Electric Bass Maintenance and Repair

ILBS-191

This lab focuses on fundamental bass maintenance including basic adjustments and setup, replacement of damaged or underperforming parts, basic instrument cable repair, fret dressing, fretless fingerboard resurfacing, string installation and maintenance, output jack replacement, pickup replacement, volume/tone control replacement, and stripped screw hole repair. The physics of string vibration, harmonics, and function will also be addressed.

Credits
1
Prerequisites
None
Required Of
None
Electable By
Bass principals
Major Elective for
Performance
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Department
BASS
Course Chair
Steve Bailey
Courses may not be offered at the listed locations or taught by the listed faculty for every semester. Consult my.berklee.edu to find course information for a specific semester.