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I have a question for all you folks out there and it's bugging me.. Every time I cut a pickup hole in a body the same damn thing pops into my head.. Why the hell are the pickup springs for a bass guitar underneath the pickup tabs and the springs for a standard guitar above the pickup tabs.. I...

I've been a bit slack lately but this is my latest 2 string build and just my 2nd fretless .. The body is Tasmanian Blackwood, the neck is Sapele and Rimu and the fret board is Silky Oak with Koa binding.. The veneer inlay on the head is Black Walnut and Cedar with Guyker tuners.. It's only a...

This has probably been covered elsewhere but did a search and couldn't really find anything.. At the moment I'm building a fretless bass and heard all sorts of options as to what to use on the finish on the fret board Over the past month I've done a fair bit of testing on scrap wood and the best...

Bare with me a little on this.. I'm a workshop guy, I build guitars but a little while back I built my first bass, a 2 string for a guy that wanted one so I obliged, it came out well and he loved it and it did sound killer.. He was up and down the neck like a rat in a drain pipe, made all the...

Well my hand has been forced well and truly.. For the longest time I've build guitars for others but never got around to making one for myself.. The main reason I guess is that I'm a lefty and everything I've made so far is right handed.. Yesterday I had a knock on the door, it was the guy come...

Hi all this is my first post so be gentle :) Although I've done a bunch of standard guitars I've just finished my first 2 string short scale bass and am pretty cuffed with the result. It sounds good, plays well and best of all it's the lowest action I could ever have wished for.. I'm planning...