woodblock rhythm by tapping lightly on both pickup housings with a finger tip. Not hard, just about like tapping your fingers on a table. On an intro to a song before bass comes in. No...

For now, I just want to be able to do a basic, accurate set up. I'm not about to file or stone anything - I'll let a pro handle big issues. But it's a new bass and plays great, so there are no big issues.

Oh, Stewmac! They have all the tools I would need and even a basic tool kit. This is exactly what I was looking for. (Thanks so much! I know all the drum supply places but none of the bass;)

I'm a long time drummer whose been talking bass lessons for about a year. Super handy with tools. Does some company make a kit of tools and gauges that can be used to set up my bass guitar? I have a ton of metric and English allen wrenches, a set of (English) calipers, feeler gauges, a...

Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. These look great, wish me luck!

Brand new member and first post to forum. Total newbie to bass. To make things worse, I'm a 60yo, long-time drummer. I just bought an Ibanez PCBE12MHOPN acoustic bass to learn some things melodic. I know there are many online resources for learning instruments. I also like, and learn well...