These bass guitars from NS Design are revolutionary. I've got one of the five-string fretless basses, and it just plays "like buttah." And it sounds amazing, too - with lots of control over the tone, a built-in piezo pickup for real flexibility, and...

Spiros are an old favorite for jazz and other genres and has been a popular string for many years. They were one of the first decent metal strings to be adopted by strictly gut string players-- in fact, lots and lots of us played G & D guts and A...