Basses
How I Defret a Six String Bass
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What’s better than a six string bass? That’s right: a six string fretless bass.
The reason why I am a bass player and a luthier goes all the way back to when I was 13. My parents had just got Sky, and I was flicking through to MTV. The channel was showing a European festival, possibly [...]
Basschat Yorkshire Bass Bash
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The Basschat Yorkshire Bass Bash, which took place in Harrogate at the weekend, saw the area’s bassists and basses get together. It was organised via the popular Basschat.co.uk web forum, and I was invited along to give a talk.
For a bass nerd like me, it was great to be in an enclosed space with so [...]
New Nine String Bass
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An exhibition called Guitars, made in Britain, played the world over, is running at the Hub National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, until 19 January. It showcases “the very best guitar making in the UK” and the curator is none other than Gordon Giltrap: one of Britain’s most influential acoustic guitarists.
I was [...]
Hello. My name is Jim Fleeting. At my workshop in Ripon, North Yorkshire, I create custom guitars and basses for customers around the UK and Europe. The Guardian describes me as one of the UK’s leading luthiers, which is nice of them. I built the UK’s first nine string bass and popped up in Guitarist and Guitar & Bass magazine, after winning an award from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust. I also head Jim Fleeting Guitars’ thriving repair shop.