How low can you go? I occasionally toy with the idea of picking up the bass guitar again; buying a nice acoustic bass and some bass tabs/scores and brushing up on my sight reading again. Then I remember that no guitar comes into my home until one goes out and it’s Sophie’s Choice amongst the …
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Reverb Madness: Beyond the 4-string Bass
You gotta love a good six-string bass. Tuned an octave lower than a guitar and considered the tuxedo T-shirt of basses among bassists, the instrument pops up in the strangest places, from industrial noisemaking to Jack Bruce’s early work in Cream to doubling an upright bass to get the “tic-tac” bass sound heard on Patsy …
Reverb Madness: Maple-fretboard Acoustics
Huh, here’s something we don’t see every day: For whatever reason — maybe it’s a hangover from its roots and tradition as a classical instrument — virtually all acoustic guitars have either rosewood or ebony fretboards. Maple wood wasn’t really used for the boards until Fender popularized it, a revolutionary move that doesn’t get much …
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Reverb Madness: Shipping & Handling
One of the many things about the discrete community that comprises Reverb.com’s user base is something approaching a collective obsession with shipping fees. It’s most easily seen at the price zenith for items up for sale: At $155,000, this 1960 Les Paul Sunburst really is priced to move, but you still have to pay an …
Reverb Madness: Blonde Esquires
I’m obsessed, there’s no better word for it. I’m not much of a Fender Telecaster fan, and I’ve yet to have anyone explain to me how the Esquire model has just one pickup but still needs a three-point selector switch, and these pre-CBS vintage guitars each cost more than the down payment on a good-size …
Reverb Madness: Boutique Pedals
I am a dyed-in-the-wool BOSS pedals fan, but I can appreciate the richly diverse free-for-all that is the boutique stompbox scene. Here are a few finds that struck me hard enough that I saved the jpeg: YOU’RE DOOM — For the life of me, I can’t decide if this stomp box has a bonehead typo …