Tired of pickups that can’t capture the subtlety of bowing or the punch of plucking, I set out to create something better. Follow my journey designing, building, and testing a custom upright bass ...

Tony McPhee of the Groundhogs bought the first M/F (metal front) solid guitar as the metal plate proved extra shielding to reduce unwanted stage interference. When Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood of the ...

The standard four-string fretted bass may be the most common instrument, but myriad forms exist. Not only are there short-scale necks that take some of the extra size away from the bass for smaller ...