2007 Squier Strat Cleanup

2007 Squier Strat Cleanup

I’ve been trying to pay regular attention to every instrument in my apartment lately, even if it’s just to tune and play them. I don’t get to all six of them every single day, but pretty close. They have all received recent truss rod tweaks. I did some string height...
Arrival of the Fittest

Arrival of the Fittest

I love my AirPods. I use them just about every day, mainly at work for phone calls. I don’t hear so well after playing bass in rock bands for most of the last 35 years and having the sound source directly in my ear is a huge help to me. Plus, it’s cool to...
The Mini Board: Birth Of An Idea

The Mini Board: Birth Of An Idea

I have a new tuner on order. It’s a genuine Peterson strobe tuner in pedal form with a big display. It’s called the StroboStomp HD and I think it’s going to be epic. Or at least as epic as a tuner can get. For one thing, it think I’m going to...
BTB First Impressions

BTB First Impressions

So the BTB745 has landed. How is it? Well, the electronicals all electronicate. I’m surprised that the bridge pickup sounds kinda usable when soloed. I doubt I would ever do that, but it’s not a completely trash sound. Overall, this instrument does not...
Ibanez BTB745

Ibanez BTB745

It’s time to admit that the Fender Jazz isn’t the bass of my dreams. I bought it to be my new daily driver, my primary bass, so that my Warwick could be my secondary. I knew immediately it would not be my main squeeze. And it’s time to admit that it...