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I recently had an acquaintance of mine use his thickness planer to plane some walnut I will be using as a top wood for my bass. Once he finished...

TalkBass, What Is The Best Amp You've Ever Played Through?

I'm looking to buy my first *atleast decent* bass. For what I've found, a Spector is my go to - I really like the sound and for the price, they...

Hi everybody, I've been going through Reverb lately, and I have found a few vintage P-style basses that are between the $300-$700 range. The ones...

Hello friends. I'm thinking of buying this instrument but the headstock logo makes me question the legitimacy of the guitar. Any opinions? I don't...

my dad has told me basically that finished wood will look darker like it’s wet with water, or like water has been spilled on it. to what degree is...

when i think of acoustic, i think of big, early 70s late 60s bumping giant amps used by the likes of jpj and for the more “cultured”, jermaine...

Hi, so i have a squier vintage modiffied jaguar short scale bass. And I want to change the strings, with a step up heavier gauge of strings. Right...

Hello! Thanks for viewing! My father once saw his friend play a cheap red bass with the frets ripped out of it. My father knew that playing bass...

i know there were mint and tortoiseshell pickguards in the 60s, but were there just white ones? i swear i’ve seen white pickguards on 60s basses,...

Hi all, What do you feel is missing from pedal demos/comparisons, and who gets it right/nearly right and why? Thanks for your help! Chris

Waddup y'all, I recently picked up a used Tobias Toby Pro 5 String this last month and overall it hasn't given any problems other than my...

me and my dad talked about the possibility in the bit distant future to build a bass from scratch (a rickenbacker... don’t tell john hall!) using...

Hey all, Been curious about an idea and I may have a custom made so I wanted to ask... I had a Warwick Fretless (88) and a Dolphin (91) for...

fender is perhaps famous/infamous for not changing much about their landmark products (or maybe that’s rickenbacker...), but that doesn’t mean...

Hi there - I'll be auditioning to a Berklee summer program soon, and I wanted to know if you guys thought I should play a) an expressive...

So basically I am re-redoing the electronics in my bass as the pots currently in it are cooked well done, and whilst scavenging components from...

as my bass-oriented mind expands and i become overrun with what many of you call “gas” (this wasn’t a phrase used in drum forums ;)) i’m wondering...

well, read the title. tell me! i personally love natural finish basses. they look raw and awesome, and what’s more raw of a sound than a low boomy...

Hey im pretry new when it comes to the actaul amplification of bass gutairs but, the gutair players im jamming with just upgraded to Marshall half...

What is the standard string gauge and tension I should be looking to put on the 4003s? Should I be aiming for low tension strings like La bella...

You can buy Fender ashtray covers at Sweetwater and it says "Keep your reissue J Bass as vintage-accurate as possible with this period-correct...

Could you put foam for muting under the neck pickup cover on a vintage bass?

I got this bass a few months ago from a builder in FL and it has quickly become my favorite instrument. It plays and sounds great, super low...

I have recently acquired a very cool 1970s Japanese lawsuit era Electra 2261 EB3 bass copy and everything about is great, but after taking it to...

I have recently acquired a very cool 1970s Japanese lawsuit era Electra 2261 EB3 bass copy and everything about is great, but after taking it to...

I'm getting closer to the install of a 6 string bass bridge on a project I've been working on. I've never installed a 6 string bridge but I have...

I have been wanting to purchase a Peavey Grind Bass ever since the first time I saw and held one. But, the owner of that bass said he had quite a...

Hi, as per the title you have probably already guessed that I do not play Double Bass, however, I have a question regarding gut strings, which I...

Hello! This might seem like an odd question, but i LOVE basses with weird horns (example: Carl Thompson, Skjold, etc.). My question is: do you...

I’m looking to upgrade to a Fender MIM bass, and I’m trying to decide which one to go with. The Vintera is better looking (IMO) but also more...

I have a bass that I would like to convert from a 20 to 22 fret instrument. I already have an idea in my head as to what I need to do, but my...

Hi, i bought a MTD kingston z5 with an aguilar obp 3 preamp, it has 2 push/pull pots (1 on the master volumen which is active/passive, and the...

Ive played a few basses with installed finger ramps most notably Ibanez basses and I never saw the appeal or point to them. Does anyone here use...

I was flipping through reverb, looking at multiscale basses when this thought/question popped into my head, would something like this be possible...

Just a simple question, how many instruments do you play?

So this last christmas I was gifted an Ibanez A-Style mandolin (which i believe theyre called) and the strings that were on the instrument were...

Hi there- I'm usually pretty good at finding information about instruments (strings, model, etc.), but this instrument has proven difficult. I'm...

So I’ve heard a lot of talk on talkbass about Sadowsky Basses and, I don’t quite understand the hype, I’ve picked up quite a few Sadowsky Basses,...

Bass related or not. Have you started a project, doing some things you've been putting off, brushing up on theory, watching a lot of Netflix?...