by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | music
I think I’ve finally cracked the setup on the Jazz bass. I picked it up last weekend and took some measurements. The neck relief was about 12 thou. The string heights were around 6/64s to just under 5. I wanted to know what I might get out of an even straighter...
by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, February 8, 2020 | politics, rants
Which Democratic candidate will pull ahead as a real frontrunner in the primaries? I don’t know and neither does anyone. Maybe we’ll know more with New Hampshire results in. Maybe we won’t really know until Super Tuesday. What I do know is that if I hear another...
by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | music
A luthier is someone who makes guitars. A “tech” is someone who maintains and repairs them. I am not a luthier. I am, however, on my way to becoming a good tech. The Warwick Rockbass Corvette $$ plays every inch like the $1,499.99 (MSRP) instrument it was...
by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, January 28, 2020 | music
The Warwick bass continues to settle into the last adjustments. I picked it up again this evening and it plays supernaturally well, so I measured. Every string–even the low B–is hovering just above or just below the 4/64 mark. And I can play triplets on that B string...
by Scott Feldstein | Sunday, January 26, 2020 | music
I took another pass at the Jazz bass set up this evening and after straightening the neck another smidge I was able to get the B string to 5/64s and the rest going all the way down to 4/64s on the D and G strings. Not a buzz anywhere. That’s about the same...
