by Scott Feldstein | Dec 19, 2022 | General
You need to know about Dave. He’s a YouTuber from Toronto. His channel, Dave’s World Of Fun Stuff, is the main way I learned to do setups. For more than a decade, Dave has been uploading videos of himself setting up and/or repairing guitars and basses of...
by Scott Feldstein | Dec 18, 2022 | General
There’s so much bad information out there on how to do your own setups. So much. It’s the reason why I created this website, as a means to fight back. This four part video series from Elixir featuring John Carruthers is a particularly maddening example. In...
by Scott Feldstein | Dec 17, 2022 | Tips & Tricks
I see this online all the time. Problem: bass is buzzing when playing on Y strings and Z position. I also see some well-meaning people give answers like “sounds like you need a truss rod adjustment!” Or sometimes more specifically, “if your bass...
by Scott Feldstein | Nov 20, 2022 | General
In March of 2018 I bought a used bass online, a Warwick Rockbass Corvette $$ fiver. It was going to take the daily-driver spot from my Ibanez SR505. When I got it, I was horrified. The string heights were atrocious. It was just plain unpleasant to play. When I began...
