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My wife tolerates my (horrible) bass playing. She doesn't even mind having a couple of basses hanging around; she thinks they're pretty. But amps?...
Can anyone identify the wood on my 1964 Fender Jazz Bass? Zoom in to see circular pattern of grain. I would think rosewood, but the grain is unique.
Hello Luthier's Corner! I found a nicely figured piece of maple at Home Despot today while I was buying some good 'ol pine for another project. My...
i know, it is not for a bass, so probably should have been "off topic", but appreciate the help... [ATTACH]
I have a piece of aromatic cedar 2 x 8 that has been sitting around. I bought it originally because it had a bark inclusion and some figuring. I...
I live in the Jacksonville FL area and was hard pressed for a wood source other than Woodcraft. This place is out of the way but they sell a lot...
HI! This bass is a 1995 G&L L-2000 and Im not sure if this body wood is Alder or Swamp Ash. Maybe one of you fine TBr's can tell which one it is...
The problem is there is a lot of buzz on the frets above 19 besides the 24th and only on the E string do I need a new shim or a new saddle to...
I would like to make a custom hollow body out of a few chunks of basswood and I would like to know if I could just plop a neck onto well a piece...
I got one third of the wood I ordered today. It needs some time to dry out, but this is over 150 bf of maple. I'll use some of it for desks and...
This is the fretboard to my new build using Madagascar Ebony. What do the wood experts think about the quality of this piece?[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
This is one of the best emulators I've tried. Makes an electric guitar sound like an acoustic, or an acoustic sound even better. Has velcro on the...
I've got two basses and an electric guitar - all solid bodies. In the room where I store them, the temperature is between 20 and 25 C (68 to 77 F)...
I have. I finally got confirmation this is an original wood bow made by Glasser between 1938 and 1945. I can't find any information on this...
Okay, okay, maybe not proof. :bag: There seems to be people freaking out every time I say the word "proof". Anyways, here's the video. [MEDIA]...
based on attached pictures, please? Does it look like Brazil wood or hard to tell? Thanks!
hey guys, totally dont know if this is the right place to be asking this so......... im looking to get a wood pickup cover in a bart bc shape...
Those two were room mates in the late 80's early 90's and recorded their stuff on four track demos. This is the only know existing song of them...
Hi guys, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this but here goes. After a month of agonizing decision making, I have found the...
Picked it up less than 24 hours ago. This one sounds incredible! I didn't want to put it down in the store. No signs of being played much at all....
When a neck moves with the weather/time/conditions does the truss rod move with it? I ask this because if you tighten the truss rod more than a...
[IMG] I've been looking for ideas for my next build and I stumbled across this. but I can figure out for the life of my what type of wood it is.
Hey bass dudes, I really like the sound and feel of my Peavey Foundation - especially with a push-pull pot that puts in the pickups in a fat-tone...
Has anyone here looked into this or know of any sources for advanced techniques and tricks?
What are these two spots on this piece of padauk and how do I get rid of them? The spots where there when I bought the wood. It has been sanded...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Put some Jazz pickups inside these to have a Jazz sound in you Soapbar cavities. One of them was cracked on the side...
So I'm looking to move along my Spector euro 6lx ex. It is a neck thru, 6 string, maple neck, 35in scale, figured alder body wings with zebra wood...
I'm thinking of giving the bridge foot Realist a try on my bass and trying to decide to get either the original one or the wood one? Does anyone...
i have a friend of mine in italy who build bass, with standard configuration of top,center,back body wood. He asked me what about 1 piece or 2...
Probably well known to the more experienced builders ... but today I discover how well a razor blade works for scraping wood to remove small...
Hello! You're looking at a Prat Original I model 5 string bass. Bass Specs as follows: Myrtle Burl Top Walnut Body Highly figured Birdseye...
This bass was purchased new by me after a Namm Show and is simply the best playing and sounding bass I've ever had. JD used a special Reserved...
I think it's a pre-war bass, made in Czechoslovakia. It sure doesn't look like like maple to me. Any thoughts? [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Would there be any issues with using walnut as a main neck wood? Or as a fingerboard? I ask because I received a few large pieces of pretty...
Hey good folks of the TB OK, so admittedly basses with piezo-only pickups have to be the minority of all minorities. Seen over the years as a...
Many consider the black heartwood of ebony to be a brittle wood (comparatively speaking). I owned a bass with an ebony fretboard back in...
I'm getting to know a new bass and love it, it has an exceptional J sound. It also has a distinctive looking neck, with prominent features of the...
this is a seymour duncan custom shop dual coil that was pulled out of a ken lawrence. this is the same pickup that fodera uses. ive purchased...
I'm looking to possibly get a new Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass in White Blonde, with the Alder/Maple combination. The online store where I'm...
