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The Fender Bass Handbook


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By Paul Balmer
Bass players, it's your turn to solo! This installment in Paul Balmer's impressive guitar handbook series is the first practical "how-to" manual devoted specifically to Fender's workhorse basses. Here are the expert tips and tricks for making your bass play and sound its best: setup and intonation essentials, simple repairs and adjustments, do-it-yourself maintenance and troubleshooting, and hot-rod pickup/control modifications. You'll find authoritative tips for all '51 and '57-type Precision, Jazz, Jaguar, Mustang and Squier models, in the same colorful, easy-to-follow format that's made Balmer's handbooks popular sellers. 201 pages, hardcover.

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Paul Balmer’s authoritative hardcover guides are the definitive owner’s manuals. Colorfully designed, filled with practical information and highly recommended!

Contents in brief:
Foreword by Carol Kaye
Overview of Fender bass models
Practical tips for buying a new or used Fender bass
Unique features of Fender bass models
Setup and tuning procedures
Retrofitting a Hipshot Bass Extender Key
Retrofitting a new bridge
Repairs, tools, maintenance and adjustments
Replacing pickups and controls
Fitting strap locks
Fretless conversion
Case studies: practical tips for specific Fender models
Influential players and their instruments
Serial number chronology

201 pages, hardcover, with over 600 color photos.

Precision Bass®, Jazz Bass®, Jaguar Bass®, Mustang Bass® and Squier® are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

Also available by Paul Balmer:
The Fender Stratocaster Handbook
The Fender Telecaster Handbook
The Acoustic Guitar Handbook

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5 2-02-2012
All about Fender basses

This is a lot of fun to read and has a ton of photos of great vintage, and not vintage, Fender basses. I recently started refurbishing a P bass and this shows me all the variations, inside and out. Seems like the perfect book for Bass guitar 101.

Bill W  Suwanee, GA Read my reviews (3)
5 12-31-2010
Xmas Gift Book

I bought this book for my son who has his Dad's 1959 Fender Precision. He loves the book and thanked me for it several times.

Pat Gray  Canada
5 12-01-2010
Bass basics

I'm building a custom Jazz Bass and this book has been most helpful. From installing a new bridge, to wiring pick ups, everything I need is here!

Thank you,
Steve R.

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