Active Electronics
Everything published on Viyolens under Active Electronics — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
Yamaha Electric Bass Guitar: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Everything worth checking before buying a Yamaha bass guitar, from BB vs TRBX to bridge design and battery-powered electronics.
Active Pickup Guitar: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Buying an active pickup guitar requires understanding how they differ from passive designs, battery requirements, and real-world implications.
Common Sire Bass Guitar Mistakes to Avoid
The Sire range has consistent patterns of frustration for buyers and new owners. Knowing what they are in advance saves time, money and a lot of unnecessary confusion.
Yamaha Bass: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The practical decisions that actually matter when you're choosing and buying a Yamaha bass, without the marketing spin.
Sire Guitars: A Complete Guide
How a brand built around Marcus Miller and Larry Carlton turned affordable instruments into genuinely well-specified ones.
Spector Bass for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A practical beginner's guide to understanding Spector bass guitars, from model selection and active electronics to tone, playability, and common mistakes to avoid.
Common Yamaha Bass Mistakes to Avoid
The avoidable mistakes that trip up Yamaha bass buyers again and again, and exactly how to sidestep every one of them.
Music Man Explained: Features, Types and Tips
From the StingRay's game-changing active EQ to a guitar range built almost entirely around artist collaborations: what the name really covers.
Common Music Man Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of avoidable mistakes come round again and again with this brand. Here's how to skip learning them the expensive way.
Warwick Bass: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Neck-through or bolt-on, German-made or RockBass, Thumb or Corvette? Here's the buyer's route through Warwick's genuinely wide range.
Ibanez Bass: A Complete Buyer's Guide
SR, BTB, EHB, Talman or Gio? Here's the buyer's route through the Ibanez bass range — series, strings, scale length, electronics and what to check before you pay.
The Ultimate Guide to Sire Bass Guitar
Sire's bass range covers Jazz-style, Precision-style, modern and short-scale formats across a clear hierarchy of models. Understanding the structure makes choosing one considerably easier.
Make a Bass Guitar Explained: Features, Types and Tips
String count, scale length, pickups and electronics all change how a bass feels. Here's the real anatomy of the decision.
Common Squier Electric Bass Mistakes to Avoid
The seven mistakes that trip up buyers and owners most often, and the simple fixes for each one, no expensive gear required.
The Ultimate Guide to Yamaha Basses
Yamaha's bass range explained properly — the families, the electronics, and the players who shaped its most distinctive models.
The Complete Guide to Charvel Bass Guitars
Charvel bass guitars blend modern aesthetics with serious performance capability. Explore the brand's history, signature models, and their appeal to discerning players.
Music Man for Beginners: A Complete Guide
You don't need to memorise every model. A patient, encouraging guide to starting out with Music Man without feeling overwhelmed.
Sire Guitars: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The plain-spoken checklist for buying Sire guitars properly, new or secondhand, without skipping the basics.
Sire Guitars for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Why Sire guitars are a genuinely kind place for a beginner to start, and exactly how to get going.
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Ibanez Bass
Ibanez bass models offer fast playability, modern tone and dependable performance for rehearsal, recording and live work...
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Make a Bass Guitar
Resources and parts for musicians who want to design and assemble a custom bass guitar from scratch.
Music Man
Discover Music Man guitars known for premium build quality, modern playability and versatile professional performance.
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Sire Bass Guitar
A Sire bass guitar offers comfortable playability, flexible tones and dependable low-end support for many genres.
Sire Guitars
Sire guitars focus on comfort, versatile tone and dependable performance for practice, studio work and live playing.
Squier Electric Bass
Squier electric bass models deliver dependable playability, classic styling and good value for beginners and working mus...
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Warwick Bass
Punchy, precise bass guitars with strong build quality and a professional feel for stage, studio and rehearsal.
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Yamaha Electric Bass Guitar
Explore Yamaha electric bass guitar models known for dependable playability, balanced tone and excellent value.
