Recent content by Ross Blackburn

Dr Cheese Forget Fenders and buy and use through neck bass's . better bass's and less problems. Although I must admit Fenders do make very good strap buttons

I have built a number of bass's over the years The last j/p that I built I had all 3 pickups installed / so I could switch pickups to give me a J bass , P bass /Jp bass or a Pj bass using toggle switches . But mind you I would not use anything that is related to the name Fender Just my...

Fenders are like a lot of so called works of art paying for the name.

I have just about finished one of my bass's that has been built using both ' P ' and a full set of " J " pickups using switch's to go between J - P - JP and just the bridge pickup. Hope it works .

I would install a set of Rotosound 88 Tru-bass Black nylon bass strings on your Fender Bass .The nut will need re-filing as the strings are 65 75 100 115 . They are as close to the sound of a Double Bass as possible . A real lovely sound for Blues and Soul but do not use a pick as the...

Thanks for that information ,I can see both sides of the argument .Your information has made me think about earthing the bridge . Thank again, Ross.

I thought bass and guitars no longer required to be grounded either vie bridges or the strings . I thought that thinking went out after a few musicians were electrocuted in the old days . I have built a number of basses and guitars and have never grounded a bridge, all work fine .