Recent content by Rich Lee

Loved pre CBS Fender fretless jazz necks, found one I could afford,(knew the music store owner), put the neck on a JB Player classic jazz body, installed EMG pick-ups, Kahlen bridge, and Shaller keys, had a guy who painted surf boards paint it a bitchen dark blue on the edges to light blue in...

I have a Kramer Pioneer series bass guitar that I bought new and years ago I had customized with a JB player neck (more like a Fender Jazz neck then the one that came attached to the Kramer) and I filed the nut down to make the action close. Stupid move on my part. Thought I was going to...

I have a fret-less custom jazz and my E string (a lite 95) has the warmest amplified sound, but my A,D,&G (also lite 75,60,&40) are weak! I have really pull, (I play with my fingers), to the point of distortion sometimes. What am I doing wrong?

I took lessons from guitarist (there is nothing worst) for about a year (their lack of interest was astounding) tell I found a bassist that was giving lessons in my area. I took lessons with him for six years (82'-88') twice a week, theory and technique, jazz, rock and Afro-Cuban styles. But I...

I've played for thirty-three years, always fretless,and always with my fingers, monster heavy:bassist: to jazz light, and everything in between. I have, over the years, picked up the pick to pick the bass and just like Solomon and Cracked Machine I toss the pick across the studio. I'm old and...

I love my Fretless Fender Jazz, and all pre CBS Fender jazzes I have ever played, and I've been playing for thirty-three years. I think there the best hands down.

Greetings Ladies and Gents, I play a bass I put together with my tech buddy Sport. We started with a 66' Fender Jazz left handed neck that had been previously de -fretted, the frets filled and the fret markers filled with mother of pearl and the nut had been...