Recent content by Rich Fernadez

I agree, one bass, another for alternate tuning or backup. At a live gig, the emphasis you are thinking of don’t come through. I stay with one general setup and stay with it. I usually just transpose in practice for alternate tuning. I rarely bring a second bass, I use my Fender Jazz as my...

hi, I am an old bassist and I want to give you a suggestion. I have a friend who builds Partscastors, that is, Tele and Strats from parts. He did something unique to a Tele unfinished body that ended up really beautiful and would save you on cost. What he did was rub in 6 coats of gun stock...

The thing to do is take out the screw, take it to the hardware store and get one that is almost twice as long, drill a tiny pilot hole to the deeper depth and use the longer screw, even if it did not come out. Also get a chrome washer and when you put the washer to the outside of the strap...

String noise otherwise known as fret slap is a function of the setup. The lower the action the more fret slap you get. So it is where you want to set it. There is an excellent tutorial on setting up Fender bases on YouTube, just search for Fender bass setup. Also makes a difference on...