This post contains affiliate links Nut height is a commonly overlooked aspect of bass guitar maintenance. I get it, as it can seem insignificant at first glance. However, nut height has a...

At some point, we bassists have all drooled over a high-end bass that was out of our price range. Maybe our favorite musician played it, we loved how it sounded, or we simply thought it looked...

As bassists, we will all experience our basses starting to hum sooner or later. When there is a buzz while you're not even playing your bass, it can be especially annoying. So where did this buzz...

Like most bassists, I have always gravitated towards the 4-string. I started off on a cheap 4-string and have mainly stuck to 4-strings for the 14 years I have been playing bass. Still, I have found...

If there is one thing we bassists obsess over, it's perfecting our tone. Amp settings and string thickness are therefore common topics. However, an often overlooked area that is defining for both the...

The bass guitar is a heavy instrument that provides the low end in a band. Metal is a genre where instruments get tuned down and there are a lot of low-end and heavy riffs. Thus, on the surface metal...